UK Access Management Federation
for Education and Research
Welcome to the home of the UK federation, which provides a single solution to accessing online resources and services for education and research.
Here is some information on how it works.
Eligible organisations are invited to join the current membership. Here are some benefits.
Latest news
New OpenSSL vulnerability
Posted on Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The following announcement has just been sent out to everyone listed as a technical or administrative contact for one or more entities registered with the UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research. Its purpose is to inform you of an important security problem which will affect many UK federation members.
YOU SHOULD ENSURE that the material below is reviewed by your technical staff as soon as possible, so that you can minimise the impact of this issue on your services.
SERVICE PROVIDER Heartbleed recovery recommendations
Posted on Friday, 18 April 2014
The following announcement has just been sent out to everyone listed as a technical or administrative contact for one or more entities registered with the UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research. Its purpose is to provide recommendations for post-patch mitigation of the "Heartbleed" vulnerability for SERVICE PROVIDER operators.
This advisory is for the attention of SERVICE PROVIDER operators. You should have received the equivalent advisory for the attention of identity provider operators earlier today.
If you have not seen our initial "Heartbleed" advisory, you can find it here:
http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/News/2014-04-08-secadv
YOU SHOULD ENSURE that the material below is reviewed by your technical staff as soon as possible, so that you can minimise the impact of this issue on your services.