New for BU: Identity & Access Management
BU Information Security sent this message to BU users on September 18, 2023: Dear BU Community, In support of the Student Information Systems Renewal Program and overall technology service modernization at BU, we are pleased to announce major improvements to our identity and access management system. The identity and access management system is responsible for […]
Unavailability of Computing Accounts Tool
On the weekend of September 15, 2023, IS&T will be implementing our SIS Renewal –Identity Lifecycle Management project. This IAM project will replace our current legacy system for BU account creation (BU Login, Webaccount) and the provisioning and deprovisioning of birthright privileges such as email, VPN, and wireless. During the Production implementation, the account creation […]
What is the IAM Project?
The IAM project is an implementation project focuses on updating BU’s Identity database. This project is divided into two phases: Phase 1: The IAM project focuses on building a modern, vendor-supported, cloud-based Identity database and migrate our current homegrown and mainframe-based Identity Creation and Identity Match processes to the new solution. An administrative portal for […]
Computing Accounts Tool and Account Creation Changes
Computing Accounts Tool and Account Creation Changes On September 18, we will begin the process of retiring the Computing Accounts tool with an expected full retirement on May 27, 2024. Below is a table of the date of change, who is impacted, and details of the change. Date Population Impacted Change September 18, 2023 Computing […]
Scope of each IAM Release
The IAM project has multiple releases, each focusing on a different scope to better represent and serve students here at BU: Phase 1 is currently live! This phase allows students to update their display names on their TerrierCards to reflect their display names in the BU Directory. Created a mainframe-independent database of identities and personal […]
Identity Matching and Attributes
Identity Matching is using five key identity elements (or attributes) to determine if a person requesting an identity already exists in our identity database. For example, a former student who has returned as an employee would be matched during the hiring process to ensure they only have one identity with the university. -Exact Match is when […]
Radiant Logic and SailPoint in the IAM Project
The IAM project uses two types of technology, Radiant Logic and SailPoint, throughout project implementation. Radiant Logic is a virtual directory service that serves as a repository for person identity and person registry information for the BU community. This solution is also the system of record for BUID creation and matching. SailPoint is an identity […]