Getting IAM Right: Why Identity & Access Management Matters More Than Ever

Not sure who has access to what in your IT environment? You're not alone. This post breaks down how Identity & Access Management (IAM) puts you back in control. With open solutions like Nubus, you manage access, protect data—and take back your digital sovereignty. Access rights are like keys—and in many IT environments, the whole [...]

Easier integration of Nubus into existing environments: Ad Hoc Provisioning and Directory Importer now available

Connecting new software to existing environments or migrating to a new IAM is usually a longer-term project. Nubus now offers new, lightweight options for integration with existing identity providers and directory services. The initial situation: Existing identities & new projects Organizations rarely start IT projects from scratch (“greenfield”) but usually have existing systems for managing [...]

One for All: Central Identity Management for Brandenburg’s Schools with UCS@school

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In recent years, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MBJS) in Brandenburg has continuously modernized the digital school landscape. The focus is on specialized administrative procedures for school management, made available to schools in Brandenburg through a dedicated school portal. The key component for centrally managing identities in these applications is the identity management [...]

UCS 5.2-2 Released

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With the second patch level release of UCS, we’re bundling all the new developments from recent weeks into fresh installation media. In addition to many improvements that have already been published as errata, this release also includes an extension: a unified identifier for all objects managed by Nubus for UCS. Unified Identifier for All Nubus [...]

Digital Education in Oldenburg: Ensuring Future-Proof School IT with UCS@school

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In this guest article, we would like to report on how we have future-proofed the IT infrastructure of around 50 schools in Oldenburg, how we have overcome challenges and which solutions have convinced us, and which exciting projects still lie ahead of us. As the school IT department for the city of Oldenburg, we look [...]

Full Steam Ahead: How to Install Nubus in Your Local Kubernetes Cluster

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Time to set sail: We're spinning up a local Kubernetes cluster and hoisting the Nubus flag—your very own test environment for centralized Identity & Access Management. Missed part one? That's where we explained how Kubernetes works and who's really at the helm inside the cluster. In the first part of this series, we broke down [...]

UCS@school: How the Wetteraukreis Manages Its School IT Centrally

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How can centralized school IT be successfully implemented in a rural district with 85 schools? The Wetteraukreis demonstrates how to establish a reliable digital infrastructure using UCS@school, clear processes, and a strong team. Key factors for success include automation, data protection, and direct on-site support. The Wetteraukreis is located north of Frankfurt am Main and, [...]

Setting Sail with Kubernetes: A Beginner’s Guide

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With Nubus for Kubernetes, you now have an Open Source solution that makes identity and access management in Kubernetes environments simple and centralized. We'll show you how Kubernetes keeps your containers on course—and who's really at the helm of your cluster. In the world of modern IT infrastructure, Kubernetes has taken the helm—especially when applications [...]

Digital Sovereignty for Lübeck’s Schools – With Open Source and Central IT Management

Digital education needs a reliable technical foundation - and this can only be created if you have it in your own hands. For us in Lübeck, it was therefore clear that our school IT must be centrally manageable, secure and independent of large IT groups. This is precisely why we rely on the open source [...]

Digital Transformation at Flensburg Schools: From Heterogeneity to Uniformity

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In the city of Flensburg, we have very successfully implemented a central school IT infrastructure in recent years and decisively advanced digitalization. By implementing UCS@school, we were able to create a central IT infrastructure that improves the learning environment for pupils and significantly reduces the administrative tasks of teachers. Turning a Patchwork into a Functioning [...]