Identity & access management

Together with institutions, we arrange safe and easy access to services. We do this for students, researchers and staff, but also for external people such as guest lecturers, researchers and consultants. We share knowledge, develop services and innovate with new concepts. Read all about what we do in the field of identity and access management (IAM).

About identity and access management

Together, we are working on an IT infrastructure for education and research that ensures security, autonomy and inclusion for all users. A crucial part of this is good identity and access management: managing identities and access. Who has access to which systems when?

Secure access to systems of institutions and service providers

In the cross-sector architecture we are working on, we need to enable and simplify access to the systems of institutions and providers. This requires a clear and secure identity and access management (IAM) infrastructure under our own control. We want to be in control when it comes to who has access to which systems.

How do we work on this IAM infrastructure? By:

sharing and further developing expertise on and vision for IAM
developing and maintaining services to facilitate management of identities and access

Expertise on IAM

SURF and the institutions share knowledge about and develop a vision on IAM themes in workshops, knowledge sessions, and so on. We also work on agreement systems to ensure trust, privacy and security. We translate (European) regulations into services for Dutch institutions and influence them where necessary.

IAM services

We develop integrated services for

safe and easy access to digital resources and services in Dutch education and research.
Managing the identities of learners and researchers, with the user being in control of his/her identity

Read what services SURF offers in the field of identity and access management

Secure access

SURF offers flexible solutions that allow users to access systems and online services.

A single interface: these solutions provide an interface for services and institutions with which, as a user, you link once and are directly connected to other linked services and institutions. Institutions and services set it up themselves on the basis of their own governance and processes within SURF's framework, in order to guarantee security
Authorisation: the solutions offer flexible and role-based authorisation management, allowing you to grant access at different levels. For example, to the entire institution, a department or a partnership of researchers from different institutions.

Reliable identity

SURF offers solutions to manage reliable identities.

eduID: One reliable digital, institution-independent identity for everyone who wants to log in at all (affiliated) institutions and services, such as:
- students: to log in before, during and after your studies at all affiliated institutions
- researchers, lecturers and staff: to log in easily and securely to affiliated services and institutions
- external/guest access
Institutional identity: support for identities of Dutch and international institutions to log in to institutions and services during study or appointment.
Multi-factor authentication to additionally secure users' identities with a trusted second factor to prevent account abuse.