ProtectNetwork™ is a trusted, public, open Identity Provider (IdP) service that registers and provides digital identities (or credentials) to end-users. ProtectNetwork™ provides authentication and attribute release services for such issued credentials.

As a trusted open Identity Provider service to the InCommon Federation, ProtectNetwork provides SAML and Shibboleth® compliant userID's and associated authentication and attribute release services to InCommon participants. InCommon participants can register their ProtectNetwork-ID for FREE for use with any trusted Shibboleth protected resource or service on the Internet.

FEATURES and BENEFITS for InCommon participants:

• NO setup fee for individual InCommon end-users
• FREE self-service userID's (Level of Assurance (LOA):1) for end-users
  
• Guest-ID provisioning on-demand for your Shibboleth® protected Campus websites, applications and services
• Accepted by a growing number of trusted Shibboleth Service Provider's and federations worldwide, including InCommon
• Reduce Identity Theft incidents by leveraging our IdM best practices and policies
• Streamline your costs by leveraging a single identity and access management solution (Shibboleth®) across multiple applications and organizations
• 99.9999% Uptime network and IdP server infrastructure
• 24x7 customer support
• Low Cost of Ownership, High Reliability, High Value
  

Additional SERVICES include:

• Identity proofing and assurance services for LOA:2 and higher
• Customized co-branded ProtectNetwork authentication for seamless access to Shibboleth® protected websites, applications and services
• Industry leading SLA for hosting private dedicated ProtectNetwork IdP servers and authentication services
  

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please email to: incommon AT protectnetwork DOT org.