UC Identity Management Work Group

(1/9/2004)

The University of California's Identity Management Work Group is a subgroup of the Information Technology Leadership Council (ITLC) with responsibility for the implementation of campus authentication to UC-wide applications, such as the employee self-service applications.

The Work Group's six-month charge is to:

Develop a proposal for enabling campus users to authenticate themselves to UCOP computing services (e.g., “At Your Service”, “UC For Yourself”, and CDL-licensed library resources) by using their campus's portal or network-wide authentication method. The plan should be based on a trusted secure communication mechanism between specified campus servers and UCOP servers using federated identity management concepts and industry standards (e.g., SAML, Shibboleth, Web Services). This proposal should be submitted to ITLC for review. (2 months)

After ITLC review of the proposal, adjust the proposal per ITLC decisions and develop a detailed implementation plan that, at the minimum, would encompass access of staff in two UC campuses to “At Your Service” and “UC For Yourself” applications, using their campuses’ usernames and passwords. The detailed plan should be submitted to the ITLC for review. (1 month)

After ITLC approval of the detailed plan, adjust the plan per ITLC decisions and implement it in production. (3 months)

Following the initial six-month period, the Work Group will evaluate the project and implement it across all UC campuses and across all UC-wide applications per ITLC’s directives.