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The IDEM Federation

IDEM (IDEntity Management for federated access) is the Italian Federation of Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures for the education and research community.
The IDEM Federation is managed and coordinated by GARR

Objective

The main objective of IDEM is to create and support a common framework for Italian education and research institutions to access online resources using institutional digital identities.

A Trusted Third Party (TTP)

The IDEM Federation is the Trusted Third Party (TTP) that enables the effective establishment of trust relationships between Italian education and research institutions and the partners that provide online resources.

Standards

The IDEM Federation implements federated identity standards based on SAML 2.0, internationally recognised and widely adopted. The IDEM Federation participates in the activities of REFEDS, the group of identity federation operators in the research and education community.

The IDEM GARR AAI Service

GARR, through the IDEM GARR AAI Service, makes a wide range of services available to the Federation.

Our responsibilities

  • Making the catalogue and metadata of active Services available: the validity, accuracy, and timely updating of such information are the sole responsibility of the Participants;
  • Providing GARR Community Organisations with the know-how to implement Services through help-desk, training, and update activities;
  • Providing potential Partners with the documentation and support necessary for Resource interoperability;
  • Making the Discovery Service (WAYF) available;
  • Managing and maintaining the Federation's official website;
  • Managing and maintaining the entity registry;
  • Carrying out monitoring and auditing activities.

Furthermore, GARR promotes the Federation's activities and the services offered through the organisation of workshops, conferences, study meetings and, more generally, participation in events involving Organisations potentially interested in joining the Federation or establishing collaborative relationships with it.

 

IDEM Federation Governing Bodies

The Technical-Scientific Committee works in close cooperation with the IDEM GARR AAI Service operated by GARR to run the Federation.

Rules and regulations

Who we are

  • Davide Vaghetti (Coordinatore), GARR

    Davide Vaghetti (Coordinatore), GARR

  • Marco Malavolti, GARR, Milano

    Marco Malavolti, GARR, Milano

  • Laura Pirelli, GARR, Roma

    Laura Pirelli, GARR, Roma

  • Mario Di Lorenzo, GARR, Bari

    Mario Di Lorenzo, GARR, Bari