Bridging the Gap: Integrating Authentication with Authorization to Solve Critical Access Challenges in Higher Ed
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In this webinar, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and the University of Alaska will share how they each tackled this critical authorization challenge.
–University of Pennsylvania will showcase how they delivered “front door authorization” to block invalid access using Grouper coarse-grained reference groups, specific policy groups, and options for custom error pages to facilitate self-service license management and reduce tickets.
–Harvard University will share how they transitioned from relying on individual applications for access control to implementing a centralized Grouper “front door” for coarse-grained authorization. This approach enhances scalability and user experience by providing frictionless access to the right resources for the right identities at the right time, while ensuring that only individuals with a current Harvard affiliation can access applications.
–University of Alaska will present their training-based access management solution, which integrates a centralized training and certification database with Shibboleth. UA utilizes the same “front door authorization” approach to enable sign-ins to stop at the IdP if they do not have required training or certification. Some training providers are integrated in real-time so that user action to complete training or certification can by itself enable access, which will be demonstrated in this webinar.