Scope
Identity Management Architecture is a critical subset of Enterprise Architecture that touches every aspect of business at NIH. It is the standards, policies, and activities that provide the context for implementing the digital identity infrastructure that meets NIH’s current business goals, objectives, and needs, and that is capable of evolving to ensure that the identity infrastructure continues to meet NIH’s needs in the future.
Expected Value
- Facilitate business interactions with grantees, contractors, and collaborators
- Provide better integrated systems, reduce data entry and improve data accuracy among databases
- Protect critical information assets through the proper use of digital identity
- Support safe access to critical information and processes by staff, grantees, contractors, and collaborators.
2008 1st Quarter
- Assess current state of the Identity Management Architecture as well as the NIH digital identity infrastructure and business processes
- Identify opportunities to automate essential business processes and enhance the NIH Identity Management Architecture
- Evaluate technology for the NIH digital identity infrastructure
2008 2nd Quarter
- Establish Identity Management governance
- Develop plans for better NIH Identity Management services (i.e. provisioning, federated authentication, role management, etc.)
2008 3rd Quarter
- Enact NIH Identity Management processes – including infrastructure changes, training, and staffing – and measure these results Identify future-state vision, architecture, technology
This plan is subject to change as business conditions change. Please check back often. Contact us if you have questions or concerns about the Program Plan.
Last Updated:
November 16, 2007
