Statistics and highlights SURFconext in 2020

SURFconext: considerable growth again

With more than 1,500 connected services, SURFconext grew strongly again in 2020. Users were able to log in to a total of 328 new services using their own settings account. With more than 6.7 million logins in the first week of the academic year, there was once again a record.

SURFsecureID: more than 2 million logins

Use of SURFsecureID also increased sharply in 2020. More and more institutions and users are making use of this two-factor authentication service in order to be able to log on to services with extra security.  In 2020, the number of users increased by 48% and the total number of logins exceeded 2 million per quarter! That's a sharp increase from 2019, when we recorded 880,767 logins in the busiest quarter.

Best practices SURFconext Authorisation Rules

SURFconext authorisation rules enable institutions to fine-tune their access to services. We have published three best practices in which various institutions explain how and why they use this functionality:

• Maastricht University keeps a grip on access to services with the aid of SURFconext authorisation rules
• Hanzehogeschool regulates access to sports facilities with SURFconext Authorisation Rules
• SURFconext enables guest access for VU University Amsterdam and Amsterdam University Medical Centre, location VUmc