What version of JBoss Portal are you using? In Portal 2.6, your PageCustomizerInterceptor stores the userProfile as a request attribute: Controller controller = controllerCtx.getController(); | Map userProfile = controllerCtx.getUserProfile(); | request.setAttribute("org.jboss.portal.header.USER_PROFILE", userProfile); You can then access attributes from the user profile in your header.jsp: <c:out value="${requestScope['org.jboss.portal.header.USER_PROFILE']['user.name.family']}" /> If you're on Portal 2.7, the process should be about the same. Check the reference docs for info on accessing the UserProfile in 2.7: http://docs.jboss.org/jbportal/v2.7.1/referenceGuide/html/identity.html View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4219439#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...