Overview
Access Management (AM) Services provide authentication and authorization services for all University-wide digital resources, including web applications, web services, federated provider applications, mobile applications, desktops, IoT devices, and networks, among others.
Offerings
- Authentication – Authentication tools verify the validity of online credentials.
- Authorization – Authorization tools enable access to an online service for an authenticated user.
- PennPath – PennPath provides an authentication credential that can integrate with applications like learning management systems, customer relationship management (CRM) tools (e.g., Salesforce), and class registration apps (e.g., Learning Stream). With PennPath, Schools and Centers can easily invite users outside of Penn to sign up/sign in to PennPath-integrated University resources without all the access privileges and security requirements associated with a PennKey.
Benefits
- Increases security by centralizing identity infrastructure resources
- Provides a consistent experience when authenticating to web applications and to PennNet
- Recent service updates greatly improves login security, guards against phishing attacks, and is easy to use
Who Can Benefit from This Service
University faculty, staff, students, affiliates, guests, and UPHS