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has broader |
shared infrastructure services |
Published |
| English |
preferred label |
access management services |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
access management, federated |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
authentication |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
authentication mechanisms, federated |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
authentication services |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
authorisation |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
authorisation services |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
federated access management |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
federated authentication mechanisms |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
federation |
New-Proposed |
| English |
alternative label |
federation services |
New-Proposed |
| English |
note |
Authentication is the process whereby a digital ID is determined to relate to the real life individual who has the rights to use it. Authorisation is the process whereby a digital ID is determined to have the necessary rights to access a given resource. Authentication is often achieved via the use of a username/password combination or a digital certificate, depending on the degree of assurance required. A conflation of two conceptually distinct though interrelated network services, these services have traditionally been married in the JISC IE due to the fact that the Athens Access Management System has provided a single, shared authentication and authorisation service for the UK higher and further education community since 1996. Research is currently underway to replace this system with one based on Shibboleth federated access technology. |
New-Proposed |
| English |
definition |
Network services that store, manage and make available information that govern the authentication and/or authorisation of sign-on credentials to determine a user's right to use a requested resource. |
New-Proposed |
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