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title: "Is Northwestern Information Technology Kerberos (Authentication and Authorization Services) down? Northwestern Information Technology Kerberos (Authentication and Authorization Services) status"
url: "https://www.openstatus.dev/status/northwestern/kerberos-authentication-and-authorization-services"
description: "Live Northwestern Information Technology Kerberos (Authentication and Authorization Services) status, uptime over the last 45 days and recent incidents, tracked by openstatus."
---

# Is Northwestern Information Technology Kerberos (Authentication and Authorization Services) down?

**Answer:** No, Northwestern Information Technology Kerberos (Authentication and Authorization Services) is not down. All Northwestern Information Technology Kerberos (Authentication and Authorization Services) systems are operational.

- Status: operational
- Checked: 2026-11-07T10:10:02Z
- User reports in the last 15 minutes: 0
- Part of: [Northwestern Information Technology](/status/northwestern.md) / Identity and Access Management
- Official status page: https://northwesternuniversity.statuspage.io
- About: The Kerberos Authentication Service is offered by Northwestern IT for the use of NU departments and schools for authenticating access to applications, workstations and services. The service is intended to be lightweight, both administratively and technically, and does not require prior approval to use.

## Last 45 days

2 of 2 tracked days without issues.

## Incidents affecting Kerberos (Authentication and Authorization Services)

No recent incidents.

## Links

- HTML page: /status/northwestern/kerberos-authentication-and-authorization-services
- Service: /status/northwestern.md