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, Filed Under: IGA Infrastructure Release Notes, Infrastructure

Release Notes – IGA Infrastructure – Release 2024.3.2

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024 the IAM Team released version 2024.3.2 of the 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. This includes managing user identities, roles, and permissions, as well as monitoring and auditing user activities to ensure compliance with regulations and policies. IGA helps organizations reduce security risks, improve regulatory compliance, and streamline user access management across different systems and applications. Infrastructure which implemented the following changes:

  • Increase the midPoint database instance size

, Filed Under: Authentication, MFA Portal Changelog

Change Log – MFA Portal – v20240507041603

  • Performed regression testing of the most recent tag (3.4.1_03082024_rocky8_multiarch) of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAPTAP The InCommon Trusted Access Platform is an identity and access management suite of software.) Shibboleth Service Provider (SPSP A Service Provider (SP) is the server/system which hosts the resource. In this context, you (or your vendor) are configuring the SP that provides a service to your customers. Your SP will integrate with our IdP. For more information, see our Concepts page.) image.
  • Updated MFAMFA Authentication makes use of one or more factors of authentication: something you know (e.g., a password), something you have (e.g., your smartphone), or something you are (e.g., a fingerprint). Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) makes use of two or more factors when authenticating you. For more information, see our Concepts page. Portal to use tested tag.
  • This release also resolves an issue where Mission Critical Information Resources Staff may have had difficulty managing their devices in the MFA Self-Registration Portal.

, Filed Under: Authentication, Enterprise Authentication Changelog

Change Log – Enterprise Authentication – v20240517134704

  • Performed regression testing of the most recent tag (4.3.3_20240415_rocky8_multiarch) of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAPTAP The InCommon Trusted Access Platform is an identity and access management suite of software.) Shibboleth Identity ProviderIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The Identity Provider (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. (IdPIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The Identity Provider (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.
  • Updated Splunk log endpoint.

, Filed Under: IGA Infrastructure Release Notes, Infrastructure

Release Notes – IGA Infrastructure – Release 2024.3.1

On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 the IAM Team released version 2024.3.1 of the 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. This includes managing user identities, roles, and permissions, as well as monitoring and auditing user activities to ensure compliance with regulations and policies. IGA helps organizations reduce security risks, improve regulatory compliance, and streamline user access management across different systems and applications. Infrastructure which implemented the following changes:

  • Upgrade to Kubernetes version 1.27
  • Update CDK dependencies: pre-commit, aws-cdk-lib, dynaconf[yaml], and pytest
  • Correction to the “eis1-aws-iga@austin.utexas.edu” email
  • Update urllib3 to 2.2