Design and Implementation of Network Identity and Access Management System in a Higher Learning Institutions

Abstract

In developing nations most higher learning institutions authenticate users using pre-shared key and this type of security does not provide user identity. The use of a pre-shared key in network authentication is a major problem because the system cannot identify who has access to the network. How can trust be established with a user who has not been seen? User access rights and identities require proper management and have to be controlled along the various phases of the cycle. Moreover, this paper aims to investigate and design the model and framework of secure and easy-to-implement identity and access management that would serve as a blueprint for the implementation of IAM in higher learning institutions. A mixed-method approach was used that includes both qualitative and quantitative. Multiple regression and correlation analysis was performed with the successful implementation of the identity and access management system as the dependent variable and critical practices, considerations in the design, higher learning institutions' ICT policy, and personnel skills as independent variables.