IAM Deployment Assistance: Internet2 TIER Campus Success Program

[Ann West <awest () INTERNET2 EDU>]

Dear Colleagues,

The Internet2 Community invites a diverse group of higher education institutions to submit a proposal to participate in 
the TIER Campus Success Program. Through this program, TIER will provide education and training, access to 
subject-matter experts to support adoption, and facilitate peer engagement with fellow adopters. The goals of the 
program include:


  *   assisting campuses in the successful deployment of one or more TIER-packaged components to address one or more 
campus need(s),
  *   accelerating local adoption of TIER components so the community has guidance more quickly,
  *   providing lessons learned about the local challenges and solutions and developing the first deployment guidance 
and advice for later adopters in the form of presentations, project reports, and locally produced TIER-related 
artifacts,
  *   informing the TIER program about issues encountered in production implementation and provide data for next steps 
regarding adoption support, technology development and feature set.

The TIER Program will select a limited number of diverse schools through this call for proposals. The chosen 
organizations will commit to participating in the Campus Success Program for one year.

August 25, 2017: Proposal deadline.

What is TIER?

TIER (Trust and Identity in Education and Research) is a community-driven effort, coordinated by Internet2, to develop 
a consistent approach to identity and access management (IAM) that simplifies campus processes and advances 
inter-institutional collaboration and research. TIER integrates:


  *   the Shibboleth identity provider for single sign-on and federated identity management,
  *   Grouper for group and access management,
  *   the COmanage registry, providing a consistent interface and packaging, and (this fall)
  *   an entity registry such as midPoint.

All components are provided in Docker containers for ease of set-up and configuration, and are configured to make it 
easy to connect with the InCommon Federation (if that is of interest).
For program and application details, see https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/oQrABg. For more information, contact Erin 
Murtha at  emurtha () internet2 edu<mailto:emurtha () internet2 edu>.

If you have further questions, please join us on a Community Q/A call on Thursday August 3 at 3:00 pm ET/2:00 pm 
CT/1:00 pm MT/12:00 pm PT. Call coordinates are:

Adobe Connect (one-way audio and slide sharing; question via chat):
http://internet2.adobeconnect.com/tiercampussuccess

eDial (two-way audio for discussion, questions via audio:
+1-734-615-7474, or
+1-866-411-0013 (toll free US/Canada)
Access code: 0159645#

Best regards,
Ann

Ann West
AVP, Trust and Identity
Internet2
W:720.379.9666