The Grouper Groups Management Toolkit enables end-users to create and manage the membership of groups used for access control of resources. The Signet Privilege Management System enables consistent application of privilege and access policy across campus applications. Grouper and Signet can be used together or alone to enable a distributed model for control so that those responsible for assigning or delegating user access privileges can directly manage them to meet their needs across campus systems.
The Grouper and Signet Working Groups each released two software updates in 2007. An integration tool was also released that connects Grouper and Signet with enterprise applications and directories. Two Grouper production case studies have been written and are available on the Working Group site and, in addition to three early adopter universities, several campuses are now testing the software in preparation for production. Uptake of, and interest in, Grouper in the Grid space has also been noted as demonstrated by caBIG's GridGrouper, developed at The Ohio State University.