A New Chapter of Identity Management on The Hilltop

Article compiled by OIT staffers Tommy & Pery Doan.

Identity and Access Management (IAM)The Office of Information Technology has embarked on an exciting multi-year, multi-project journey to modernize Identity and Access Management (IAM) services at SMU. One of the primary objectives is to replace our in-house developed Account Maintenance Automation (AMA) system, which since 2010 has managed most default services required by faculty, staff, students, and sponsored users. Replacing AMA will be a significant step toward increasing the maturity level of our IAM program. Doing so will involve implementing several new open-source applications that will replace AMA and introduce new features and capabilities.

During the second half of 2022, the IAM team successfully completed Continue reading A New Chapter of Identity Management on The Hilltop