{"id":6203,"date":"2017-12-11T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:08","slug":"your-input-needed-on-long-term-plans-for-cosign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/11\/your-input-needed-on-long-term-plans-for-cosign\/","title":{"rendered":"Your input needed on long-term plans for cosign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ITS Identity &amp; Access Management team (IAM) is exploring how the university could begin moving away from use of cosign authentication and toward more modern, flexible, supportable alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6205 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif\" alt=\"badge with outspread hand with keyhole in palm, cosign\" width=\"302\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosign has been the university&#8217;s secure single sign-on web authentication system for more than 15 years. Originally designed at U-M, the open source software was once widely used across higher education. Now, however, only a handful of universities still use cosign, and the open source community that once maintained and developed it has dwindled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;As we think through the possibilities, I will be talking with service providers in ITS and across the university,&#8221; said DePriest Dockins, ITS assistant director for IAM. &#8220;Given the extensive use of cosign at U-M, any move away from it will be a deliberative, collaborative process.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have thoughts, ideas, or concerns about the future of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/its.umich.edu\/accounts-access\/identity-access-management\/authentication-authorization\/cosign\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosign at U-M<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, please contact DePriest and other IAM team members at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:beyond.cosign@umich.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beyond.cosign@umich.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ITS Identity &amp; Access Management team (IAM) is exploring how the university could begin moving away from use of cosign authentication and toward more modern, flexible, supportable alternatives. Cosign has been the university&#8217;s secure single sign-on web authentication system for more than 15 years. Originally designed at U-M, the open source software was once widely used across\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/11\/your-input-needed-on-long-term-plans-for-cosign\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":6205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[406,251],"class_list":["post-6203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","tag-cosign","tag-eiam"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666-125x84.gif",125,84,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666-296x200.gif",296,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666-200x140.gif",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666-60x42.gif",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32577666.gif",302,204,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Janet Eaton, ITS Information Assurance","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/jmfeaton\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The ITS Identity &amp; Access Management team (IAM) is exploring how the university could begin moving away from use of cosign authentication and toward more modern, flexible, supportable alternatives. Cosign has been the university&#8217;s secure single sign-on web authentication system for more than 15 years. 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