Identity Management Processes
Overview
The edu-ID service covers the following identity management processes:
| Process | Description |
|---|---|
| Account creation | A user creates an account |
| Account update | A user updates her account details |
| Onboarding (affiliation creation) |
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| Offboarding (affiliation removal) |
A member leaves the organization |
| Affiliation update | The organization changes attributes or the status of a member |
| Duplicate resolution | Detection and resolution of duplicate edu-ID accounts |
| Temporary affiliation blocking | A user organizational membership link is temporarly disabled |
| Password management | Setting, re-setting the password for the federated login |
| Two step login setup | Setting up multi-factor authentication for federated login |
| Account deletion | An edu-ID account is removed |
Depending on the requirements of universities, more processes or features may be added in the future like:
- Personal user data is updated based on external source (i.e. another university, SwissID, governmental e-ID)
- Identity check: edu-ID (or a third party) vets the identity of a user