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Presented by: Terry Smith 1 st June 2010 © Australian Access Federation Inc.

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o Federation for Higher Education and Research o Replaces the MAMS Test bed federation o Shibboleth, SAML2, based on SWITCHaai model o AAF Incorporated mid 2009 o 50% of AU and NZ Universities and growing o Mini Grant program to encourage service providers o Federally funded until the end of 2010 o Self sustaining from 2011 thru subscriptions o Three streams of activities o Policy o Technology o Marketing Visit us online: www.aaf.edu.au

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o AAF R EQUIREMENTS Australian Privacy Law o Framework and Guidelines for Privacy o State Privacy Laws o AAF Rules for participants o Requirements from our participants Australia's national privacy regulator, protecting personal information http://www.privacy.gov.au/index.php

AAF SOLUTION o o o Project underway to meet Australian legal requirements Must ensure we continue with standard solution Must be simple, useable and non-intrusive © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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Personal Information

means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion. Summary of the eleven Information Privacy Principles

IPP 1: manner and purpose of collection IPP 2: collecting information directly from individuals IPP 3: collecting information generally IPP 4: storage and security IPPs 5 - 7: access and amendment IPPs 8 - 10: information use IPP 11: disclosure

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The AU privacy guidelines inform us to do...

o Threshold Assessment – are there privacy risks that need to be addressed?

o YES o Privacy Impact Assessment • Project description • Mapping information flows and privacy framework • Privacy impact analysis • Privacy management • Recommendations • After the assessment --- what then?

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The Big picture – Building a Higher Education and Research Federation © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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Identity Providers assert user information to Service Providers as attributes. Full attribute specification at :

https://wiki.caudit.edu.au/confluence/display/aafaueduperson/Home.

auEduPersonSharedToken – unique, persistent ID • eduPersonTargetedID – privacy-preserving ID targeted to a particular SP • • eduPersonAffiliation and eduPersonScopedAffiliation – e.g. student or staff eduPersonEntitlement – string arranged with SP to grant a • • particular entitlement eduPersonAssurance – URN indicating one of 4 levels of identity assurance • • AuthenticationMethod – URN indicating one of 4 levels of authentication assurance displayName and cn – contain the user’s name mail – the user’s email address • o – the name of the organisation

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o Risk analysis and management of privacy information... How information flows affect individuals’ choices in the way personal information about them is handled The degree of intrusiveness into individuals’ lives Compliance with privacy law How the project fits into community expectations.

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AAF Privacy Requirement document Technical architecture Review existing options against the requirements Develop and deploy solution © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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EQUIREMENTS

Terms of Use Information that is necessary, minimal disclosure Purpose for use of information Review claim sent to SP’s User friendly and easy to incorporate, standards based.

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OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER

Do we show users privacy preserving attributes or do we assume they are outside the privacy regime?

What does the AAF and its members consider “Personal Information”? Are there any legal requirements on how long claim records should be kept by identity providers?

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What levels of access should be defined for report generation and what information should be available to administrators at each level?

In the future how do we deal with attribute release for minors? Are users who are under 18 able to accept release of their personal information?

Should the federation support user modification and choice for attributes that certain service providers consider ‘optional’?

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User Federation

Holistic Approach

Identity Provider Service Provider © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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o AAF could build it own solution from the ground up o Use MAMS Autograph + SHARPe o Shibboleth 1.3.x only o Not production quality o Difficult to install / configure o uApprove o Good fit – need some extensions o Moving into Shibboleth core with V3.0

o simpleSAMLphp + consent o Good fit – may need some extensions o Not currently used any IdP’s, but some are considering o The trusted third party model (TTP) o Still being investigated o Possible User privacy concerns, in particular the centralized recording off all federation user attributes (used to determine if there have been value changes) o Change in from current hybrid model to Hub-and-spoke o Other options...

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o Regular retrieval Federation Terms of Service from central point o Provide two Terms of Service agree buttons (Local & Federation) o Store user attributes to enable re-approval if values change o Retrieve SP Statements of Attribute requirement from central point o Store history for attribute release consent and agreement to ToS © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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Federation Tools

o Record SP Attribute requirements and related information including attribute value sets, e.g. List of accepted entitlements o Approval process for SP Attribute requirement o Record IdP Attribute release policies o Metadata generator to include SP Attributes and values o Attribute-Filter generator that filters based on SP Attributes and Values + IdP release policy o Attribute-Map generator that filters based on SP Attributes and Values + IdP release policy o End point for SP Attribute requirements statement o End point for Federation ToS

Local Tools for IdPs

o Review Attribute release consent o Review agreement to ToS o Local Administrators able to view © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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Identity Providers (Shibboleth only) o Inclusion and configuration of extended uApprove o Recording Attribute release policies with the federation o Use the generated Attribute-Filter from federation

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o Recording of Attribute requirements with the federation o Optional use of generated Attribute-Policy from federation © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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Technology is not enough, it needs to be backed by POLICY and well Publicised IdPs and SPs must

Deploy the technical solution Register information centrally

and be informed

Know their responsibilities w.r.t privacy laws Be aware of the risks and how they can be mitigated

User must be aware of the rights and responsibilities

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IME FRAMES Deployment and testing against the AAF Test environment during Q3 2010 Early adopters begin using in production AAF environment during Q4 2010 Expect major take up by from the start of 2011

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o Co-federation o Non web protocols and applications – Project Moonshot o Other Federation stacks o simpleSAML o ORACLE Access Manager o Novell Access Manager o Future versions o Changes to Requirements o Australian Laws o Participant requirements o Federation Group attributes and other attributes from secondary IdPs o Attribute release via data-mining, e.g. De-provisioning o Computed Attributes (Age > 18: True/False) o Utilization reporting – accuracy © Australian Access Federation Inc. www.aaf.edu.au

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Visit us online www.aaf.edu.au

Patricia McMillan Policy, Strategy and Process

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Heath Marks Project Manager

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Terry Smith Technical Program Manager

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More Information?

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