IAM in higher education is a system designed to ensure that the right individuals can access the right resources at the right time for the right reasons. Identity management connects you with your online identity at the University of Illinois System.
Access management acts like a digital keychain. It controls who can open certain "doors"—like student records, financial systems, or research databases—based on their university role.
Protect sensitive data with structured access controls.
Automate and simplify onboarding/offboarding.
Decentralized systems increase resilience.
Quick, secure access to needed resources.
Track and manage who has access and why.
Use data to inform and improve access decisions.
The University of Illinois IAM Steering Committee has been made authoritative for all IAM programmatic decision-making to ensure consistency, efficiency, and alignment with institutional and system-wide goals.
SailPoint provides governance and oversight, while ARM handles day-to-day access workflows. Together, they create a powerful, modern IAM ecosystem—one that secures access while streamlining user interaction.
As the SailPoint roadmap evolves, we expect to find strategic opportunities for Access Rights Management (ARM) to use SailPoint's access management capabilities in ways that support our business goals and security needs. This alignment will guide us in developing a more unified and efficient Identity Access Management (IAM) Program.