Questions for IdPs

Identity/account concept

• Account for an individual person (i.e. there are no shared accounts)?
• If shared: possible to distinguish between individual and shared accounts?
• If individual account: traceable? Are idenitfiers persistent?
• Which unique identifier?

Registration and proof of identity

• What identity vetting process? Face-to-face or different?
• Documented?
• Different validation between student, staff or faculty members? How?

Online authentication

• Passwords?
• Passwords with quality guarantees? What kind of guarantees?
• Two factor authentication?
• If no two factor authentication: How big would be the cost to provide two factor authentication?

Freshness of user data

• Are accounts closed as an individual departs? How promptly?
• Is the eduPersonAffiliation value updated as an individual departs? How promptly?

Provenance and level of assurance

• Do you use a level of assurance? Which one?
• Is the LoA self-asserted?
• Is everything documented?
• If not documented: which costs would that be?
• Internal audits?
• External audits?
• If no audits: costs for that?
• How many users need a (higher) level of assurance?
• Identity Management Practise Statement?

Step-up authentication

Step-up authentication means that the user first authenticates with a password, and subsequently with a second factor (such as by an one-time password delivered to his/her cellphone)

• Would you like to have GÉANT/your NREN to run such a service (if it costs/if it doesn't cost)?
• How many users would need such a service?