Collaboratory encourages all campuses to authenticate into Collaboratory via their institutional SSO (Single Sign-On).
SSO is a property of identity and access management that enables users
to securely log into Collaboratory by way of their institution's central authentication system, using their designated institutional email/username and password.
SSO is setup during an institution's onboarding. The Collaboratory support team coordinates with the institution's SSO contact(s) to request the necessary attributes to ensure a successful SSO connection.
NOTE: If a campus selects not to connect SSO to their Collaboratory portal, users must create accounts via Collaboratory's native authentication protocols.
Collaboratory's SSO Basics:
Collaboratory embraces Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML 2.0)
SSO set up takes approximately 2 weeks
Collaboratory does not store passwords locally for institutions that utilize SSO.
SSO set up requests the following, minimal attributes in order to reliably identify individuals logging in and assign them appropriate permissions in Collaboratory:
EduPersonPrincipalName
Email
givenName
surname
eduPersonAffiliation
Collaboratory is a member of the InCommon Federation to assist with secure, seamless SSO setup