Carnegie Mellon University & Cirrus Identity

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was one of the first campuses in the country to integrate social identity providers like Google, Facebook, LinkedIn for access to campus applications. They chose this approach early on to make it easier for parents to access CMU services, and remember how to log in each time they needed access.

As CMU staff looked to the future, they wanted to keep their Identity Management team focused on core identity services, and not have to spin staffing cycles on maintaining social identity integration. Cirrus Identity provided the perfect solution.

Parents are no longer frustrated about forgotten passwords when accessing the “TheHub” service. By leveraging social login, the CMU identity management team doesn’t have to worry about creating accounts for parents, or helping them with forgotten usernames and passwords.

CMU was able to retire their homegrown invitation service and social identity authentication service and focus engineering resources on higher priority projects.

"Leveraging the expertise and professionalism of the Cirrus Identity team allowed us to quickly roll out the Org Branded ID service for users that did not have, or want to have other social identity types."

"Through our close partnership with Cirrus Identity, IAMS is able to deploy services and deliver value to our business partners quickly and efficiently."

Carnegie Mellon University will have a transformative impact on society through continual innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

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