- Updated internal OIDCOIDC OpenID Connect 1.0 (OIDC) is an authentication layer built on OAuth 2.0 where the identity provider that runs the authorization server also holds the protected resource that the third-party application aims to access. components to improve security.
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Release notes – uTexas Identity Manager – TIM 2024.1.2
On Tuesday, February 27, 2024 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 2024.1.2 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:
- Added Merge Objection APIAPI An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. for Academic Information Systems (AISAIS Academic Information Systems (AIS) is the IT organization supporting CSUs under the Executive Vice President and Provost.) – Financial Aid.
- Improved PNA notifier retries.
- Configuration change to the Austin ADAD Active Directory (AD) is a directory service from Microsoft which implements Internet standard directory and naming protocols. See Austin Active Directory (Austin AD) in the service catalog for the University’s local implementation. domain manager.
- Minor bug fixes.
Release Notes – SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) – Version 2024.2.0
On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 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 version 2024.2.0 which implemented the following changes:
- Upgraded IdentityIQ from version 8.1 to 8.2.
- Updated IQService.
- Configuration changes to improve performance.
Release notes – uTexas Identity Manager – TIM 2024.1.0
On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 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 2024.1.0 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:
- Added EIDUT EID The University of Texas Electronic Identity (UT EID or EID) is the public records identifier for principals at the university. See our Concepts page for more information. affiliationAffiliation An affiliation is an attribute which reflects, at a high level, how an individual is related to the university. At any point in time, an individual may have no defined relationship, one defined relationship, or many defined relationships with the university. For example, and individual may be a current student, a future faculty member, a former employee, or all three. for Campers and other youth program participants.
- Added a workaround for a bug resulting from an edge case involving former UT System component institution employees.
- Implemented several fixes to the Non-Use Lock Sweep job.
- Updated Admin Tool’s EID 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). management to support 4-digit years.
- Additional minor security and bug fixes.
Enterprise Group Services in Soft Launch
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 is excited to announce the soft launch of Enterprise Group Services (EGS). EGS allows university departments to automate the management of application and system authorizationAuthorization Authorization refers to the act of determining whether an authenticated user is allowed to access a specific resource or take a specific action. For more information, see our Concepts page. groups. EGS group membership is managed using Attribute-Based Access Control (ABACABAC Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) is a mechanism for managing of user access to information systems based on values of user attributes. Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) evaluates the access dynamically, using an algorithm that takes “attributes” as an input, and outputs access decision (allow/deny). The attributes are usually user attributes from the user profile, supplemented with context attributes, such as time of access and user’s current location.) rules with members being added and removed automatically.
EGS represents the culmination of IGA Modernization‘s first phase, focused on Group and Role Management and the implementation of midPoint and Grouper, two major components of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform.
EGS is currently in soft launch and working with selected early adopters. While the team will field requests from other University departments, requests from early adopters will be prioritized.
For more information or to request a group, please see our Group and Role Management solutions page or our Group and Role Management business service on UT ServiceNow.
