I've been a bit remiss in organizing these two meetings today. Chattanooga.Digital All-call is today at 6:30 to update everyone on where we are. It will be pretty informal. The calendar file for the series is attached. We are meeting at noon about identity and access management AND software evaluation — two for the price of one! This is an open meeting (like all of our meetings) but I've only invited folks who were expressly interested. Let me know if you are interested in attending. During our weekly devops call yesterday we talked through our operational "cost centers," everything that will generate costs for the coop. In the process it became clear to me that software evaluation and deployment are (should be) an integrated process. Establishing a checklist for validating deployments should be one output of the evaluation process. The way William has set this up is as a portfolio <https://github.com/Chattanooga-Digital/stack/tree/main/docs/portfolio> of apps along with a set of needs <https://github.com/Chattanooga-Digital/stack/tree/main/docs/needs>, specifically including IAM <https://github.com/Chattanooga-Digital/stack/blob/main/docs/needs/iam.md>. Currently this lives on Github but we will eventually establish our own git system that will integrate with documentation (on Nextcloud, most likely). This is a nice, simple structure that also provides structure for the process, so our agenda for the IAM meeting is: 1. Requirements 2. Nice to have 3. Candidates 4. Evaluation checklist I encourage you to check out Start with Identity <https://startwithidentity.com/>, particularly the guides. Lots of great info for all levels! Three articles that are particularly good basic primers are: * What Is Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) <https://startwithidentity.com/guides/fundamentals/what-is-ciam/>? * What Is IDaaS (Identity-as-a-Service)? <https://startwithidentity.com/guides/fundamentals/what-is-idaas/> * What Is Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)? <https://startwithidentity.com/guides/fundamentals/what-is-iga/> Let us know what you think! -- Greg Laudeman, Ed.D., Instigator Chattanooga.Digital <https://chattanooga.digital/> greg@chattanooga.digital <mailto:greg.laudeman@chattanooga.digital> 706-271-5521