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Identity Management: Past, Present, and Future

Identity Management: Past, Present, and Future. Wait, the requirements have changed again. Session Outline. A little bit of history of IdM Where are we now Demo of U of S IdM system What does the future hold Technical Non-technical A look at some tools and techniques.

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Identity Management: Past, Present, and Future

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  1. Identity Management: Past, Present, and Future Wait, the requirements have changed again

  2. Session Outline • A little bit of history of IdM • Where are we now • Demo of U of S IdM system • What does the future hold • Technical • Non-technical • A look at some tools and techniques

  3. A quick walk down memory lane • In biblical times people figured out which side you are on by how you pronounced shibboleth (Judges 12:6) • In the 1990’s companies were struggling with identity management especially around compliance • In the late 1990’s, Educause formed a group around IdM

  4. A quick walk down memory lane • In 2000, U of S started a project to implement a IdMprovisioning system known then as SSAM. • Sun and Oracle became the market leaders for IdM through the 2000’s until Oracle bought Sun in 2009/10 • Single-Sign-On has been largely dropped, but Web Single-Sign-On is widely supported (CAS, OpenID, Shibboleth)

  5. Where we are now • Oracle market leader according to Gartner and others • Open source • OpenIAM (based on Sun work) • Grouper • In house systems • What issues are people still having? • Policy and Governance

  6. U of S landscape • 5 people largely dedicated to IdM • Using Jboss Seam for front end • Oracle back end • Use Agile development practices • Iterations planned in Jira • Continuous Integration builds/tests with Jenkins • SVN for source control • Code reviews using Fisheye and Crucible • Still challenged to keep up with demand

  7. U of S Landscape • Banner (student, finance) and Peoplesoft (HR) • AD, OpenLDAP, Unix systems, Windows systems, Library • Support for guest self registration • Password self recovery using email, SMS & questions • Shared name and address database

  8. Successes • “Fix what’s bugging me” during slow times • Quick search • Performance improvements • See who is logged in now • Client Dashboard • Retrospectives

  9. Demo • Iam.usask.ca – support interface • Mits.usask.ca – self service interface

  10. What does the future hold (tech) • Federation • Shibboleth • OpenID • EduRoam • Hosted Services (Cloud) • Provisioning and integration to directory services (AD, LDAP) • Two-factor authentication • Assurance of identity • Directory services • Other kinds of access controls (doors, network, library, etc.)

  11. What does the future hold (non-tech) • Budget/resource challenges • Infrastructure is not sexy • People will only miss it if it is not there • Setting priority amongst competing interests • Policy around cloud services and privacy of information

  12. Demo tools we are using • Agile tools • Jira & Greenhopper demo • Jenkins (CI and code coverage) • Retrospectives • Coming to shared understanding • Gamestorming/innovation games • Dialogue mapping

  13. Question • Ken.glover@usask.ca • @gloverken • Chris.gaschler@usask.ca

  14. Suggested Reading

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