At Cornell, identity management is provided through a suite of mission-critical services that support secure user access to IT services and systems used by the Cornell community. Secure user access means that there is a high level of assurance that the people accessing the service are who they claim to be and that they have a right to use the service.

The identity management services are designed so that (for most services), Cornell community members can use their main university credential -- their NetID and password -- to log in and get their work done. Two-step authentication provides an additional security layer for certain services and individuals.