Dennis Schmidt, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Security Officer, will retire effective April 1, after serving the University for more than 24 years. Schmidt has overseen the Information Security and Identity Management teams since 2018. For the three years … Read more

ITS Identity Management is releasing an updated version of its Improvadmin platform in mid-January, which includes migrating the code to a modern Java stack. Improvadmin is an interface used by the ITS Service Desk, Information Security Office and Identity Management … Read more

Last spring, ITS Identity Management (IdM) started an effort to provision and deprovision University systems within midPoint. Now, the team is extending the use of midPoint to tackle three new projects. The projects include the deprovisioning of Microsoft OneDrive and … Read more

In this post, ITS Identity Management Manager Celeste Copeland discusses the biggest misconception about identity management and she shares what’s next in the identity management field. This post wraps up this ITS News series about ITS Identity Management. What’s the biggest … Read more

This post is part of a continuing series about ITS Identity Management. Be sure to check out the other posts to learn about the function, processes and applications of ITS Identity Management. Following the University’s migration to Microsoft Office 365, … Read more

As ITS News, in this continuing series, continues to explore the tools, processes, concepts and terms associated with ITS Identity Management, this post examines Guest IDs and the benefits of getting an Onyen early. Understanding Guest IDs What are Guest … Read more

To understand the function and work of ITS Identity Management, it’s important to know several key terms, processes and services associated with this group. In this post, ITS Identity Management Manager Celeste Copeland explains SOA, also known as The Person Services. … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Identity Management Manager Celeste Copeland discusses the Grouper groups-management tool, its use, reasons for its growth and its future. This post is part of a continuing series about ITS Identity Management. What is Grouper? Grouper is … Read more

To understand the function and work of ITS Identity Management, it’s important to know several key terms, processes and services associated with this group. This post highlights Shibboleth, Web Single Sign-On, Federation and 2-Step Verification. This is part of a … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Identity Management Manager Celeste Copeland explains two key identity management concepts. This post is part of a continuing series about ITS Identity Management. What are provisioning and deprovisioning? One of the key responsibilities of Identity Management … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Identity Management Manager Celeste Copeland discusses what her group is working on and why the work is important, and she highlights some of Identity Management’s recent successes. This Q&A is the second post in a Getting … Read more

This introduction to ITS Identity Management (IdM) launches a Getting to Know series. IdM provides and maintains services that are foundational to operations at UNC-Chapel Hill. What does Identity Management do? Identity Management gathers information about a person that is … Read more