Trust and identity

Manage access efficiently and effectively.

Supporting you with verification

If you need a way to verify data, or the status of staff and students you're responsible for, we can help you choose a service with the right capabilities for you.

Prospects Hedd
Part of our student experience offering, Hedd offers a simple way for employers, agencies, universities, embassies and councils to check a candidate’s degree qualifications.

VerifID
Providing instant verification of an anonymous user's affiliation within the UK research and education community, using the UK Access Management Federation.

Targeted, bespoke support

Make the most of our trust and identity services with tailored help to fully realise the longer-term benefits.

Trust and identity consultancy
Our main goal is to understand your specific needs as an organisation and help you meet them as best we can, while reducing pressure on your in-house teams.

Securing your web services

Have confidence that your web and email services are protected.

Certificate service
Manage your SSL, email and other certificates all in one place.

Domain registry
We manage the .ac.uk domain and our 'whois' service provides information relating to names registered.

Helping you with access management

Robust access management is a must-have for all universities, colleges, skills providers and research organisations.

UK Access Management Federation
A single solution to accessing online resources and services for education and research.

OpenAthens
Single sign on made simple for the library community. OpenAthens makes it easy for you to access the knowledge you want, when you want it, wherever you are.

Follow our blog

For the latest news and insight, as well as top tips on making the most of our services, visit our trust and identity blog.