1. SIMI: a Consumer’s Perspective Richard Shaw, Director Student Affairs Information Technology CSU Northridge rshaw@csun.edu

2. Student Services - CSUN Housing Health Care Mental/Psychological Care Disabled Student Services National Center on Deafness International Students Financial Aid Clubs / Orgs / Greek Life Assoc Students & Student Union Career Services

3. Business Drivers Relationship Building & Prospect Management Single Point of Authentication Cradle to Grave (or) Prospect to Alumni Expectation of Continued Fiscal Constraint Business Development (a.k.a. Fund Raising)

4. Philosophy From the Consumer’s Perspective End-User doesn’t care how it works. It should function like any Utility - flip a switch and it works Service Providers - Student Affairs (the Institutional Consumer) Leverage enterprise authentication for web based services - Always Open Services

5. Division Applications Electronic Medical Record System File Services - Staff File Servers (AD) Financial Aid - Application and Workflow Housing Contract Management Systems Hobson’s - CRM - Prospect Management Career Services (Symplicity) Student Self Service Employer Self Posting Internship Matching

6. The Challenge Single Authentication U/I Eligibility Assessment at Authentication Intersecting Sources for Authorization Student / Staff / Faculty (CSUN) Alumni Access (fee based, CSUN & ASP) Employer (Self-posting for fee, ASP)

7. ASP / Symplicity Solution CAS Transaction Authentication Authorization Localized Affiliations Student (F/T, P/T, Graduate) Alumni Non-Enrolled Student Extended Learning Students External Vendor (hand off back to ASP for Access)

8. Group Identity Management : Localization of eduPerson Model Providing flexibility that supports standards and class of service eduPersonAffiliation “Student” P/T Student F/T Student Grad Student Extended Learning Active/Inactive eduPersonAffilliation “Contractor” Business Partners (ASP Vendors) Business Development (Fund Raising)

9. Technical Soap Box From the Institutional Consumer’s Perspective The standards selected and/or implemented MUST be flexible enough to support the unknown (e.g.,) Future business drivers Local / Special Needs Identification of New Customer Bases …