Talis Insight Presentation

Joint Information Systems Committee 06/11/2007 | | Slide 1

Why Federate?The business of adopting federated access management

Nicole HarrisJISC Executive


Background

Joint Information Systems Committee 06/11/2007 | slide 3

Some Background

1995: Athens developed by NISS (National Information Services and Systems) at University of Bath as an in-house system.

1996: eLib Study ‘Technologies to Support Authentication in Higher Education’ identified Athens as a potential solution for all JISC Services.

1997: Athens in use in all JISC Data Centres and rolled out across HEIs / FEIs over the next two years.

1998: CNI White Paper on AAA requirements. JISC commits to using as a basis for next-generation technologies.

1997 – 2000: three year contract for Athens provision with University of Bath and then Eduserv.

2000 – 2008: two three year plus one two year contract with Eduserv for Athens provision.

2000: Alan Robiette and JCAS scope requirements for next generation access management system (ANGEL project starts testing Shibboleth and PAPI technologies).

2002 – 2004: AAA Programme – audit of next generation technologies and ratification of requirements.

2004 – 2007: Core Middleware Programmes. JISC decision to support federated access management.

2006 – 2009: Access Management: Transition Programme. Roll-out and embedding.


The Requirements

A single access management system for:

– Intra-institutional resources.

– Third party digital library type resources.

– Inter-institutional resources for secure long-term collaboration.

– Inter-institutional resources for ad-hoc (virtual organisation) collaboration.

Evolving strategy:

– Where possible, JISC should focus on fostering development and use of standards rather than specific technologies.

– Institutions should have the widest possible range of options, from full open source to commercial support.

– Solutions should be in line with international developments in the field.

– Solution must provide real benefits to institutions and service providers.


What We Announced

In March 2006, JISC formally announced its intention to support federated access management as the preferred access management solution for UK Further and Higher Education

JISC will continue funding the Athens service until July 2008

Athens will be available via a subscription model post July 2008

The UK Access Management Federation will launch in November 2006, with early adopters joining in August 2006

The Federation is a combined venture between JISC and BECTA

All members of the successful pilot federation (SDSS) will be seamlessly moved to the UK Access Management Federation

A full support service will be made available to the JISC community to support the transition to the new service


UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research


Not just about preventing..

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..but about collaborating and sharing

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Some notes on change


The beginnings of technology transfer


Technology Transfer

is

the process of developing practical applications

for the results of scientific research

finding a home for stuff

We want to do more than this


Where JISC has proven that a technology works


Where JISC has proven there is a community need


Where JISC has changed funding models


Issues of Change


Managing Business Change


The Business Case


Strategic Case: Example – Kings College London

VISION STATEMENT: “Using a single password, postgraduate students can access not only King’s own electronic resources but also those of other universities and institutions by co-operative agreements.

VISION STATEMENT: “Provide services which reduce the burden of administration and information management.”

VISION STATEMENT: “Provide services which facilitate scholarly communication, collaboration and research


Cultural Changes: Bridging the Divide


Schools


Outsourcing


Changing the Market


Cutting out the noise: clear options


Accepting Criticism


Changing to Meet Requirements


Ability to Trust the Decision


Futures - 1.5 to 2.0


Multiple Affiliations


Attributes and Personalisation

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e-Research

Access Management for complex data

Flexible Service Provider models for virtual organisations

Ongoing work with the National Grid Service, including the CA

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Federated Tools such as ShARPE


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