The Shibboleth Consortium

Protecting and progressing Shibboleth software thanks to funding raised through membership fees

What is the Consortium?

The Consortium is responsible for the financial, technical and strategic management of the Shibboleth Project. With global reliance increasing year on year, we founded the Consortium to ensure the reliability and longevity of the software.

This requires considerable effort from developers and Shibboleth experts remain few and far between. Our exceptional members recognise this value, and their memberships are both a tribute to and reason for Shibboleth’s continued success.

How we got started

Realising that Shibboleth needed a formal means of financial support, Jisc, Internet2 and SWITCH became our Principal Members by establishing the Shibboleth Consortium in 2013.

A global network of Shibboleth supporters

The numbers speak for themselves

Our products are relied upon by institutions all over the world, and our growing network of Consortium members is a celebration of Shibboleth’s success.

19 Countries

containing Consortium members

740,000+

lines of code maintained & supported thanks to the Consortium (source)

489%

increase in members since 2014

9

members in the core Shibboleth development team

Consortium Membership Growth

Source: The Shibboleth Consortium

Meet the Consortium Board

Comprised of both Member and developer representatives, the Board is responsible for the overall governance and technical direction of the Consortium.

Scott Cantor

Developer Representative

Steve Zoppi

Internet2 representative

Kevin Morooney

Internet2 representative

Joe Steele

Jisc representative

Manne Miettinen

NORDUnet representative

Wolfgang Pempe

Members’ representative, DFN-Verein

Davide Vaghetti

Members’ representatives, GARR

Alex Stuart

Jisc representative

Become a Consortium member today

"Roughly 70% of the almost 2,500 entities registered in the UK federation run Shibboleth, so it is an important set of security products within our community that we help curate. Our membership of the Consortium helps ensure the sustainability of this critical software on their behalf - in essence we contribute £37.60 per instance per year for a fully supported and actively developed security product, which we believe is extremely good value for money."

Dr Rhys Smith, Chief Technical Architect, Trust and Identity at Jisc

Reliable and sustainable software developed by a team of competent professionals is key to DFN. DFN-AAI has become one of our most important services and we owe a large part of this to the Shibboleth community. Our membership is a tribute as well as a commitment to the success of Shibboleth.

Christian Grimm, DFN CEO

We have chosen Shibboleth as basis for our federation many years ago - and it has turned out to be an excellent choice!

Christoph Witzig

We value the competence and the timely and professional responses to our queries. Especially the messenger channel for technical support provides ideal access to all Shibboleth developers. Without our membership we couldn‘t provide so reliable Shibboleth related services for our customers.

Peter Gietz, DAASI International