You are all cordially invited to

You are all cordially invited to attend the IEEE Technical Meeting entitled "Identity Federation in Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) " on April 19, 2006. The meeting will be held at the 1910, Oracle Way, Reston, VA. The presentation will be by Kenneth Lin and Tim Weil from Booz | Allen | Hamilton

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Program

6.00-7 PM: Networking and Food (Pizza and Soft drinks)
7.00-8 PM: Technical Talk
8.00-8.30 PM: Q&A, Any Other Chapter Business

"Identity Federation in Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG)" Abstract

The completion of the Human Genome Project sparked the development of many new tools for todays biomedical researcher to use in finding the mechanism behind disease. However, the lack of common infrastructure has prevented life science research institutions from being able to mine and analyze disparate data sources. Research facilities have been working with islands of isolated data and informatics tools. The inability to share technologies and data among different cancer research institutions can severely hamper the research process. The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) project was created to provide the organizational framework that could tackle these issues.

The National Cancer Institute Center for Bioinformatics (NCICB) built the caBIG prototype to satisfy simple data integration and sharing use cases using the Globus Toolkit. In anticipation that will include 1000+ grid services in its production release, Booz Allen was tasked to examine the current caBIG authentication and authorization architecture, proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture, evaluates a list of candidate technologies, and provides guidance on how to create identity federation in caBIG.

This presentation starts with a discussion on the evolution of grid computing and Web services technology, illustrates the challenges of identity federation across many security domains, and presents our recommended FIM architecture. Findings of every grid technology evaluated such as Globus Toolkit, Shibboleth, GridShib, and Signet will be presented and mapped to the proposed FIM architecture. The combination of FIM scenarios, architecture and technologies provides critical insights to create identity federation in a complex data sharing environment.

Speaker Bio

Tim Weil is a Security Architect with Booz | Allen | Hamilton inMcLean, VA., an IT Security Consulting Practice in the US Government sector. With over twenty years experience in data processing, communications engineering, and information assurance Mr. Weil's technical areas of expertise include enterprise security architecture, FISMA Compliance, identity management, and network engineering.

Mr. Weil is a senior member of IEEE and serves as Washington Section Editor of the IEEE SCANNER newspaper. He has also been a Technical Editor for several IEEE publications. His degrees include an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. in Sociology from Immaculate Heart College. Currently he is an industry-certified Security and Privacy professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). .

Outline:

The Evolution of Grid Computing

What is a Grid Service

Grid Service vs. Web Service

Grid vs. Service Oriented Architecture

Identity Federation (Data sharing across domains) Use Cases

Federated Authentication Use Cases

Federated Authorization Use Cases

Notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) Architecture

Federated Authentication Architecture

Federated Authorization Architecture

Technology Evaluation and Technology Mapping for Identity Federation

Globus Toolkit, SAML, GridShib, Shibboleth, Signet, Grouper, CSM, SAFE

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