Canada Presentations

Since the University of Calgary’s original PeopleSoft implementation, the bulk of user authentication has been handled via a local version of Central Authentication Service (CAS). The CAS sign on page has allowed users, from a single location, to authenticate by their IT account, their “eID” ( a light weight applicant account), or using their RSA SecurID token. A brief review of this implementation will kick off the presentation.
The University of Calgary continues to add web based services for Staff and Students, such as Office 365. At the same time, the CAS service nears its end of life, pushing the need to implement a parallel option for SAML/ADFS based authentication.
This presentation will review
• The original design for the CAS authentication
• How two-factor/multi-factor has been used for PeopleSoft systems at the University of Calgary
• How the above two points influence the design for adding SAML/ADFS authentication
• The high-level design and configuration for SAML integration
• Custom configuration and development added to the PeopleSoft systems
• Considerations for single sign out
• Testing plans and other validations
• Go-live considerations, and hopefully by then, a live demo