Celebrating 15 years
In 2024 the Australian Access Federation celebrated providing 15 years of trust and identity services to connect and protect the research and higher education sector. We would like to thank all of our members and partners across the research and higher education sector for a fabulous 15 years. We’ve laid the foundations for the future, and look forward to continuing to provide national trust and identity services for our community.
Our history
Established in 2009, the Australian Access Federation (AAF) is Australia’s identity federation and part of a global network of over 80 federations around the world. The AAF is a vital part of the Australian eResearch infrastructure landscape enabling safe and secure exchange of information between education and research institutions both locally and internationally.
The Federation is a combination of technology and policy, which offers a trust framework. It enables trusted access with a single sign-on that allows individuals across many different organisations to collaborate and access online resources within a trusted environment.
Our approach has been collaborative and we’ve explored and built solutions for the community and with the community – from universities to national infrastructure providers such as the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, Australian Research Data Commons, CSIRO, AURIN, Australian Biocommons, Microscopy Australia and the National Imaging Facility (NIF).
Together we’re creating a secure and connected national research ecosystem, for greater research and innovation outcomes.