MIDAS Account Management

MIDAS is the University's tailor-made system for Identity Management and the provisioning of services. It cross-references users between systems of record and keeps track of their centrally-managed permissions.

With the MIDAS web application (at midas.odu.edu), individuals at ODU can:

  1. Manage their own passwords and recovery settings
  2. Configure two-factor authentication
  3. Request additional access to a variety of services beyond the defaults

Features for Managers

Authorized users can also use MIDAS to manage departmental associations, permissions for others and memberships in groups and mailing lists.

Manage accounts and permissions for your employees in your department.

Supply a list of people for distribution lists or collaborations.

Establish access for collaborators not yet known to the University.

Review access to data, systems and groups, or review your employees' permissions.


Other Features

Authorization

MIDAS has a robust authorization system capable of authorizing services or approvals for nearly any data element in MIDAS.

Account Requirement

MIDAS is capable of enforcing Account Requirements by leveraging the authorization system. Requirements such as "Everyone must sign the AUP" and "Employee Training must be completed by Employees." Requirements can be dynamically added and changed.

Roles

Roles describe your affiliation to the University. Many are defined through University Business processes, while others are associated to you during account creation.

Auto Provisioning

This process is linked to Authorizations, enabling MIDAS to target service provisioning based on any criteria supported by the authorization system.

Administrative Interfaces

The administrative interface was created to support account managers and help desk staff. This interface supports workflows, employment information, greater service detail and control, as well as other administrative functions and processes.