Agenda

1
Agenda

• Preview of Desired TSC Action
• Significance of Identity Management
• Benefits of Identity Management
• Progress to Date
• Proposed Governance Structure
• Desired TSC Action

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Desired TSC Action

• Re-affirm executive level support for initiative
• Provide input on proposed governance structure
  and desired level of involvement by TSC in
  Executive Committee
• Final approval to implement proposed governance
  structure

3
Significance of Identity Management

• Identity Management and Security challenges are
  second only to IT Funding on the EDUCAUSE list of
  Top 10 IT Issues in Higher Ed because
• We have an increasing, irreversible reliance on
  electronic transactions
• Between Campuses and Individuals
• Among Campuses within the System
• Between Campuses/System, and other Institutions
  and Agencies
• Therefore we need an infrastructure to enable,
  reliable, secure transactions.

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Benefits of Identity Management

• Reduce complexity and cost of systems/application
  development and integration
• 20 of individual application overhead is related
  to identity management
• Simplify the user experience
• Reduce the number of User IDs and Passwords
• Provide more direct access to core services
• Help protect privacy and confidentiality
• Provide more reliable Authentication and
  Authorization for all applications
• Reduce the number of identity data repositories
  that could possibly be compromised

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Progress to Date

• ITAC started discussion and planning in Fall 2001
• Multi-campus working group formed and recommended
  system-wide coordinated approach in Spring 2003
• Received TSC endorsement to develop the Secure
  Identity Management Infrastructure (SIMI)
  initiative in Spring 2004
• ITS-TIS moved forward with central leadership
• Director brought on board February 2006
• System-wide technical group formed and now
  meeting regularly
• Next Step

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Proposed Governance Structure

• Executive Committee
• Provide overall strategic direction
• Guide development of policy and address conflicts
• Stakeholder Requirements Group
• Define operating standards practices
• Address business rule conflicts
• Technical Architecture Group
• Define technical standards practices
• Guide technical implementation

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Desired TSC Action

• Re-affirm executive level support for initiative
• Provide input on proposed governance structure
  and desired level of involvement by TSC in
  Executive Committee
• Final approval to implement proposed governance
  structure