Verify users from CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security
CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a member of DFN-AAI, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security by having them sign in with their CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Germany
- Federation
- DFN-AAI
Institution details
- Organization
- CISPA – Helmholtz-Zentrum für Informationssicherheit gGmbH
- Description
- Helmholtz Center for Information Security
- Country
- Germany
- Website
- https://cispa.de/de/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp0.cispa.de/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php- Scopes
- cispa.de
- Federation
- DFN-AAI
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security?
Yes. CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security participates in DFN-AAI, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security support persistent identifiers?
No. CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security in?
CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security is located in Germany.
How do I verify students from CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security?
Start the demo and authenticate with CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.