To get started with identity management, review the tools and deployment examples on this page. In addition, review our partner organization EDUCAUSE's site on identity management and subscribe to their related e-mail list.

Deployment Examples

Below are examples of why and how different groups from a small campus to a regional consortium have implemented identity management. For deployment examples of Shibboleth Single Sign-on and Federating Software and Grouper Groups Manangement Toolkit, see their respective sites.

Campus Examples

• Carleton College: Identity Management and Enterprise Directories at a Smaller Institution (pdf)
• Florida State University: Identity Management (pdf)
• Georgia State University: Building an Identity Management Infrastructure for the eUniversity (pdf)
• University of Colorado at Boulder: Identity Management Governance (pdf)
• University of Florida: Identifiers, Social Security Numbers, and Identity Management (pdf)

Higher Education Systems and Regional Examples

• California State University System: The Identity Management Collaborative: Remote Middleware Support (pdf)
• University of Alaska System: Identity Management and Enterprise Directories in a University System (pdf)
• Great Plains Network Consortium:
  • Building the Regional Middleware Infrastructure (pdf)
  • Integrating Shibboleth, Grid and Bioinformatics (pdf)
• University of Texas System: "Extending the Reach" Case Studies (pdf)

Selected Presentations and Publications

Video

• Internet Scale Identity, Collaboration and Research & Education, Ken Klingenstein (Internet2) and RL "Bob Morgan" (U. Washington, MACE Chair) [Video]

Print

• Identity & Access Management Model [Info Sheet] (pdf)
• COmanage Collaborative Management Platform Infosheet (pdf)
• Grouper Groups Management Tookkit InfoSheet (pdf)
• Shibboleth Single Sign-on and Federating Software Infosheet (pdf)
• Identity Management and Trust Services: Foundations for Cloud Computing
  Jack Suess and Kevin Morooney, EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2009
• Abshere, Shaun, Ann West, and Renee Shuey. Digital Identity Management for K-20 Education (executive summary). CoSN Compendium: 2007.
• Morgan, R.L "Bob" et al. Federated Security: The Shibboleth Approach. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol.27, no.4, 2004.
• Shuey, Renee and Ann West. Building a Balanced Identity Management Infrastructure. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 5 (September/October 2006): 138-39.
• von Munkwitz-Smith, Jeff; West, Ann. Identity and Access Management: Technological Implementation of Policy. (pdf) AACRAO College and University, vol. 80, no. 2, pages 27-31 Fall 2004.

Podcasts

• A Vision for Identity and Access Management in Higher Education
  Linda Hilton, CIO for Vermont State Colleges; Jack Seuss, Vice President of IT and CIO for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, March 30, 2010

Web

• The Enterprise Authentication Implementation Roadmap
• The Enterprise Directory Implementation Roadmap