CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html>     <html class="no-js" lang="en-GB"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=7YQSqjSh" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("http://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("https://www.jisc.ac.uk/uk-federation","20221006191546","http://web.archive.org/","web","https://web-static.archive.org/_static/", "1665083746"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=p7PEIJWi" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>UK Access Management Federation | Jisc</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <script type="text/javascript">var jiscp = {"joid":-1,"name":"","sector":"","region":""};</script> <link rel="preconnect" href="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://cdn-eu.dynamicyield.com/"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://st-eu.dynamicyield.com/"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://rcom-eu.dynamicyield.com/"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://cdn-eu.dynamicyield.com/"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://st-eu.dynamicyield.com/"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://rcom-eu.dynamicyield.com/"> <script> var cookiestring = new RegExp("jisc_eprivacy" + '[^;]+').exec(document.cookie); var value = unescape(!!cookiestring ? cookiestring.toString().replace(/^[^=]+/, '').replace('=', '') : ''); if(value === "active-consent") { var script1 = document.createElement('script'); var script2 = document.createElement('script'); script1.src = "//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://cdn-eu.dynamicyield.com/api/9877327/api_dynamic.js"; script2.src = "//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://cdn-eu.dynamicyield.com/api/9877327/api_static.js"; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script1); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script2); } </script><script> var cookiestring = new RegExp("jisc_eprivacy" + '[^;]+').exec(document.cookie); var value = unescape(!!cookiestring ? cookiestring.toString().replace(/^[^=]+/, '').replace('=', '') : ''); if(value === "active-consent") { (function(h,o,t,j,a,r){ h.hj=h.hj||function(){(h.hj.q=h.hj.q||[]).push(arguments)}; h._hjSettings={hjid:2326029,hjsv:6}; a=o.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; r=o.createElement('script');r.async=1; r.src=t+h._hjSettings.hjid+j+h._hjSettings.hjsv; a.appendChild(r); })(window,document,'http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://static.hotjar.com/c/hotjar-','.js?sv='); } </script> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/favicon.ico"/> <meta name="description" content="A聽single solution聽trust framework used by institutions across the UK to safely and securely access online resources and services."/> <link rel="canonical" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/uk-federation"/> <link rel="shortlink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/node/7344"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Jisc"/> <meta property="og:type" content="product"/> <meta property="og:url" content="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/uk-federation"/> <meta property="og:title" content="UK Access Management Federation"/> <meta property="og:description" content="A聽single solution聽trust framework used by institutions across the UK to safely and securely access online resources and services."/> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@jisc"/> <meta name="twitter:url" content="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/uk-federation"/> <meta name="twitter:title" content="UK Access Management Federation"/> <meta name="twitter:description" content="A聽single solution聽trust framework used by institutions across the UK to safely and securely access online resources and services."/> <meta name="twitter:image" content="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/uk-access-management-federation-banner-services.jpg"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Jisc blog feed" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://feeds.feedburner.com/JISCBlog"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Jisc news feed" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://feeds2.feedburner.com/ac/uabG"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Jisc events feed" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://feeds2.feedburner.com/ac/toXU"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Jisc jobs feed" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://feeds.feedburner.com/JiscJobVacanciesWebFeed"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Jisc podcasts feed" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://feeds.feedburner.com/JiscPodcast"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/apple-touch-icon-144x144-precomposed.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/apple-touch-icon-114x114-precomposed.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/apple-touch-icon-57x57-precomposed.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/apple-touch-icon-72x72-precomposed.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/apple-touch-icon.png">  <meta property="fb:pages" content="499379160101212"/> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"/> <meta content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0" name="viewport"/> <meta content="on" http-equiv="cleartype"/>  <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"/> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="UNqcoVblscrmuOfPyGUTeRMyNRcroUK_U9ghx-PFl0Q"/> <link href="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546cs_/https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,300i,400,400i,500,500i" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546cs_/https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Slab&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546cs_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/css/css_rEI_5cK_B9hB4So2yZUtr5weuEV3heuAllCDE6XsIkI.css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546cs_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/css/css_oBsiHIoIA5lAPqK9E6jDdaNe3tAN5Nagql7giHq9cno.css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546cs_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/css/css_PsIMLeNhMOWYLk90AWTJ5AtR6KQeGbR_YScSoC_7uSM.css" media="print"/> <style type="text/css"> .cookie-bar { color: #fff; background-color: #0d224c;} .cookie-bar__confirm2, .cookie-bar__confirm, .cookie-bar__reject { padding: .9rem 1.8rem; color: #0D224E!important; line-height: 1; text-align: center; text-decoration: none!important; background-color: #fff; margin-left: 25px ; margin-left: 2.5rem ; font-size: 18px ; font-size: 1.8rem ; line-height: 22px ; line-height: 2.2rem ; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -ms-border-radius: 3px; -o-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; } .cookie-bar__confirm2:visited, .cookie-bar__confirm:visited, .cookie-bar__reject:visited { color: #0D224E; } @media print { .cookie-bar__reject:visited { color: #0D224E; } } .cookie-bar__confirm2:focus, .cookie-bar__confirm:focus, .cookie-bar__reject:focus { color: #007aaa; background-color: #d9d9d9; outline: 0.3rem solid #fd6; } .cookie-bar__confirm2:hover, .cookie-bar__confirm:hover, .cookie-bar__reject:hover { box-shadow: 0 0.3rem 1.2rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.23), 0 0.3rem 1.2rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16); color: #0D224E; background-color: #d9d9d9; transition: all 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.8, 0.25, 1); } .cookie-bar__reject:hover { transition: none; } .cookie-bar__reject:active { box-shadow: none; } .cookie-bar__confirm2:focus:hover, .cookie-bar__confirm:focus:hover, .cookie-bar__reject:focus:hover { color: #0D224E; text-decoration: none; background-color:#d9d9d9; outline: 0.3rem solid #fd6; } .cookie-bar__confirm2:active, .cookie-bar__confirm:active, .cookie-bar__reject:active { color: #0D224E; text-decoration: none; background-color: #d9d9d9; outline: 0.3rem solid #fd6; } </style> <script> dataLayer = []; </script> <script src="/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/js/vendor/modernizr.js"></script> <script src="/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/js/vendor/a11y-toggle.min.js"></script>  <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){ var cookiestring = new RegExp("jisc_eprivacy" + '[^;]+').exec(document.cookie); var value = unescape(!!cookiestring ? cookiestring.toString().replace(/^[^=]+/, '').replace('=', '') : ''); if(value === "active-consent") { w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); } })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-PWX6FN');</script>   </head> <body class="jisc not-front no-sidebars node-type-product-service">  <noscript><iframe src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546if_/https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-PWX6FN" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>  <div id="cookie-bar-main" class="cookie-bar" style="display: none;"> <div class="inner"> <p class="cookie-bar__notification">We use cookies to give you the best experience and to help improve our website</p> <p> <a class="cookie-bar__link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/website/cookies">Find out more about how we use cookies</a> </p> <p class="cookie-bar__options-title">Choose whether to use cookies:</p> <p class="cookie-bar__options"> <a href="#" class="cookie-bar__reject">No thanks</a> <a href="#" class="cookie-bar__confirm">Yes, I accept</a> </p> </div> </div> <header class="masthead jsSiteMasthead" role="banner" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html"> <div class="inner"> <a id="skiplinks" class="visuallyhidden focusable in-page" href="#main"> <span>Skip to main content</span> </a> </div> <div class="c-main-site-header jsMainSiteHeader"> <div class="c-main-site-header__primary-signpost c-main-site-header__primary-signpost--has-nav-items "> <div class="c-main-site-header__container"> <div class="c-main-site-header__primary-signpost-inner"> <p class="c-main-site-header__brand"> <a class="c-main-site-header__brand-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/" title="Go to the Jisc homepage"> <img class="c-main-site-header__brand-img" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/jisc_clean/img/jisc-logo.svg" alt="Jisc"/> </a> </p> <nav class="c-main-site-header__you-are-in" aria-label="Breadcrumb"> <p class="c-main-site-header__you-are-in-title">You are in:</p> <ul class="c-main-site-header__you-are-in-list"> <li><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/trust-and-identity">Trust and identity</a></li><li><span>UK Access Management Federation</span></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="c-main-site-header__utilities"> <p class="c-main-site-header__utilities-title">Utilities:</p> <ul class="c-main-site-header__utilities-list c-main-site-header__utilities-list--menu-triggers"> <li class="c-main-site-header__utilities-item"> <button class="c-main-site-header__trigger c-main-site-header__trigger--enabled jsUtilityTrigger" data-a11y-toggle="a11ytoggle-siteSearchTarget" data-trigger-role="search" aria-label="Search this website"> <div class="c-main-site-header__trigger-search-icon jsFnbMenuIconTrigger" data-icon-role="search"> <span class="c-main-site-header__trigger-search-icon-circle"></span> <span class="c-main-site-header__trigger-search-icon-handle"></span> </div> <span class="c-main-site-header__trigger-copy">Search this website</span> </button> </li> <li class="c-main-site-header__utilities-item"> <button class="c-main-site-header__trigger c-main-site-header__trigger--enabled jsUtilityTrigger" data-a11y-toggle="a11ytoggle-siteMenuTarget" data-trigger-role="navigation" aria-label="Site navigation"> <div class="c-main-site-header__trigger-menu-icon jsFnbMenuIconTrigger" data-icon-role="navigation"> <span class="c-main-site-header__trigger-menu-icon-line"></span> <span class="c-main-site-header__trigger-menu-icon-line"></span> <span class="c-main-site-header__trigger-menu-icon-line"></span> </div> <span class="c-main-site-header__trigger-copy">Site navigation</span> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="c-main-site-header__utilities-list c-main-site-header__utilities-list--nav-and-site-search"> <li class="c-main-site-header__utilities-item"> <div class="search search--not-front" id="search"> <span class="c-main-site-header__site-search-label-copy">Search the Jisc website</span> <form action="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/search" method="post" id="search-api-page-search-form-search-" accept-charset="UTF-8"> <label class="visuallyhidden" for="search_term"><span class="form-fields__label-text">Search </span></label> <input class="ui-autocomplete-input" placeholder="Search Jisc" id="search_term" autocomplete="off" type="text" name="keys_1" value="" size="30" maxlength="128"/> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="1"/> <a href="#" class="close ico ico-cross">Clear search results</a><input class="ico ico-search-glass" type="submit" id="edit-submit-1" name="op" value="Search"/><input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-pj6r4WLk4g77WrNFDdr1CrMQcwEoQXuK8uZga5AXzzQ"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="search_api_page_search_form_search_"/> </form> <div id="search-results" class="search-results-dropdown"> <p class="search-results__intro"></p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-main-site-header__menu jsMenuTarget" id="a11ytoggle-siteSearchTarget" data-is-small-viewport=""> <div class="c-main-site-header__site-search c-main-site-header__site-search--in-menu" role="search"> <div class="search search--not-front" id="search"> <span class="c-main-site-header__site-search-label-copy">Search the Jisc website</span> <form action="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/search" method="post" id="search-api-page-search-form-search-" accept-charset="UTF-8"> <label class="visuallyhidden" for="search_term"><span class="form-fields__label-text">Search </span></label> <input class="ui-autocomplete-input" placeholder="Search Jisc" id="search_term" autocomplete="off" type="text" name="keys_1" value="" size="30" maxlength="128"/> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="1"/> <a href="#" class="close ico ico-cross">Clear search results</a><input class="ico ico-search-glass" type="submit" id="edit-submit-1" name="op" value="Search"/><input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-pj6r4WLk4g77WrNFDdr1CrMQcwEoQXuK8uZga5AXzzQ"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="search_api_page_search_form_search_"/> </form> <div id="search-results" class="search-results-dropdown"> <p class="search-results__intro"></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-main-site-header__menu jsMenuTarget" id="a11ytoggle-siteMenuTarget" data-is-small-viewport=""> <nav> <div class="c-main-site-header__main-nav jsMainNavHook"> <p class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-title">Navigation:</p> <div class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-secondary jsMainNavSecondaryHook"> <ul class="c-main-site-header__container"><li class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-item"><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/certificate-service" class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-link">Certificate service</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-item"><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/domain-registry" class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-link">Domain registry</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-item"><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/openathens" class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-link">OpenAthens</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-item"><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/student-voter-registration" class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-link">Student voter registration</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-item"><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/consultancy/trust-and-identity" class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-link">Trust and identity consultancy</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-item active-trail"><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/uk-federation" class="c-main-site-header__main-nav-link--current c-main-site-header__main-nav-link active-trail active">UK Access Management Federation</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </header> <main id="main" class="jsMainContent" role="main"> <div class="inner l-pull-left featured top-bar"> <div class="l-centre-offset row"> </div> </div> <section class="t-products-and-services"> <div class="inner"><div id="target-space"></div></div>  <div class="inner l-pull-left featured top-bar"> <div class="c-service-gutter__right"> <div class="l-centre-offset">  <header class="service-header service-header--has-banner" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span class="marker marker--page">Service</span> <h1 class="page-title" itemprop="name"> UK Access Management Federation </h1> <div class="service-logo"> </div> <div class="service-header__banner"> <figure class="media field field-type-image"> <div class="media__inner"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/uk-access-management-federation-banner-services.jpg" alt="Someone logging on to their mobile and laptop using single sign on."/> <div class="media__attribution"> <div class="media__attribution__title"> <span class="ico ico-i">Creative Commons attribution information</span> </div> <div about="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/uk-access-management-federation-banner-services.jpg" class="media__attribution__info"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" class="last-child"> <div property="cc:title" class="cc__title">Someone logging on to their mobile and laptop using single sign on.</div><div class="cc__author">©<span property="cc:attributionName">anyaberkut</span> via <span>Getty</span></div><div class="cc_license last-child">All rights reserved</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col span-6"> <p class="field field-type-text-long service-header__summary l-gutter--right">A聽single solution聽trust framework used by institutions across the UK to safely and securely access online resources and services.</p> </div>  <div class="col span-6"> <div class="contact-panel contact-panel--has-callout-top"> <a class="contact-panel__callout contact-panel__callout--top" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/uk-access-management-federation-sign-up"> <em> </em><span itemprop="email">Apply to join the UK federation </span> </a> <div class="c-contact-panel__contact-details"> <p class="visuallyhidden">For enquiries contact:</p> <ul> <li class="c-contact-panel__contact-details-item"> <a class="c-contact-panel__contact-details-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/tel:01235 822185"><i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-phone c-contact-panel__contact-details-link-icon"></i> <span class="c-contact-panel__contact-details-link-text">01235 822185</span></a> </li> <li class="c-contact-panel__contact-details-item"> <a class="c-contact-panel__contact-details-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/mailto:service@ukfederation.org.uk" itemprop="email"><i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-envelope c-contact-panel__contact-details-link-icon"></i> <span class="c-contact-panel__contact-details-link-text">service@ukfederation.org.uk</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="row break-contact-panel article-full"> <div class="article-full__body"> <div class="product-service-body col span-9"> <div class="field field-type-text-long"> <h2>About the UK Access Management Federation</h2><p>The UK Access Management Federation (UKAMF) provides a single solution to accessing online resources and services for education and research institutions. It's endorsed by Jisc as the gold standard for access management.</p><p>UKAMF uses a non-IP based framework, so your users can access resources anytime and anywhere, with extra security thanks to Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) encryption. As it's used across the sector, you don't have to manage multiple protocols with multiple partners. If you are concerned about <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="General Data Protection Regulation"><abbr title="General Data Protection Regulation">GDPR</abbr></span> and <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Data Protection Act"><abbr title="Data Protection Act">DPA</abbr></span>, then your organisation can choose by default聽that no personally identifiable data is ever shared.</p><p>Investing in UKAMF provides an end to the multiple data sharing agreements, clunky user experiences, complex password management policies and clogged IT helpdesks that many institutions struggle with.</p><h3>How does federated access work?</h3><p>Federated access is where there are mutually agreed, trusted policies for sharing user information, resources and services. So when a user attempts to access a resource, it is their home institution that authenticates them to do so. It does this by vouching for the user鈥檚 identity, whose personal information and credentials remains by default with their host institution.</p><p>Using one username and password to access resources across different platforms, applications and locations is called <strong>single sign-on (SSO)</strong>.</p><p>Find out why the UK federation was created and what it achieves in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BakczZ2Jvc">this animated video</a>.</p><div class="signpost--highlight article-full__body" style="background: #EEE5EE; border: 2px solid #737;"><h3 style="margin-top: 0px;">Case study: saving time and money by implementing the UKAMF</h3><p style="font-weight: 300;">Read how North Warwickshire and Hinckley College is reaping considerable benefits after switching to Shibboleth.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6248/1/north-warwickshire-hinckley-college-eduroam-case-study.pdf">Download the full case study (pdf)</a>.</p></div><h3>Benefits</h3><p>As well as protecting personal data and offering enhanced security, UKAMF also exclusively provides access to:</p><ul><li>300 UKAMF service providers and thousands more across the world via the UKAMF鈥檚 participation in eduGAIN</li><li>Over 100 Jisc Collections resources (subject to licence) through single sign-on access</li><li>Free Jisc eBooks for further education (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="further education"><abbr title="further education">FE</abbr></span>)</li><li>Student discounts and rewards through VerifID</li><li>A free <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/UKFederationHelpdesk">dedicated UKAMF helpdesk</a> so you have a聽team of knowledgeable experts on hand</li></ul><p>Over 95% of UK higher education institutions and over 90% of further education institutions in the UK are using UKAMF.</p><h2>Apply to join UKAMF</h2><p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/uk-access-management-federation-sign-up">Fill in our form</a> to sign up to the UK federation.</p><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger"><a id="service-level" name="eligibility"></a>Eligibility</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><p>Any of our member organisations as well as service providers offering services to the UK education sector, are eligible to participate in the UK federation. Organisations that are funded by by Office for Students (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Office for Students"><abbr title="Office for Students">OfS</abbr></span>) and United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) as well as UK further education institutions can join free of charge.</p><p>Institutions not funded by <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Office for Students"><abbr title="Office for Students">OfS</abbr></span>, UKRI or UK <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="further education"><abbr title="further education">FE</abbr></span> funders may be liable for a 拢1000 per annum membership charge if they are looking to register an institution identity provider platform. Those registering a service provider platform maybe subject to a charge. Read further details of the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/membershipchargepolicy">membership charge policy</a>.</p><p>Individual users do not need to separately join the service. Instead, if you are a member of a participating organisation and you have an institutional logon account, you can use the UK federation.</p></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger"><a id="service-level" name="service-providers"></a>Service providers</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><p>Organisations seeking to make their resources and service available through the UK federation can either notify the UK federation that they have a third party who are registered with the UK federation to do that on their behalf, or join the UK federation themselves. For more information, visit the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/OutsourcedSP">UK federation website</a>.</p><h3>Verification for commercial purposes</h3><p>Service providers seeking to verify the affiliation of institutional members, such as students and staff, for commercial purposes - rather than the provision of academic resources, are not eligible to join the UK federation, but may interact with the service by joining <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://verifid.ac.uk/">VerifID</a>.</p><p>For further details please <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/mailto:info@verifid.ac.uk ">contact聽info@verifid.ac.uk</a></p></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger"><a id="service-level" name="service-level"></a>Service level description</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h4>Service description</h4><p>A service that provides organisations with:</p><ul><li>A federated access infrastructure for participating UK educational organisations and education based service providers. This includes a UK federation metadata registry service with nightly updates of entity registration and a central discovery service</li><li>A helpdesk providing technical, general federated access queries and membership and registration support available by phone via the service desk 0300 300 2212 or email via <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/mailto:service@ukfederation.org.uk">service@ukfederation.org.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Hours of service</h4><p>The central discovery service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week all year.</p><p>The metadata registry service and helpdesk are available during the business day as defined in SLD definitions.</p><h4>Security</h4><p>Organisations must ensure they understand and adhere to our <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-policies/security-policy">security policy</a> and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/http://ukfederation.org.uk/doc/rules-of-membership">UK federation rules of membership</a>.</p><h4>Charges</h4><p>Organisations that are not UK national governments-funded may be charged for registering identity provider entities.</p><h4>Request for service</h4><p>Membership requests are to be submitted in writing as defined in our <a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/uk-access-management-federation-sign-up">UK Access Management Federation signup form</a>.</p><p>Entity registrations requests are to be made via email to: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/mailto:service@ukfederation.org.uk">service@ukfederation.org.uk</a></p><h4>Service delivery time</h4><p>Membership requests will be processed within three business days of receipt of all necessary information.</p><p>Entity registrations will be processed within two business days of receipt of all necessary information for existing registrations and within five business days of receipt of all necessary information for new registrations.</p><h4>Terms and conditions</h4><p>Please ensure your organisation understands and adheres to our <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-policies/terms-provision-janet-service">terms and conditions</a>.</p><h4><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="General Data Protection Regulation"><abbr title="General Data Protection Regulation">GDPR</abbr></span></h4><p>Information provided to Jisc will be used as described in our <a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/website/privacy-notice">standard privacy notice</a>, to provide the service the customer has requested, as well as to identify problems or ways to make the service better. Jisc will keep the information until we are told that the customer no longer wishes to be a member and/or participate.</p><h4>Escalation</h4><p>See the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/http://ukfederation.org.uk/doc/rules-of-membership">federation rules of membership</a>.</p><h4>Service performance reporting requirements</h4><p><strong>Reporting definitions</strong></p><ul><li>Outages and availability for current month:<br/>- Number of failures<br/>- Overall down time in minutes<br/>- Percentage availability for month<br/>- Rolling 12 month percentage availability</li><li>Number of new members joined in current month</li><li>By exception, instances where the service delivery time was not met, giving the number of working days taken and the reason for the delay</li></ul></div></section><h2>Not quite ready to implement UKAMF?</h2><p>There are different routes to access UKAMF. Complementing the free UK federation service desk, Jisc can provide extra help to prepare your IT infrastructure.</p><p>Our <a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/consultancy/trust-and-identity">trust and identity consultancy service</a>聽offers聽bespoke support for federated identity services such as聽<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/http://shibboleth.net/">Shibboleth</a>聽(a non-proprietary, free software). We can support you with聽installation, updates and migrations, linking to other services, troubleshooting, and sustainability advice and planning.</p><h2>ISO certification</h2><p>Our UK Access Management Federation service is included within the scope of our聽ISO9001 and ISO27001 certificates.</p><p><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/about/certification">Read more about International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standards and view Jisc certificates</a>.</p><p> <figure class="media media-element media--left file-default"> <div class="media__inner"> <img alt="ISO9001 with UK National Accreditation" style="font-size: 13.008px;" data-delta="5" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/iso_9001ukas.jpg" title=""/> </div> </figure> <figure class="media media-element media--left file-default"> <div class="media__inner"> <img alt="ISO27001 with UKAS" style="font-size: 13.008px;" data-delta="4" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/iso_iec_27001ukas.jpg" title=""/> </div> </figure> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header>  </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="inner l-pull-left"> <div class="l-centre-offset"> <aside class="article-full__related l-gutter--top"> </aside> </div> </div>  </section> </main> <footer role="contentinfo"> <div class="inner l-pull-left light l-gutter--top"> <div class="l-centre-offset row"> </div>  <div class="l-centre-offset row"> </div>  </div> <div class="inner l-pull-left medium"> <div class="l-centre-offset"> <div class="region region--4-up"> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="c-main-site-footer">  <div class="c-main-site-footer__breadcrumb"> <div class="inner inner--main-site-footer"> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid"> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-9/12@large"> <nav class="c-main-site-footer__you-are-here" aria-label="Breadcrumb"> <p class="c-main-site-footer__you-are-here-title">You are in:</p> <div class="c-main-site-footer__you-are-here-item-home"> <a class="c-main-site-footer__you-are-here-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/" aria-label="Jisc homepage"><i class="fas fa-home" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/trust-and-identity">Trust and identity</a></li><li><span>UK Access Management Federation</span></li> </ul> </nav> </div> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-3/12@large">   </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="c-main-site-footer__linklist"> <div class="inner inner--main-site-footer"> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid"> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-3/12@large"> <h2 class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-title">Areas</h2> <ul class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-group"><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/connectivity">Connectivity</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/cyber-security">Cyber security</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/cloud">Cloud</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/data-and-analytics">Data analytics</a></li></ul><ul><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/libraries-and-research">Libraries, learning resources and research</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/student-experience">Student experience</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/trust-and-identity">Trust and identity</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/advice">Advice and guidance</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-3/12@large"> <h2 class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-title">Explore</h2> <ul class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-group"><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides">Guides</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/training">Training</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/consultancy">Consultancy</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/events">Events</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd">R&D</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-3/12@large"> <h2 class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-title">Useful</h2> <ul class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-group"><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/about">About</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/membership">Membership</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved">Get involved</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news">News</a></li><li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/jobs">Jobs</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-3/12@large"> <h2 class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-title">Get in touch</h2> <ul class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-group"> <li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"> <a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/contact"> Contact us </a> </li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"> <a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/headlines"> Sign up to our newsletter </a> </li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"> <a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://twitter.com/jisc"> <i class="fab fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social-copy">Twitter</span> </a> </li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"> <a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.facebook.com/jiscsocial"> <i class="fab fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social-copy">Facebook</span> </a> </li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"> <a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jisc"> <i class="fab fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social-copy">LinkedIn</span> </a> </li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item"> <a class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546/http://www.youtube.com/user/JISCmedia"> <i class="fab fa-youtube" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="c-main-site-footer__linklist-item-link-social-copy">YouTube</span> </a> </li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="c-main-site-footer__utilities"> <div class="inner inner--main-site-footer"> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid"> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-9/12@large"> <ul class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-list"><li class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-list-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer_utilities-list-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/website/cookies">Cookies</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-list-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer_utilities-list-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/website/privacy-notice">Privacy</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-list-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer_utilities-list-item-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/about/corporate/slavery-and-human-trafficking-statement">Modern slavery</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-list-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-additional-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/about/corporate/carbon-reduction-plan">Carbon reduction plan</a></li> <li class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-list-item"><a class="c-main-site-footer__utilities-additional-link" href="/web/20221006191546/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/website/accessibility-statement">Accessibility</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="c-main-site-footer-grid__item u-6/12@medium u-3/12@large"> 聽 </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>window.jQuery || document.write("<script src='/sites/all/modules/contrib/jquery_update/replace/jquery/1.8/jquery.min.js'>\x3C/script>")</script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/js/js_38VWQ3jjQx0wRFj7gkntZr077GgJoGn5nv3v05IeLLo.js"></script> <script src="//web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.2/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <script>window.jQuery.ui || document.write("<script src='/sites/all/modules/contrib/jquery_update/replace/ui/ui/minified/jquery-ui.min.js'>\x3C/script>")</script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/js/js_yxpcsmG10aGVUSD90BA4qltlgKI1rbhnUmWB7jdXazY.js"></script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/js/js_ln3elyxIXiDHhui9wGpVhQknbd0x6dFFLEcw-d2kY7c.js"></script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js"></script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/js/js_MRJGmiHDN-YmxpVwJXrmhddeFsDyTTAop4jAFfeWcSc.js"></script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221006191546js_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/js/js_gGSozz5nhS9RR6GeFycLd0mjTBR0-860cSp4ccsVjF8.js"></script> <script>jQuery.extend(Drupal.settings, {"basePath":"\/","pathPrefix":"","ajaxPageState":{"theme":"jisc_clean","theme_token":"Z_FPOmz-4s-45CRe5JBBg-g_U5t26lhOyJgOwco-w6I","js":{"\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221006191546\/https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.8.3\/jquery.min.js":1,"0":1,"misc\/jquery-extend-3.4.0.js":1,"misc\/jquery-html-prefilter-3.5.0-backport.js":1,"misc\/jquery.once.js":1,"misc\/drupal.js":1,"\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221006191546\/https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jqueryui\/1.10.2\/jquery-ui.min.js":1,"1":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/jisc_search_section\/js\/jiscSectionSearch.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/custom\/jisc_ia_nav\/js\/JiscIaNav.js":1,"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221006191546\/https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/mothership\/mothership\/js\/contextual.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/jisc_clean\/js\/jisc-lib.min.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/jisc_clean\/js\/extras.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/jisc_clean\/js\/integration\/timeline.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/jisc_clean\/js\/jisc-p13n.js":1},"css":{"modules\/system\/system.base.css":1,"modules\/system\/system.messages.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/jisc_clean\/css\/content.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/jisc_clean\/css\/print.css":1}},"jiscFlashPath":"\/sites\/all\/themes\/jisc_clean\/flash\/","searchAutocompletePath":"\/server\/search-results","facetapi":{"view_args":{"rss_snippets:block_1":["7344"]},"exposed_input":{"rss_snippets:block_1":[]},"view_path":{"rss_snippets:block_1":null},"view_dom_id":{"rss_snippets:block_1":"606d7c48e91ba30457fb1e14ca3da8df"}},"urlIsAjaxTrusted":{"\/search":true}});</script> </body> </html>