Apryl Motley amotley@internet2.edu Technical Writer & Communications Lead, Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Service Apryl Motley, CAE, leads communications efforts for the Trust and Identity and NET+ teams at Internet2, including content development for their respective newsletters. Apryl has been working in the communications field for more than two decades. 18 Nov 2024 Cloud Law & Order in the Cloud: Cloud Superhero Matthew D’Emilio Takes a Stand Estimated reading time: 6 minutes CLOUD SUPERHERO INTERVIEW SUMMARY: Learn how one of your peers navigates the intricacies of cloud contracts. Read on as he discusses his career path, volunteer roles with Internet2, and the benefits of a vibrant cloud community in research… Read More 22 Jul 2024 Cloud Mindset, Management, and Motivation: A Conversation with Cloud Superhero Ian Crew Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our 2024 series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional… Read More 08 May 2024 Cloud So Much Happened on the Way to the Forum: Checking in with Cloud Forum Founder and 2024 Cloud Superhero Award Winner Sarah Christen Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional interviews, and… Read More 24 Apr 2024 Cloud Giving to the Greater Good: Q&A with Cloud Superhero Doug Streit Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional interviews, and email amotley@internet2.edu… Read More 22 Mar 2024 InCommon Events InCommon Futures2: The Community’s Conversation Continues with IAM Online Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Last month’s release of the InCommon Futures2 Report, “Promoting Digital Collaboration,” marked an especially exciting and important time for IAM in the research and education community. And we can’t stop talking about it! Kevin Morooney, vice president… Read More 19 Mar 2024 Cloud Events CLASS Advanced Instructor Insights: Meet Cloud Solutions Champion Jason Smith Estimated reading time: 3 minutes With preparations underway for the Spring 2024 Cohort of CLASS Advanced (April 29–May 10, 2024), we checked in with principal instructor Jason Smith, vice president at Innovation in Software, an IT technology company based in Northern California,… Read More 12 Feb 2024 InCommon Events InCommon Catalysts Return to IAM Online to Offer Ideas and Insights about The Year Ahead in IAM Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The InCommon Catalysts will be our featured presenters for “The Year Ahead in IAM: Ideas & Insights from InCommon Catalysts” as part of IAM Online on Thursday, February 15 at… Read More 08 Feb 2024 InCommon Community Exchange Events CommEX24 Speaker Spotlight: Heidi Thompson and Kaitlin Wilcox of Grinnell College on the Important Partnership between IAM and BI Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Can – and should – there be a partnership between identity and access management (IAM) and business intelligence (BI)? For Heidi Thompson and Kaitlin Wilcox, identity and access analyst and director of business insights, respectively, at Grinnell College,… Read More 23 Jan 2024 Cloud Community Exchange Events CommEX24 Speaker Spotlight: University of Chicago’s Cornelia Ann Bailey Makes the Case for Collaborative Cloud Enablement Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Certainly, there’s a first time for everything. Just ask The University of Chicago’s Cornelia Ann Bailey. She’ll be a first-time attendee and presenter at the 2024 Internet2 Community Exchange (CommEX), March 4 – 7, in Chicago. Bailey’s… Read More 18 Jan 2024 InCommon Advanced Networking CommEX24 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with ESnet’s Edward Balas Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “I like helping the R&E community gain insights into the networks we provide and how they are positively impacting our communities and broader society,” said Ed Balas when asked what he likes most about his job as measurement… Read More 12 Dec 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Microsoft Education Security Chief Technology Officer Corey Lee Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Learn More About How Recent Microsoft Announcement Signals a Win for Multilateral Federation in the Research and Education Community This spring, Microsoft published documentation and guidance on multilateral federation for Azure AD/Entra… Read More 10 Nov 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Internet2’s Johnny Lasker and Provision IAM’s Matt Growden Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Johnny Lasker, principal service integration engineer in the Trust & Identity division at Internet2, and Matt Growden, CISSP, executive director of Identity Services at InCommon Catalyst Provision IAM, will be two of our featured speakers for “eduroam Logs:… Read More 27 Oct 2023 InCommon New InCommon Catalyst Instrumental Identity Brings Strong Ties to Higher Ed and the Open-Source Community Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Mark Earnest recalls delivering some of the first presentations of his IT career during InCommon BaseCAMP and Advanced CAMP in the early 2000s. Now a seasoned IT professional, Mark is CEO of Instrumental Identity,… Read More 10 Oct 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Jeremiah Haywood, Lead IAM Administrator, Illinois State University Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Jeremiah Haywood, lead IAM administrator in the Office of Technology Solutions at Illinois State University (ISU), will be one of our featured speakers for “Case Study Showcase: Practical Applications of the InCommon TAP Components” as part of IAM… Read More 21 Sep 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Mandi Witkovsky, Director of Identity & Access Management at Purdue University Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Mandi Witkovsky, director of identity & access management at Purdue University, will be our featured speaker for “Purdue University’s IAM Modernization Success Story” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, September 27 at 1… Read More 18 Sep 2023 InCommon TechEX Catch Up with InCommon Catalysts During CAMP Week at TechEX23 Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Just as the name implies, the InCommon Catalyst Program, now in its third year, was launched to bring added energy and expertise to the research and higher ed (R&E) community’s identity and access management… Read More 15 Sep 2023 InCommon TechEX InCommon Futures2 Moves Forward with Discussion at TechEX23 and Launch of Needs Assessment Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Note: InCommon Writer John McCormack contributed to this post. The 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX23) will take place next week (September 18–22) in Minneapolis. During this annual event, Marc Wallman, vice president information technology division, North Dakota State… Read More 14 Sep 2023 Cloud TechEX TechEX23 Speaker Spotlight: AWS Org Management Automation for the Win Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Kelly Rivera and Hallah Hussein, lead cloud engineer and cloud engineer respectively, from the University of Wisconsin Madison, will be first-time presenters at the 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange, September 18–22, in Minneapolis, Minn. Their session, Automating… Read More 31 Aug 2023 InCommon InCommon Service Spotlight: Q&A with Chris Misra, Vice Chancellor and CIO, University of Massachusetts Amherst Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations is under way, and we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. You can volunteer too!… Read More 31 Aug 2023 Cloud CLASS Advanced Instructor Insights: Q&A with Sujee Maniyam, Principal Instructor Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As we prepare for the Fall Cohort of CLASS Advanced (October 16–27, 2023), we asked principal instructor and course creator Sujee Maniyam to share his insights on its benefits. Sujee is the co-founder and CEO of Elephant Scale,… Read More 30 Aug 2023 Cloud TechEX23 Speaker Spotlight: Introducing Google’s Christian Michael Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Christian Michael, public sector training lead for Google, will be a first-time presenter at the 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange, September 18–22, in Minneapolis, Minn. His session, Google Cloud Hero – Visualization, ML, & BigQuery, will be… Read More 01 Aug 2023 Cloud Events CLASS Advanced Alumni Get Great Benefits Estimated reading time: 4 minutes CLASS Advanced is a two-week intensive learning experience where participants will learn how to effectively build and manage cloud computing resources for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). CLASS Advanced empowers the… Read More 31 Jul 2023 Cloud From Scorecard to Service: The Collaborative Features and Functionality of NET+ Miro Are a Win for the R&E Cloud Community Estimated reading time: 4 minutes According to Miro Solutions Engineer Adrian Casas, the newest service to join the NET+ portfolio is the virtual collaboration platform for research and education (R&E). “It’s an online workspace that enables teams, whether that’s students, faculty, or staff… Read More 11 Jul 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Kyle Lewis Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Kyle Lewis, vice president of cybersecurity strategy for InCommon Catalyst RDCT, will be our featured speaker for “How to Sirtfi – Going Beyond the Federation Security Checkbox” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday,… Read More 03 Jul 2023 Cloud Supply and Demand in the Cloud: Q&A with Cloud Superhero Emily Perry Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional… Read More 29 Jun 2023 Cloud CLASS Certification Learning Pathway Instructor Insights: Getting AWS SAAC Certification-Ready Estimated reading time: 2 minutes As our current cohort (June 28–September 8, 2023) of AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification Training gets underway, we asked instructor Sharif Nijim, to share his insights on its benefits. Nijim is academic co-director, Master of Science in business… Read More 21 Jun 2023 InCommon They Got IAM Done. Better. Faster. Together. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Lessons Learned During the 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program Cohort Congratulations to the 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) Cohort participants! They concluded their work together earlier this month. Nine institutions participated in this… Read More 06 Jun 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Ben Rappleyea Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Ben Rappleyea, manager of the Office of Identity and Access Management at Illinois State University, will be our featured speaker for “InCommon IAM 101” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, June 14… Read More 25 May 2023 InCommon Community Exchange Seen and Heard at the 2023 Internet2 Community Exchange: 4 IAM Insights Estimated reading time: 5 minutes There was no shortage of discussion about various aspects of trust and identity during the 2023 Internet2 Community Exchange (CommEX 23) held in Atlanta, May 8– 12, 2023. Identity and access management (IAM) community members in attendance took… Read More 23 May 2023 InCommon InCommon Collaboration Success Program Alumni Applaud Its Benefits Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together. That’s the promise of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). And it’s one we’ve been delivering on since kicking off the program’s first cohort in 2018. The… Read More 12 May 2023 Cloud Events CLASS Certification Learning Pathway Instructor Insights: Getting GCP Professional Cloud Architect Certification-Ready With our next cohort of Google Cloud Platform Professional Cloud Architect Certification Training coming up May 22 –July 24, 2023, we asked instructor Kenny Moore, virtualization & cloud administrator at the University of Michigan, to share his insights on its benefits. Register for training… Read More 08 May 2023 Events Cloud Internet2 NET+ Program Convenes Higher Ed Summit at Knowledge 2023 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Working in collaboration with ServiceNow, the Internet2 NET+ Program is pleased to announce the return of the Higher Education Summit at Knowledge 2023, ServiceNow’s largest users’ event of the year, on Monday,… Read More 26 Apr 2023 InCommon Community News Strategy, Solutions, and Support: New InCommon Catalyst Vantage Technology Consulting Group Brings All Three Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “As a new provider in the InCommon Catalyst Program, Vantage Technology Consulting Group is excited to bring our expertise and experience to the community,” said Jacqueline Pitter, CISSP, senior strategic consultant at Vantage Technology Consulting Group,… Read More 17 Apr 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Erik Coleman Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Erik Coleman and Anne Tacazon will be our featured panelists for “Getting IAM Done. Better. Faster. Together.” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, April 19 at 1 p.m. ET with Jean Chorazyczewski, director,… Read More 22 Mar 2023 InCommon Events The Best Way to Get Your Hands On midPoint? Training from InCommon Academy If you’re trying to determine how best to implement midPoint at your institution, look no further than the upcoming training available from InCommon Academy, April 25 – 28, 2023. The InCommon Academy’s midPoint Basics Workshop offers a robust hands-on environment. In fact,… Read More 21 Mar 2023 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (Spring): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, we are continuing their quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, which we feature in our e-newsletter InCommon News. Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a quarterly, virtual advice… Read More 17 Mar 2023 InCommon It’s Time You Met Your Match New COmanage Match Workshop from InCommon Academy In the spirit of “by community for community,” InCommon Academy is pleased to host its inaugural, virtual COmanage Match Workshop on March 30 with support from the University of California, San Diego. UCSD invested its… Read More 09 Mar 2023 InCommon Events InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Kerri Lemoie Kerri Lemoie Kerri Lemoie and Niels van Dijk will be our featured presenters for “Self-Sovereign ID: The Future of Learner, Teacher, and Researcher Credentials in the Academic Identity Landscape” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, March 15 at 1 p.m. ET with Nicole Roy, director… Read More 15 Feb 2023 InCommon Events InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with the University of Wisconsin–Madison IAM Team Members of the identity and access management (IAM) team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) will be our featured presenters for “From Modernizing Our Use of Grouper to Provisioning with midPoint and Developing Standard Populations” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday,… Read More 24 Jan 2023 InCommon InCommon Academy Welcomes New Director Jean Chorazyczewski recently joined the InCommon team at Internet2 as director of the InCommon Academy. Jean shared this perspective on her new role: “I’m excited about contributing to a forward-thinking organization that takes such care to build and serve community and is continuously advancing technology needed… Read More 20 Jan 2023 InCommon InCommon Catalysts Kick Off 2023 IAM Online Webinar Series The InCommon Catalysts will be our featured presenters for “The Year Ahead in IAM: Ideas & Insights from InCommon Catalysts” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. ET with Ann West, Internet2’s associate vice president for Trust… Read More 18 Jan 2023 InCommon Shibboleth Success Story: We Love a Deployment! When members of the InCommon community achieve their goals, we achieve ours. We love hearing how our training and other resources help research and education institutions overcome obstacles and turn them into opportunities. Recently, we heard from a past attendee of InCommon Academy’s Shibboleth training. He… Read More 14 Dec 2022 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (Dec. 2022): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts Estimated reading time: 6 minutes As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, we introduced a quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, that we feature… Read More 02 Dec 2022 InCommon InCommon Catalysts Bring Energy and Expertise to Community Conversations Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Just as the name implies, the InCommon Catalyst Program, now completing its second year, was launched to bring added energy and expertise to the community’s identity and access management (IAM) efforts. Nine industry providers… Read More 21 Nov 2022 Cloud Events Internet2 NET+ Launches Cloud Superhero Award: Honors Erik Lundberg Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The higher education community convened at Washington University in Saint Louis to attend Cloud Forum 2022 from November 9–11. The Higher Education Cloud Forum is a gathering for higher education IT professionals to discuss the challenges, potential,… Read More 16 Nov 2022 Events Cloud TechEX22 CAMP Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Nick Lewis Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We’re just a few weeks away from the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), taking place in Denver from December 5–9. Nine-time TechEX presenter Nick Lewis, program manager, NET+ Cloud Services – Security and Identity, will be… Read More 15 Nov 2022 InCommon Get IAM Done. Better. Faster. Together Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program Cohort Currently Under Way Collaboration around access and identity lifecycle management continues. The 2022-23 Cohort of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) kicked off in September. There are nine… Read More 08 Nov 2022 InCommon A Community Conversation about IAM in the Cloud Estimated reading time: 3 minutes InCommon’s Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity (CACTI) will host “Extending IAM to the Cloud: It’s Still Your Program” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. ET… Read More 07 Nov 2022 InCommon Events TechEx22 CAMP Speaker Spotlight: 4 Questions for Gail List Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The identity and access management (IAM) track for the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), held in Denver from December 5–9, has real flavor. (Check out the IAM track of sessions and Register now.) For example,… Read More 02 Nov 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: Making the Most of midPoint Estimated reading time: 3 minutes With our next virtual midPoint Basics workshop coming up November 7–10, we asked instructor Ivan Noris, an expert identity engineer at InCommon Catalyst Evolveum, to share his insights on its benefits. Read More 19 Oct 2022 InCommon From the Community Our Valued Volunteers: Q&A with Keith Wessel, Principal Identity and Access Management Specialist – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Estimated reading time: 4 minutes With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations in full swing, we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. (You can volunteer too! Submit your nomination by October 21.)… Read More 17 Oct 2022 InCommon TechEX22 CAMP 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Heather Flanagan Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), held in Denver from December 5–9, truly has something for everyone in the research and education community, especially identity and access management (IAM) professionals. (Check out the… Read More 10 Oct 2022 Cloud Better Together: Combined Cloud Services Resources Platform Coming Your Way Estimated reading time: 2 minutes We know there’s a lot of cloud coming your way these days! And it can be difficult to centralize your efforts as you determine which cloud services best meet your institution’s needs. I2 Cloud has plans underway to… Read More 05 Oct 2022 InCommon Community News InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Tariq Wilson, Software Engineer, UNC-Chapel Hill Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is on its way toward having passwordless logins. Seven months ago, the university launched a pilot to test its implementation of WebAuthn, known locally as Carolina… Read More 05 Oct 2022 InCommon Community News Our Valued Volunteers: 5 Questions for Josh Drake, Security Services Operations Manager (interim) – Indiana University Estimated reading time: 3 minutes With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations currently underway, we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. (You can volunteer too! Submit your nomination by October 21.)… Read More 21 Sep 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: Go with Shibboleth for Synergy and Streamlining Estimated reading time: 4 minutes With our next virtual Shibboleth workshop coming up October 3–7, we asked co-Instructors Paul Caskey, an IAM architect at Internet2, and Paul Riddle, an identity architect at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC),… Read More 19 Sep 2022 InCommon Community News Our Valued Volunteers: 5 Questions for David Bantz, IAM – University of Alaska Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Did you know that in 2021 InCommon volunteers collectively contributed 2,343 hours of time to help move the IAM community forward? We couldn’t do all we do without our valued volunteers. With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory… Read More 19 Sep 2022 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (September 2022): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts Estimated reading time: 5 minutes As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, earlier this year we introduced a quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, that we feature… Read More 22 Aug 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Offers the Best Options Available for IAM Training This Fall Estimated reading time: 4 minutes New season. New skills to learn and master. InCommon Academy is your one-stop connection to the best options for your team’s identity and access management (IAM) training this fall. Consistently rated 4.5 out of 5 stars, InCommon… Read More 18 Aug 2022 InCommon New to the Neighborhood: Provision IAM Joins InCommon Catalyst Program Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Jim Lookabaugh “Becoming a catalyst was a terrific fit for us, allowing us to foster deeper relationships within the research and education community,” said Jim Lookabaugh, customer solutions engineer at Provision IAM, about the… Read More 16 Aug 2022 InCommon Bring Your Unique Expertise to InCommon Advisory Committees Estimated reading time: 2 minutes InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations Now Open InCommon seeks enthusiastic volunteers to serve on its advisory committees. We invite your nominations for membership, including self-nominations. The window for nominations closes on Friday , October 21, 2022, and new terms… Read More 16 Aug 2022 Cloud Advance Your Transition to the Cloud with the Azure Accelerator Program for Research: Fall 2022 Cohort Application Period Open Through Sept. 10 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Internet2 CLASS and Microsoft Azure are collaborating to offer the research and education (R&E) community the opportunity to join the Azure Accelerator Program for Research. The inaugural cohort will kick off with award… Read More 10 Aug 2022 InCommon Lightning Strikes Twice: Select BaseCAMP 2022 Videos Available Through IAM Online Estimated reading time: 2 minutes BaseCAMP 2002 (held June 6-10) featured four fabulous Lightning Talks. These YouTube videos are now available through our IAM Online platform. Below is what you can expect to learn from each presentation. Read More 05 Aug 2022 Cloud Events Establishing the Governance Structure You Need: 3 Tips from NET+ ServiceNow Subscribers Estimated reading time: 4 minutes From left to right: Moderator Mitchell Pautz and panelists Mojgan Amini, Katie Rose, and Henry Umansky According to a panel featuring NET+ ServiceNow institutions, good governance models are critical to IT project planning and prioritization in the resource-challenged environment… Read More 27 Jul 2022 Internet2 Announcements InCommon Interest Period Extended for InCommon Collaboration Success Program 2022–2023 Cohort Estimated reading time: 2 minutes We have extended the expression of interest period for the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) 2022–2023 cohort until August 12. There’s still time to join us for the most collaborative… Read More 14 Jul 2022 Cloud Stony Brook Researchers Offer Mitigation Strategies for MITM Phishing Toolkit Attacks Estimated reading time: 2 minutes According to Stony Brook researchers Nick Nikiforakis and Babak Amin Azad, research and education institutions can defend against phishing attacks that leverage man-in-the-middle (MITM) phishing toolkits acting as malicious reverse proxy servers of online services. Last month during… Read More 13 Jul 2022 InCommon Building Your Bench with the InCommon Collaboration Success Program Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together. That’s the guiding philosophy behind the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). For Clemson University’s Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer, the program has more than lived up to its ideals,… Read More 08 Jul 2022 InCommon Events IAM Online Presents Hello Passkey, Goodbye Passwords! Estimated reading time: 2 minutes There’s a password for that and for this, and so on. New research indicates that on average people have approximately 100 passwords, which is 25 percent more than they had before the start of the pandemic. What would… Read More 05 Jul 2022 Cloud Events Internet2 NET+ ServiceNow Institutions Share Governance Best Practices at NET+ I2 Online Event Estimated reading time: 2 minutes IT professionals working in the research and education community have no shortage of priorities on their very full plates. And it stands to reason that they cannot be all things to all people at all times. Or does… Read More 21 Jun 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: The Flexibility of COmanage for the Win Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Just ahead of kicking off our next COmanage Class, June 28–30, we caught up with co-instructors Shayna Atkinson and Laura Paglione, both partners with Spherical Cow Group, to get their take on what attendees… Read More 26 May 2022 Cloud MITM Phishing Toolkit Research Highlighted by Stony Brook University at NET+ I2 Online Event Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Hosted by: Sponsored by: Consider this scenario. Students on your campus receive an email directing them to verify their Office 365 accounts or risk account termination. The message’s “click here to verify” link takes the recipients… Read More 18 May 2022 InCommon Right Place. Right Time. SLAC’s Bruce Vincent Shares Insights on Joining the InCommon Collaboration Success Program Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Bruce Vincent Where do you turn for community and collaboration as your institution launches a multiyear identity and access management (IAM) modernization program? For Bruce Vincent, director of identity and middleware services at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the… Read More 13 May 2022 InCommon Come for the Content; Stay for the Community: Clemson’s Kathy Wright Breaks Down BaseCAMP Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer, Clemson University “I was very honored to be asked,” said Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer at Clemson University, of the invitation she received to serve on this year’s planning committee for… Read More 02 May 2022 InCommon InCommon BaseCAMP 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Tom Jordan Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Tom Jordan They say good things come in threes. BaseCAMP identity and access management (IAM) basics speaker Tom Jordan is living proof. He is in the third year of his tenure as a solutions architect at the… Read More 18 Apr 2022 InCommon InCommon BaseCAMP 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Get the Goods on Grouper from Chad Redman Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Chad Redman Joining us in the tent again this year at InCommon BaseCAMP will be Chad Redman, systems programmer/specialist at the University of North Carolina. He will facilitate a session… Read More Get the news you need delivered to your inbox Sign up for a newsletter to read about the impact our community is making on the future of Higher Ed, Cloud, Research and more. From Advanced Networks news to the latest events, we've got you covered. Email Δ
18 Nov 2024 Cloud Law & Order in the Cloud: Cloud Superhero Matthew D’Emilio Takes a Stand Estimated reading time: 6 minutes CLOUD SUPERHERO INTERVIEW SUMMARY: Learn how one of your peers navigates the intricacies of cloud contracts. Read on as he discusses his career path, volunteer roles with Internet2, and the benefits of a vibrant cloud community in research… Read More
22 Jul 2024 Cloud Mindset, Management, and Motivation: A Conversation with Cloud Superhero Ian Crew Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our 2024 series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional… Read More
08 May 2024 Cloud So Much Happened on the Way to the Forum: Checking in with Cloud Forum Founder and 2024 Cloud Superhero Award Winner Sarah Christen Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional interviews, and… Read More
24 Apr 2024 Cloud Giving to the Greater Good: Q&A with Cloud Superhero Doug Streit Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional interviews, and email amotley@internet2.edu… Read More
22 Mar 2024 InCommon Events InCommon Futures2: The Community’s Conversation Continues with IAM Online Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Last month’s release of the InCommon Futures2 Report, “Promoting Digital Collaboration,” marked an especially exciting and important time for IAM in the research and education community. And we can’t stop talking about it! Kevin Morooney, vice president… Read More
19 Mar 2024 Cloud Events CLASS Advanced Instructor Insights: Meet Cloud Solutions Champion Jason Smith Estimated reading time: 3 minutes With preparations underway for the Spring 2024 Cohort of CLASS Advanced (April 29–May 10, 2024), we checked in with principal instructor Jason Smith, vice president at Innovation in Software, an IT technology company based in Northern California,… Read More
12 Feb 2024 InCommon Events InCommon Catalysts Return to IAM Online to Offer Ideas and Insights about The Year Ahead in IAM Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The InCommon Catalysts will be our featured presenters for “The Year Ahead in IAM: Ideas & Insights from InCommon Catalysts” as part of IAM Online on Thursday, February 15 at… Read More
08 Feb 2024 InCommon Community Exchange Events CommEX24 Speaker Spotlight: Heidi Thompson and Kaitlin Wilcox of Grinnell College on the Important Partnership between IAM and BI Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Can – and should – there be a partnership between identity and access management (IAM) and business intelligence (BI)? For Heidi Thompson and Kaitlin Wilcox, identity and access analyst and director of business insights, respectively, at Grinnell College,… Read More
23 Jan 2024 Cloud Community Exchange Events CommEX24 Speaker Spotlight: University of Chicago’s Cornelia Ann Bailey Makes the Case for Collaborative Cloud Enablement Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Certainly, there’s a first time for everything. Just ask The University of Chicago’s Cornelia Ann Bailey. She’ll be a first-time attendee and presenter at the 2024 Internet2 Community Exchange (CommEX), March 4 – 7, in Chicago. Bailey’s… Read More
18 Jan 2024 InCommon Advanced Networking CommEX24 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with ESnet’s Edward Balas Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “I like helping the R&E community gain insights into the networks we provide and how they are positively impacting our communities and broader society,” said Ed Balas when asked what he likes most about his job as measurement… Read More
12 Dec 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Microsoft Education Security Chief Technology Officer Corey Lee Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Learn More About How Recent Microsoft Announcement Signals a Win for Multilateral Federation in the Research and Education Community This spring, Microsoft published documentation and guidance on multilateral federation for Azure AD/Entra… Read More
10 Nov 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Internet2’s Johnny Lasker and Provision IAM’s Matt Growden Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Johnny Lasker, principal service integration engineer in the Trust & Identity division at Internet2, and Matt Growden, CISSP, executive director of Identity Services at InCommon Catalyst Provision IAM, will be two of our featured speakers for “eduroam Logs:… Read More
27 Oct 2023 InCommon New InCommon Catalyst Instrumental Identity Brings Strong Ties to Higher Ed and the Open-Source Community Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Mark Earnest recalls delivering some of the first presentations of his IT career during InCommon BaseCAMP and Advanced CAMP in the early 2000s. Now a seasoned IT professional, Mark is CEO of Instrumental Identity,… Read More
10 Oct 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Jeremiah Haywood, Lead IAM Administrator, Illinois State University Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Jeremiah Haywood, lead IAM administrator in the Office of Technology Solutions at Illinois State University (ISU), will be one of our featured speakers for “Case Study Showcase: Practical Applications of the InCommon TAP Components” as part of IAM… Read More
21 Sep 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Mandi Witkovsky, Director of Identity & Access Management at Purdue University Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Mandi Witkovsky, director of identity & access management at Purdue University, will be our featured speaker for “Purdue University’s IAM Modernization Success Story” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, September 27 at 1… Read More
18 Sep 2023 InCommon TechEX Catch Up with InCommon Catalysts During CAMP Week at TechEX23 Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Just as the name implies, the InCommon Catalyst Program, now in its third year, was launched to bring added energy and expertise to the research and higher ed (R&E) community’s identity and access management… Read More
15 Sep 2023 InCommon TechEX InCommon Futures2 Moves Forward with Discussion at TechEX23 and Launch of Needs Assessment Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Note: InCommon Writer John McCormack contributed to this post. The 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX23) will take place next week (September 18–22) in Minneapolis. During this annual event, Marc Wallman, vice president information technology division, North Dakota State… Read More
14 Sep 2023 Cloud TechEX TechEX23 Speaker Spotlight: AWS Org Management Automation for the Win Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Kelly Rivera and Hallah Hussein, lead cloud engineer and cloud engineer respectively, from the University of Wisconsin Madison, will be first-time presenters at the 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange, September 18–22, in Minneapolis, Minn. Their session, Automating… Read More
31 Aug 2023 InCommon InCommon Service Spotlight: Q&A with Chris Misra, Vice Chancellor and CIO, University of Massachusetts Amherst Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations is under way, and we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. You can volunteer too!… Read More
31 Aug 2023 Cloud CLASS Advanced Instructor Insights: Q&A with Sujee Maniyam, Principal Instructor Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As we prepare for the Fall Cohort of CLASS Advanced (October 16–27, 2023), we asked principal instructor and course creator Sujee Maniyam to share his insights on its benefits. Sujee is the co-founder and CEO of Elephant Scale,… Read More
30 Aug 2023 Cloud TechEX23 Speaker Spotlight: Introducing Google’s Christian Michael Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Christian Michael, public sector training lead for Google, will be a first-time presenter at the 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange, September 18–22, in Minneapolis, Minn. His session, Google Cloud Hero – Visualization, ML, & BigQuery, will be… Read More
01 Aug 2023 Cloud Events CLASS Advanced Alumni Get Great Benefits Estimated reading time: 4 minutes CLASS Advanced is a two-week intensive learning experience where participants will learn how to effectively build and manage cloud computing resources for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). CLASS Advanced empowers the… Read More
31 Jul 2023 Cloud From Scorecard to Service: The Collaborative Features and Functionality of NET+ Miro Are a Win for the R&E Cloud Community Estimated reading time: 4 minutes According to Miro Solutions Engineer Adrian Casas, the newest service to join the NET+ portfolio is the virtual collaboration platform for research and education (R&E). “It’s an online workspace that enables teams, whether that’s students, faculty, or staff… Read More
11 Jul 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Kyle Lewis Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Kyle Lewis, vice president of cybersecurity strategy for InCommon Catalyst RDCT, will be our featured speaker for “How to Sirtfi – Going Beyond the Federation Security Checkbox” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday,… Read More
03 Jul 2023 Cloud Supply and Demand in the Cloud: Q&A with Cloud Superhero Emily Perry Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Cloud Superhero Spotlight Editor’s Note: This conversation continues our series of interviews spotlighting the wonderful contributions that research and higher ed community members make to the NET+ Program. Be on the lookout for additional… Read More
29 Jun 2023 Cloud CLASS Certification Learning Pathway Instructor Insights: Getting AWS SAAC Certification-Ready Estimated reading time: 2 minutes As our current cohort (June 28–September 8, 2023) of AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification Training gets underway, we asked instructor Sharif Nijim, to share his insights on its benefits. Nijim is academic co-director, Master of Science in business… Read More
21 Jun 2023 InCommon They Got IAM Done. Better. Faster. Together. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Lessons Learned During the 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program Cohort Congratulations to the 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) Cohort participants! They concluded their work together earlier this month. Nine institutions participated in this… Read More
06 Jun 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Ben Rappleyea Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Ben Rappleyea, manager of the Office of Identity and Access Management at Illinois State University, will be our featured speaker for “InCommon IAM 101” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, June 14… Read More
25 May 2023 InCommon Community Exchange Seen and Heard at the 2023 Internet2 Community Exchange: 4 IAM Insights Estimated reading time: 5 minutes There was no shortage of discussion about various aspects of trust and identity during the 2023 Internet2 Community Exchange (CommEX 23) held in Atlanta, May 8– 12, 2023. Identity and access management (IAM) community members in attendance took… Read More
23 May 2023 InCommon InCommon Collaboration Success Program Alumni Applaud Its Benefits Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together. That’s the promise of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). And it’s one we’ve been delivering on since kicking off the program’s first cohort in 2018. The… Read More
12 May 2023 Cloud Events CLASS Certification Learning Pathway Instructor Insights: Getting GCP Professional Cloud Architect Certification-Ready With our next cohort of Google Cloud Platform Professional Cloud Architect Certification Training coming up May 22 –July 24, 2023, we asked instructor Kenny Moore, virtualization & cloud administrator at the University of Michigan, to share his insights on its benefits. Register for training… Read More
08 May 2023 Events Cloud Internet2 NET+ Program Convenes Higher Ed Summit at Knowledge 2023 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Working in collaboration with ServiceNow, the Internet2 NET+ Program is pleased to announce the return of the Higher Education Summit at Knowledge 2023, ServiceNow’s largest users’ event of the year, on Monday,… Read More
26 Apr 2023 InCommon Community News Strategy, Solutions, and Support: New InCommon Catalyst Vantage Technology Consulting Group Brings All Three Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “As a new provider in the InCommon Catalyst Program, Vantage Technology Consulting Group is excited to bring our expertise and experience to the community,” said Jacqueline Pitter, CISSP, senior strategic consultant at Vantage Technology Consulting Group,… Read More
17 Apr 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Erik Coleman Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Erik Coleman and Anne Tacazon will be our featured panelists for “Getting IAM Done. Better. Faster. Together.” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, April 19 at 1 p.m. ET with Jean Chorazyczewski, director,… Read More
22 Mar 2023 InCommon Events The Best Way to Get Your Hands On midPoint? Training from InCommon Academy If you’re trying to determine how best to implement midPoint at your institution, look no further than the upcoming training available from InCommon Academy, April 25 – 28, 2023. The InCommon Academy’s midPoint Basics Workshop offers a robust hands-on environment. In fact,… Read More
21 Mar 2023 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (Spring): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, we are continuing their quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, which we feature in our e-newsletter InCommon News. Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a quarterly, virtual advice… Read More
17 Mar 2023 InCommon It’s Time You Met Your Match New COmanage Match Workshop from InCommon Academy In the spirit of “by community for community,” InCommon Academy is pleased to host its inaugural, virtual COmanage Match Workshop on March 30 with support from the University of California, San Diego. UCSD invested its… Read More
09 Mar 2023 InCommon Events InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Kerri Lemoie Kerri Lemoie Kerri Lemoie and Niels van Dijk will be our featured presenters for “Self-Sovereign ID: The Future of Learner, Teacher, and Researcher Credentials in the Academic Identity Landscape” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, March 15 at 1 p.m. ET with Nicole Roy, director… Read More
15 Feb 2023 InCommon Events InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with the University of Wisconsin–Madison IAM Team Members of the identity and access management (IAM) team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) will be our featured presenters for “From Modernizing Our Use of Grouper to Provisioning with midPoint and Developing Standard Populations” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday,… Read More
24 Jan 2023 InCommon InCommon Academy Welcomes New Director Jean Chorazyczewski recently joined the InCommon team at Internet2 as director of the InCommon Academy. Jean shared this perspective on her new role: “I’m excited about contributing to a forward-thinking organization that takes such care to build and serve community and is continuously advancing technology needed… Read More
20 Jan 2023 InCommon InCommon Catalysts Kick Off 2023 IAM Online Webinar Series The InCommon Catalysts will be our featured presenters for “The Year Ahead in IAM: Ideas & Insights from InCommon Catalysts” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. ET with Ann West, Internet2’s associate vice president for Trust… Read More
18 Jan 2023 InCommon Shibboleth Success Story: We Love a Deployment! When members of the InCommon community achieve their goals, we achieve ours. We love hearing how our training and other resources help research and education institutions overcome obstacles and turn them into opportunities. Recently, we heard from a past attendee of InCommon Academy’s Shibboleth training. He… Read More
14 Dec 2022 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (Dec. 2022): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts Estimated reading time: 6 minutes As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, we introduced a quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, that we feature… Read More
02 Dec 2022 InCommon InCommon Catalysts Bring Energy and Expertise to Community Conversations Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Just as the name implies, the InCommon Catalyst Program, now completing its second year, was launched to bring added energy and expertise to the community’s identity and access management (IAM) efforts. Nine industry providers… Read More
21 Nov 2022 Cloud Events Internet2 NET+ Launches Cloud Superhero Award: Honors Erik Lundberg Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The higher education community convened at Washington University in Saint Louis to attend Cloud Forum 2022 from November 9–11. The Higher Education Cloud Forum is a gathering for higher education IT professionals to discuss the challenges, potential,… Read More
16 Nov 2022 Events Cloud TechEX22 CAMP Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Nick Lewis Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We’re just a few weeks away from the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), taking place in Denver from December 5–9. Nine-time TechEX presenter Nick Lewis, program manager, NET+ Cloud Services – Security and Identity, will be… Read More
15 Nov 2022 InCommon Get IAM Done. Better. Faster. Together Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program Cohort Currently Under Way Collaboration around access and identity lifecycle management continues. The 2022-23 Cohort of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) kicked off in September. There are nine… Read More
08 Nov 2022 InCommon A Community Conversation about IAM in the Cloud Estimated reading time: 3 minutes InCommon’s Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity (CACTI) will host “Extending IAM to the Cloud: It’s Still Your Program” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. ET… Read More
07 Nov 2022 InCommon Events TechEx22 CAMP Speaker Spotlight: 4 Questions for Gail List Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The identity and access management (IAM) track for the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), held in Denver from December 5–9, has real flavor. (Check out the IAM track of sessions and Register now.) For example,… Read More
02 Nov 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: Making the Most of midPoint Estimated reading time: 3 minutes With our next virtual midPoint Basics workshop coming up November 7–10, we asked instructor Ivan Noris, an expert identity engineer at InCommon Catalyst Evolveum, to share his insights on its benefits. Read More
19 Oct 2022 InCommon From the Community Our Valued Volunteers: Q&A with Keith Wessel, Principal Identity and Access Management Specialist – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Estimated reading time: 4 minutes With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations in full swing, we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. (You can volunteer too! Submit your nomination by October 21.)… Read More
17 Oct 2022 InCommon TechEX22 CAMP 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Heather Flanagan Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), held in Denver from December 5–9, truly has something for everyone in the research and education community, especially identity and access management (IAM) professionals. (Check out the… Read More
10 Oct 2022 Cloud Better Together: Combined Cloud Services Resources Platform Coming Your Way Estimated reading time: 2 minutes We know there’s a lot of cloud coming your way these days! And it can be difficult to centralize your efforts as you determine which cloud services best meet your institution’s needs. I2 Cloud has plans underway to… Read More
05 Oct 2022 InCommon Community News InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Tariq Wilson, Software Engineer, UNC-Chapel Hill Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is on its way toward having passwordless logins. Seven months ago, the university launched a pilot to test its implementation of WebAuthn, known locally as Carolina… Read More
05 Oct 2022 InCommon Community News Our Valued Volunteers: 5 Questions for Josh Drake, Security Services Operations Manager (interim) – Indiana University Estimated reading time: 3 minutes With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations currently underway, we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. (You can volunteer too! Submit your nomination by October 21.)… Read More
21 Sep 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: Go with Shibboleth for Synergy and Streamlining Estimated reading time: 4 minutes With our next virtual Shibboleth workshop coming up October 3–7, we asked co-Instructors Paul Caskey, an IAM architect at Internet2, and Paul Riddle, an identity architect at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC),… Read More
19 Sep 2022 InCommon Community News Our Valued Volunteers: 5 Questions for David Bantz, IAM – University of Alaska Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Did you know that in 2021 InCommon volunteers collectively contributed 2,343 hours of time to help move the IAM community forward? We couldn’t do all we do without our valued volunteers. With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory… Read More
19 Sep 2022 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (September 2022): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts Estimated reading time: 5 minutes As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, earlier this year we introduced a quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, that we feature… Read More
22 Aug 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Offers the Best Options Available for IAM Training This Fall Estimated reading time: 4 minutes New season. New skills to learn and master. InCommon Academy is your one-stop connection to the best options for your team’s identity and access management (IAM) training this fall. Consistently rated 4.5 out of 5 stars, InCommon… Read More
18 Aug 2022 InCommon New to the Neighborhood: Provision IAM Joins InCommon Catalyst Program Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Jim Lookabaugh “Becoming a catalyst was a terrific fit for us, allowing us to foster deeper relationships within the research and education community,” said Jim Lookabaugh, customer solutions engineer at Provision IAM, about the… Read More
16 Aug 2022 InCommon Bring Your Unique Expertise to InCommon Advisory Committees Estimated reading time: 2 minutes InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations Now Open InCommon seeks enthusiastic volunteers to serve on its advisory committees. We invite your nominations for membership, including self-nominations. The window for nominations closes on Friday , October 21, 2022, and new terms… Read More
16 Aug 2022 Cloud Advance Your Transition to the Cloud with the Azure Accelerator Program for Research: Fall 2022 Cohort Application Period Open Through Sept. 10 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Internet2 CLASS and Microsoft Azure are collaborating to offer the research and education (R&E) community the opportunity to join the Azure Accelerator Program for Research. The inaugural cohort will kick off with award… Read More
10 Aug 2022 InCommon Lightning Strikes Twice: Select BaseCAMP 2022 Videos Available Through IAM Online Estimated reading time: 2 minutes BaseCAMP 2002 (held June 6-10) featured four fabulous Lightning Talks. These YouTube videos are now available through our IAM Online platform. Below is what you can expect to learn from each presentation. Read More
05 Aug 2022 Cloud Events Establishing the Governance Structure You Need: 3 Tips from NET+ ServiceNow Subscribers Estimated reading time: 4 minutes From left to right: Moderator Mitchell Pautz and panelists Mojgan Amini, Katie Rose, and Henry Umansky According to a panel featuring NET+ ServiceNow institutions, good governance models are critical to IT project planning and prioritization in the resource-challenged environment… Read More
27 Jul 2022 Internet2 Announcements InCommon Interest Period Extended for InCommon Collaboration Success Program 2022–2023 Cohort Estimated reading time: 2 minutes We have extended the expression of interest period for the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) 2022–2023 cohort until August 12. There’s still time to join us for the most collaborative… Read More
14 Jul 2022 Cloud Stony Brook Researchers Offer Mitigation Strategies for MITM Phishing Toolkit Attacks Estimated reading time: 2 minutes According to Stony Brook researchers Nick Nikiforakis and Babak Amin Azad, research and education institutions can defend against phishing attacks that leverage man-in-the-middle (MITM) phishing toolkits acting as malicious reverse proxy servers of online services. Last month during… Read More
13 Jul 2022 InCommon Building Your Bench with the InCommon Collaboration Success Program Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together. That’s the guiding philosophy behind the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). For Clemson University’s Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer, the program has more than lived up to its ideals,… Read More
08 Jul 2022 InCommon Events IAM Online Presents Hello Passkey, Goodbye Passwords! Estimated reading time: 2 minutes There’s a password for that and for this, and so on. New research indicates that on average people have approximately 100 passwords, which is 25 percent more than they had before the start of the pandemic. What would… Read More
05 Jul 2022 Cloud Events Internet2 NET+ ServiceNow Institutions Share Governance Best Practices at NET+ I2 Online Event Estimated reading time: 2 minutes IT professionals working in the research and education community have no shortage of priorities on their very full plates. And it stands to reason that they cannot be all things to all people at all times. Or does… Read More
21 Jun 2022 InCommon InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: The Flexibility of COmanage for the Win Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Just ahead of kicking off our next COmanage Class, June 28–30, we caught up with co-instructors Shayna Atkinson and Laura Paglione, both partners with Spherical Cow Group, to get their take on what attendees… Read More
26 May 2022 Cloud MITM Phishing Toolkit Research Highlighted by Stony Brook University at NET+ I2 Online Event Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Hosted by: Sponsored by: Consider this scenario. Students on your campus receive an email directing them to verify their Office 365 accounts or risk account termination. The message’s “click here to verify” link takes the recipients… Read More
18 May 2022 InCommon Right Place. Right Time. SLAC’s Bruce Vincent Shares Insights on Joining the InCommon Collaboration Success Program Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Bruce Vincent Where do you turn for community and collaboration as your institution launches a multiyear identity and access management (IAM) modernization program? For Bruce Vincent, director of identity and middleware services at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the… Read More
13 May 2022 InCommon Come for the Content; Stay for the Community: Clemson’s Kathy Wright Breaks Down BaseCAMP Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer, Clemson University “I was very honored to be asked,” said Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer at Clemson University, of the invitation she received to serve on this year’s planning committee for… Read More
02 May 2022 InCommon InCommon BaseCAMP 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Tom Jordan Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Tom Jordan They say good things come in threes. BaseCAMP identity and access management (IAM) basics speaker Tom Jordan is living proof. He is in the third year of his tenure as a solutions architect at the… Read More
18 Apr 2022 InCommon InCommon BaseCAMP 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Get the Goods on Grouper from Chad Redman Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Chad Redman Joining us in the tent again this year at InCommon BaseCAMP will be Chad Redman, systems programmer/specialist at the University of North Carolina. He will facilitate a session… Read More