Bildungscampus Heilbronn and STACKIT
SUCCESS STORY
STACKIT introduces modern identity management
A new identity management system, which also serves as a technical service platform, ensures less administration and greater convenience in the connection and provision of central services and applications.
The Heilbronn educational campus – a unique educational landscape
Although the foundation stone for the educational campus in Heilbronn was only laid in 2010, the campus is already home to more than ten different educational and scientific institutions. Elementary school, traditional universities and institutions for vocational training and further education can be found here, as well as renowned research institutes, innovative start-ups and new teaching concepts. With a total of over 8,500 pupils, students and employees, the campus offers a unique educational landscape in one place
– and inherently an innovative environment that is characterized by development and change. This makes it all the more important to develop future-proof and sustainable solutions for central service areas. For the campus, this means creating added value that makes life on campus more convenient, more flexible and easier so that the institutions can concentrate on their core activities – teaching, learning and research – in the best possible way. The success of the digital transformation plays a central role in this.
The challenge: linking a complex system with multi-layered identity scenarios
Each institution has its own identity management system (IDM). The task here was to create a bridge between the external and internal systems. From a service perspective, the focus was on providing centralized services for the campus that are available across the board and campus-wide. The frequent coming, going or changing of people within short time intervals had to be taken into account easily and at all times in the role and rights management. The Bildungscampus was looking for a comprehensive and innovative overall solution that was secure, flexible and easy to use for all technical and non-technical user groups.
STACKIT was commissioned by the Bildungscampus to integrate an identity management system that meets the high requirements – and can be easily expanded in the future. The perfect solution was found in cidaas. Together, STACKIT designed and developed a service platform that was tailored to the Bildungscampus: flexible, secure, highly available and easy to manage.
Implementation of the solution at the Heilbronn education campus
1. one-time registration
Here, the identity check can be carried out by the user themselves at any time and on the move using the video ID application.
2. checking the data
Checking the (international) ID card options used on the basis of relevant security security features. Another plus: during the registration process, pictures are taken of the user. One of these can be selected and used directly for printing the Campus ID card.
3. hosting in the STACKIT Cloud
For greater flexibility and security, the decision was made to host the identity management system in a separate Kubernetes instance in the STACKIT Cloud and to connect the institutions’ various systems to this environment.
4. scaling in the STACKIT Cloud
The hybrid infrastructure setup allows the system to scale flexibly via the cloud. This has advantages: Lower IT resources, demand-oriented costs and easy expandability. As soon as additional applications need to be connected, this can be implemented easily and securely via the STACKIT Cloud.
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The advantages of the STACKIT service platform at the Bildungscampus Heilbronn
Cost-saving
No investment costs as well transparent costs, thanks to the Billing according to actual Performance (on demand).
Secure
GDPR-compliant data storage, maximum data protection and the best information security.
Flexible
Virtualized services are available to you any time and with practically no limits. You no longer need to keep resources available for peak periods.
Scalable
You can commission and decommission services yourself as and when required. Changes in load can be covered automatically.
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