A seamless and secure national research ecosystem

Trust and identity underpins every aspect of modern research - it is fundamental infrastructure that will create significant advances in outcomes for Australian researchers.

The Australian Access Federation (AAF) is building a Trust and Identity Framework that includes common policies, standards and technologies so researchers will enjoy a more cohesive network of services. Through one username and password they will be able to seamlessly access multiple national research capabilities.

How we can help you

We are partnering with national research infrastructures to enable access by researchers, industry and government.

National Research Infrastructure

AAF is partnering with national research infrastructure to develop a system-wide approach to access.

Higher Education

Many national research infrastructure are distributed throughout Australia’s universities, and we can work with your IT team and them, to enable access to those services and facilities.

Industry

A consistent and easy way in which to access research infrastructure will enable collaboration between industry and researchers, supporting research development and commercialisation.

Researchers

AAF are exploring with the national research infrastructure community, how we can enable access to the valuable services, technologies, data and computational power.

Meet our Incubators

Image credit: National Imaging Facility Advanced Human MRI capabilities at SAHMRI

National Imaging Facility

AAF has partnered with the National Imaging Facility (NIF) exploring improved access and collaboration for complex multi-site human imaging projects and medical trials using sensitive data.

Pawsey Setonix Supercomputer (2)

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre

AAF has partnered with the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre exploring options to provide seamless and secure access to their supercomputing service using federated identities.

Breast cancer - ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): Tumor cells are confined to the mammary ducts. No invasion is seen (photographed and uploaded by US board certified surgical pathologist).

Microscopy Australia

AAF has partnered with Microscopy Australia exploring impact tracking through persistent identifiers (PIDs).

Aerial view of Great Barrier Reef in Whitsunday's Queensland Australia, famous love heart reef.

ACCESS-NRI

AAF has partnered with ACCESS-NRI exploring a solution that can improve usage tracking across all  resources.

NCRIS network nodes

NCI Australia

AAF has partnered with NCI Australia exploring options to provide seamless and secure access to their supercomputing service.

A scientist looking at a DNA sequence

Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

AAF has partnered with ARDC to ensure the trust and identity policies and technologies support researchers across distributed infrastructures and research communities.

Software Toolkit

Discover a suite of software solutions that can enhance your organisation’s trust and identity capabilities and can be implemented by your organisation or service.

Policy Development Kit for Research Collaborations

Discover a suite of common policies enabling trusted and secure collaboration across multiple services and organisations. The Policy Development Kit for Research Collaborations offers a structured approach for developing policies related to access, identity management, and trust within a collaborative research environment.

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