Umbrella on the Way towards Implementation Radisson Blu

Umbrella on the Way towards Implementation Radisson Blu, ZRH Airport, 13 th June 2012 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 1

Umbrella Formal Issues q Loose collaboration ü In previous and present EU projects only a subset explicitly involved § Euro. FEL § Pa. Ndata § CRISP q Need a more formal structure ü Virtual to real transition § § Friendly-user test Implementation Reliability Real costs 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 2

Umbrella Scope of Umbrella, Further Steps q Situation ü Project of Umbrella as prototype for basic identity management for P/N community will soon reach mature status ü Open topics concerning proposal handling (Biostruct X, CALIPSO, …) ü Open topics concerning relation to other communities (bridging, FIM activity) ü Open topics connected to further IT tools (ICAT, Moonshot) q Options ü A, absolute minimum § Prototype work was fine, but that was enough § No implementation ü B, minimum § Implementation at interested partner sites § No further activities ü C, medium § Implementation § Further investigations of next steps ü D, strong § … 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 3

Umbrella Management Teams q Situation ü After implementation annual / bi-annual meetings no more sufficient ü Possible option teams / committees on important topics § Operation § Further developments § Resource / strategy management q Options ü A § No need for such structures ü B § Only one team / committee ü C § Several 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 4

Umbrella Common operation q Situation ü Certain parts affect all partners § Central site § Shared data (e. g. affiliation db) q Options üA § Don’t care take simplest solution üB § At one site, but neutral to outside, compensate resources spent üC § Mirroring, compensate … 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 5

Umbrella Security Issues q Situation ü With increased number of users more attractive to hackers ü Take care of potential image loss. Different reaction on intruders § Shut door and ignore § Inform other offices § Black list q Options üA § No common handling üB § Information of partners, but no common action üC § Central shut down, info, black list, possibly further actions 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 6

Umbrella Further Software Developments q Situation ü Issue solve donly in part ü FI in rapid motion, also other fields, clouds, commercial, other communities q Options üA § No further coordinated actions üB § Coordination of developments within partners (info of partners about new developments, if possible cooperation) üC § Set up Umbrella formally as open software project 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 7

Umbrella Transition from prototype to implementation q Situation ü Only basic tools are ready ü Could go public now or wait till complete § Authentication § Central services § ICAT, Moonshot, … q Options üA § Now üB § Wait 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 8

Umbrella Way of Implementation q Situation ü Umbrella designed such that no need for time-zero ü All together or individually q Options üA § All together üB § Individually 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 9

Umbrella Formal Issues q Loose collaboration ü In previous and present EU projects only a subset explicitly involved § Euro. FEL § Pa. Ndata § CRISP q Need a more formal structure ü Virtual to real transition § § Friendly-user test Implementation Reliability Real costs 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 10

Umbrella to do Link to commercial and public systems (banks, gov. admin) Implementation central Id. P Affiliation db Legal issues Politics, Mo. Us Remote IT resource handling Politics Kernel Politics Security Operation issues Implementation Development Setup of committees (operation, strategy, management) Link to other CRISP WPs Running the Central Id. P Hardware; Mirroring? Remote data handling Link to Grid, cloud Umbrella Plus 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 11

Umbrella Federated Identity Management q Paper preparation ü Workshops: CERN, RAL, Taipei ü Contribution to draft from HEP, Life sciences, Humanities, Photon / Neutron facilities, Climate science ü Next meeting at Nymegen, final document q First conclusions ü ü No one-fits-all solution for identity management Too different environments: federations Strong need for bridging One voice 3 rd CRISP / Pa. Ndata Harmonization Meeting, ZRH Airport June 13, 2012 Heinz J Weyer, PSI 12