ProtectNetwork™ is an Independent Identity Provider (IdP) service. We provide open standards based, Web Single Sign-On enabled, privacy enhanced, online user identities
(also called ProtectNetwork ID™), user accounts, user authentication and access management services.
ProtectNetwork userID's enable seamless authorized access to any website or application
on the Internet that is protected using open standard technologies such as SAML, Shibboleth® or OpenID. You may register your online user ID here for FREE.
ProtectNetwork's core identity services and value added access management services
are accepted by a growing number of sites and trust federations worldwide such as the following:
InCommon® federation (operated by Internet2), USA
UK Access Management federation, United Kingdom
SWAMID federation, Sweden
University of Texas System
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Mellon Foundation
Thomson Corporation
Mondo SAKAI Site, Sweden
Roundup JIRA Site, Sweden
Shibboleth Site, Internet2
TestShib Site, Internet2
GridShib Service, NCSA, University of Illinois
Any OpenID Site
ProtectNetwork services are used by a growing number of application service providers (ASPs) who want to leverage our identity services infrastructure and value added access management services.
This is a cost effective way to leverage the power of millions of user identities that are part of collaborative trust federations worldwide.
ASP customers can easily integrate and leverage our core identity services and value added access management services for providing seamless authorized access to their application/data.
ProtectNetwork has adopted identity management best practices and policies that reflect strong commitment to safeguarding personal information.
Enabling Your Site With Shibboleth® Or OpenID Technologies
Shibboleth is standards-based, open source middleware software which provides Web Single SignOn (SSO).
Open ID allows individuals to create identity online and use it anywhere it is supported.
