Knowledge Base

In the world of IT security, "Zero Trust" is the buzzword that just won't quit. We’re told to "never trust, always verify," which sounds great on a slide deck. But on a college campus with 30,000 students, 5,000 faculty members, and a rotating door of adjuncts and contractors, "verifying" everything manually is a recipe for a total system standstill.

You’ve invested in the heavy hitters. Whether it’s the governance power of SailPoint, the cloud-native reach of Microsoft Entra ID, or the agility of Okta, you have a world-class Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategy.

Behind every great university IT department is a legendary, 2,000-line Python script. It was likely written five years ago by a developer who has since moved on to a private-sector DevOps role, and it is currently the only thing syncing your Student Information System (SIS) data with your Jamf Pro environment.

You've invested in Jamf Pro, and for good reason. It's the gold standard for managing Apple devices in Higher Education. Its ability to automate provisioning, enforce security policies, and deploy applications at scale is unparalleled. Understand how Jamf and FusionID make this a reality.

For years, the holy grail of campus IT was Single Sign-On (SSO). One username, one password, access to everything. And thanks to modern Identity & Access Management (IAM) solutions like Okta or RapidIdentity, SSO is largely a solved problem. Logging in is now, thankfully, the easy part.

Identity Debt is the accumulation of dirty, fragmented, and inconsistent user data across disparate systems within your institution. Learn what it is and how to avoid it.

In the realm of education, where data drives innovation in student outcomes, security is paramount.

On Monday (3/21/22), the White House released a statement by President Biden on our Nation’s Cybersecurity warning that “based on evolving intelligence” U.S. companies and organizations need to urgently harden their cybersecurity defenses against potentially imminent cyberattacks.