| Utah Master Directory
(UMD) |
The Utah Master
Directory© (UMD) is a Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) directory containing user
information for those who have access rights to
State hosted applications. UMD is the authoritative
directory for authentication and authorization for
multiple platforms, as well as a place to store
application-specific user information. UMD is continually
synchronized with source-of-truth data resources,
including the State’s enterprise HR database
(HRE) and other LAN-focused directories. As a result,
UMD provides high quality user data to participating
applications.
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| Product
Environment |
| UMD contains both State employee
and private citizen user information. State employees
managed in HRE are automatically in UMD. When
an employee leaves State employment, their user
object is moved into the private citizen side
of the directory. Consequently, State applications
that use UMD as a source-of-truth for authentication,
either through login.utah.gov or some other mechanism,
enjoy a higher level of security due to the automatic
repositioning that occurs when a user’s
status changes. |
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