1. CIFER Community Identity Framework for Education and Research (CIFERproject.org) An agile, best-of-breed, community-governed, comprehensive IAM solution for higher education

2. CIFER Objectives Builds upon existing open source IAM projects Creates a comprehensive, modular IAM stack Implements open, standards-based architecture Reduces ops costs (TCO) through improved integration, automation, QA Focuses on needs, challenges distinctive to HE Avoids vendor lock-in 2ciferproject.org

3. CIFER Project Plan 5 Work Streams, plus project-wide QA – Registries, Provisioning & Integration, Access Management, Authorization, Process Automation – Each partners with existing OSS IAM projects and builds new functionality only where necessary 2 year build ($4m/year), then self-sustaining – Diverse participation models for diverse investors – Contingency plans in-place 3ciferproject.org

4. CIFER Timeline Summer 2012: Launch – Existing partner projects deliver immediate ROI – Focus HE attention, investment effort Summer 2013 – Gaps filled, process automation in beta Summer 2014 – Comprehensive stack, cloud-aware and cloud- ready 4ciferproject.org

5. Why Invest in CIFER? Higher-ROI, Lower-TCO, lower-risk IAM: sooner, better, and sustainably Prepares us better for HE-specific challenges like collaboration, social/mobile, and the cloud Community governance improves our institutional control over our own destiny Modular solution means no non-core investment Diverse investment options let us tailor our investment precisely to our institutional priorities Vendors available for immediate support, ROI Validates and advances our institutional stature 5ciferproject.org

6. CIFER Investment Options Monetary Investment: – Participant Campuses $1/student/year (2 years); Others $50k – Supporter Campuses $2/student/year (2 years); Others $100k – Leader Campuses $5/student/year (2 years); Others $250k – Work Stream-specific investment option as well FTE Resources (in-kind contribution) Code (IP) 6ciferproject.org

7. Questions? 7 For More Information contact : info@ciferproject.org