Access to the Student Information System (PeopleSoft) is governed by a Federated Authorization process. It ensures that users only have access to the data required to fulfill their University responsibilities.

Information Technology has developed an online community that makes requesting access faster and easier. It retains all the security and auditing benefits of a paper-based process while eliminating the need to print paper forms, obtain handwritten signatures, and fax forms to additional approvers.

Before submitting an access request, review the following descriptions about process-based roles:

• End user: Person for whom access is being requested.
• Security contact: Individuals designated by their University unit to ensure authorized employees have access only to the Student Information System (PeopleSoft) data needed to perform their jobs.
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• University data steward: Individuals responsible for granting additional approval when a certain level of access is requested.  
• Privacy officer: The Pitt IT privacy officer is responsible for reviewing and approving access requests involving sensitive data.
• Pitt Information Technology security analyst: Pitt IT staff members responsible for reviewing and granting final approval to all access requests.

Note: When requesting access for a new user, you may sometimes want the new user's access to be similar to the access of a current user. See the More Ways section to look up an existing user's roles in the Student Information System and use them as a reference.