National Institutes of Health Interfederation Initiatives Peter Alterman
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National Institutes of Health Interfederation Initiatives Peter Alterman, Ph. D. Assistant CIO for e-Authentication
NIH Interfederation Goals • Trust credentials issued by business partners at known Levels of Assurance • Lower costs to all • Simplify transactions for customers 2
NIH Interfederation Process 1. Identify need (internal and/or external process) 2. Engage Policy Mapping with Candidate Federations 3. Engage Technical Interoperability Testing with Candidate Federations 4. Draft and sign MOAs (yes, the lawyers) 5. Regular reviews 3
NIH Service Provider Architecture Level 1 apps Local Auth. Z NIH SSO Level 2 apps Local Auth. Z Level 3 apps Local Auth. Z Level 4 apps NIH SSO CSP validation 4 Local Auth. Z Fed PKI validation
Federated Credential Validation Model NIH SSO End user credential Parse credential Issuer known/trusted? no Reject yes Digital certificates validated via Federal PKI Architecture Digital certificates validated directly @ CA 5 Userid/passwords Validated @ issuer SAML assertions Validated @ issuer
Who Does NIH SSO Trust Now … and How Much? U Tx Sys Adm PKI end users 2 In. Common Member users: 1 (2 pending) End Users with PKI creds from FPKI xcert CAs 3&4 6 All Feds And Contractors w/ HSPD-12 creds 3&4 End Users with Grants. gov Userid/pswd 2 Users with NIH AD Accounts 3 End Users with e. Auth creds 1&2
Federated Online Apps – Phase I Level 1 apps Level 2 apps Level 4 apps NCI Tumor Microenvironment Network TMEN e. RA Fed PKI Policy Authority Doc Mgt Sys HSPD-12 NIH Communication Officers Network Firebird Departmental Systems (cross-Operating Divisions) NIAID Training NIH Library ca. BIG/ca. Grid NCRR Grant Reporting System NICHD Clinical reporting system 7 Level 3 apps
Questions? 8
U. S. Federal Trust Mapping FPKI Rudimentary; C 4 E-Auth Level 1 E-Auth Level 2 FPKI Basic FRAC, TWIC, ACIS FPKI Medium & Medium-cbp E-Auth Level 3 E-Auth Level 4 9 FPKI Medium/HW & Medium/HW-cbp HSPD-12 compatible FPKI High (governments only) HSPD-12 compatible