How does RISS make use of Federated Identity Management?
In 2004, RISS recognized the need for the secure sharing of critical justice-related information among trusted partner agencies without requiring each partner to maintain and use each other’s security credentials with the initiation of the Trusted Credential Project (TCP). After thoroughly investigating various technologies, RISS OIT identified Federated Identity as the most suitable model for meeting the requirements of the TCP. (NOTE: According to the Burton Group, a respected Information Technology research and advisory firm, Federated Identity Management is defined as "…the agreements, standards, and technologies that make identity and entitlements portable across autonomous domains….") RISS’s early involvement in Federated Identity Management allowed it to participate in two groundbreaking nationwide justice-related information sharing initiatives: (1) the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) project and (2) the Law Enforcement Information Sharing P
