Definitions for "IAMSECT"
IAMSECT stands for 'Inter-institutional Authorisation Management to Support eLearning with reference to Clinical Teaching'. IAMSECT is a JISC core middleware project to develop, test and disseminate practical approaches towards the adoption of Shibboleth technology within the UK. We have a particular focus on the issues of Authorisation (vs. Authentication) especially within the realm of clinical teaching, a field which provides a rich variety of privacy issues to consider. See also JISC, Shibboleth.