Centralized Directory Services and Accounts Management Project

摘要

The Information Technology (IT) field and its constituent technologies continue to develop and mature at a rapid rate. Nowhere is this change more prevalent than in the security of IT resources. Emerging authentication technologies. combined with forthcoming directory service solutions, provide unique opportunities for developing and integrating comprehensive solutions to central directory services and singel sign-on environments. The University of Pittsburgh has reviewed its computing account structure and how the system manages access to an array of IT assets Account discrepancies and anomalies led tothe need to develop a progressive solution, reflecting advances in security, network and end-user technologies. In 1998 the University assembled a team to design and implement a comprehensive central directory and account system.