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, Filed Under: Identity Management, TIM Release Notes

Release Notes – uTexas Identity Manager – Version 2021.2.1

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021 the IAMIAM Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a set of policies, processes, and technologies designed to ensure that the right individuals (identities) have the right access to resources within an organization. IAM involves managing and securing digital identities, controlling access to systems and data, and maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. Team released version 2021.2.1 of the uTexas Identity Manager (TIMTIM The uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) is the University’s identity manager. See uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) in the service catalog for more information.) which implemented the following changes:

  • IGAIGA Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) refers to a set of processes and technologies used by organizations to manage and control user access to resources and information within their systems.-110 – Retired the UT Libraries notifier.
  • IGA-127 – Improved verbiage on customer emails per ITSITS Information Technology Services (ITS) Customer Support Services (CSS).
  • IGA-280 – Fixed a bug with the entitlementEntitlement An entitlement is an attribute which defines what an account is allowed or authorized to do. An EID holder may have many entitlements, each with a start and end date (end dates may be in perpetuity). assignment REST APIAPI An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications..
  • IGA-294 – Fixed a bug with the Chosen Name REST API.

, Filed Under: Identity Management, TIM Release Notes

Release Notes – uTexas Identity Manager – Version 2021.2.0

On Sunday, June 13, 2021 the IAMIAM Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a set of policies, processes, and technologies designed to ensure that the right individuals (identities) have the right access to resources within an organization. IAM involves managing and securing digital identities, controlling access to systems and data, and maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. Team released version 2021.2.0 of the uTexas Identity Manager (TIMTIM The uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) is the University’s identity manager. See uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) in the service catalog for more information.) which implemented the following changes:

  • Released functionality to support the Chosen Name attribute in collaboration with Academic Information Systems (AISAIS Academic Information Systems (AIS) is the IT organization supporting CSUs under the Executive Vice President and Provost.).

, Filed Under: Group and Role Management, SailPoint IIQ Release Notes

Release Notes – SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) – Version 2021.3.1

On Sunday, June 13, 2021 the IAMIAM Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a set of policies, processes, and technologies designed to ensure that the right individuals (identities) have the right access to resources within an organization. IAM involves managing and securing digital identities, controlling access to systems and data, and maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. Team released SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQIIQ SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) is a group- and role-based authorization management service. See Identity Lifecycle Management for more information.) version 2021.3.1 which implemented the following changes:

  • Vendor database upgrade.

, Filed Under: Authentication, Enterprise Authentication Changelog

Change Log – Enterprise Authentication – v20210517165331

  • Performed regression testing of the most recent tag (4.0.1_20210319) of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAPTAP The InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAP) is an identity and access management suite of software.) Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdPIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The IdP manages the user's primary authentication credentials and issues assertions derived from those credentials. At UT Austin, the primary IdP used to authenticate the UT EID and EID Password is Enterprise Authentication, which is managed by the IAM Team. For more information, see our Concepts page.) image.
  • Updated Enterprise AuthenticationAuthentication Authentication is the act of determining that a person is who they claim to be. For more information, see our Concepts page. to use tested tag.
  • Removed support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
  • Updated directory connection strategy for additional resiliency

, Filed Under: Group and Role Management, SailPoint IIQ Release Notes

Release Notes – SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) – Version 2021.3.0

On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 the IAMIAM Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a set of policies, processes, and technologies designed to ensure that the right individuals (identities) have the right access to resources within an organization. IAM involves managing and securing digital identities, controlling access to systems and data, and maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. Team released SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQIIQ SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) is a group- and role-based authorization management service. See Identity Lifecycle Management for more information.) version 2021.3.0 which implemented the following changes:

  • Vendor software upgrade.