Really, it's not so much that we manage your identity; rather, we manage the computer systems that keep track of who you are and the roles you play at Cal Poly Pomona. Your computer identity includes a lot of pieces:
- BroncoName – This is your Cal Poly Pomona user name, the primary identifier for campus-wide computer systems. It is ordinarily some portion of your initials or first name followed by your last name. It is the part preceding "@csupomona.edu" in your email address. If you don't know it, you can find it by looking yourself up at http://www.csupomona.edu/cgi-bin/intranet/ldap_search.pl.
- BroncoNumber – Your BroncoNumber is your student or employee identification number, and is used to identify you instead of your Social Security Number.
- BroncoPassword – Your BroncoPassword goes along with your BroncoName and is ordinarily used for your email and most other campus-wide services, including BroncoDirect, Blackboard, and WebCT.
- Network Password – Your network password is also used with your BroncoName, for wireless and VPN.
- Roles – Everyone with an identity has one or more roles, and these may change with time. For example, a student (itself a role) may be enrolled in BIO 123 (another role) and at the same time be an employee (yet another role). The Identity Management System provides role-specific access.
- Other identities – Individuals may have accounts on systems that are not part of the Cal Poly Pomona Identity Management System – for example, email on a College server or accounts in specialized computer labs.
The Identity Management System is young, but growing fast. Watch this page for new functions.
This page was last updated March 20, 2008.
