Mr Heath Marks, Mr Richard Northam
1Australian Access Federation, Brisbane, Australia
Background
In 2020 the Australian Access Federation (AAF) released Making the Case, which identified a need for a system wide approach to Trust and Identity (T&I) for NCRIS and the broader research system. The AAF recently received funding from the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) for a T&I program.
This BoF session will engage with the audience to help shape priorities for this pathfinder program.
Actions
This program will deliver outputs to support T&I including a national framework and infrastructure for NCRIS capabilities. Longer term outcomes include more secure research infrastructure, a consistent authentication experience, and global connectivity for Australian researchers.
The program will accelerate adoption of cutting-edge trust and identity solutions to prepare for future cybersecurity risks and technology disruptors.
Solution
The program includes accelerator and incubator streams that will investigate and implement T&I solutions. In this session we are keen to hear from the community to understand their challenges and how AAF can help move T&I forward in support of national research services.
Conclusion
All NCRIS capabilities are invited to help AAF shape thenational T&I framework to support the research community’s needs. We are looking to work with capabilities that are ready to adopt a national approach to T&I, enabling their researchers to easily access the research infrastructure and collaborate with their peers globally.
Biography:
Heath Marks was appointed by the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT) in July 2009 to head a team to deliver the sustainable operations of Australia’s national trust authentication framework (the AAF) and from 2016 the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) Consortium Lead for Australia. Heath participates in many national and international committees and working groups on trust, identity, cyber security and company strategy. He is an IT professional with a wealth of management experience in the successful delivery of transformational Information Technology within the tertiary education and research sector. Heath has post graduate qualifications in business and technology and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GACID).