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Apr
2024
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…
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Mar
2024
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…
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Mar
2024
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,…
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Feb
2024
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…
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Feb
2024
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,…
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Jan
2024
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…
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Jan
2024
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…
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Dec
2023
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…
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Nov
2023
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:…
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Oct
2023
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,…
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Oct
2023
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…
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Sep
2023
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…
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Sep
2023
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…
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Sep
2023
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…
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Sep
2023
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…
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Aug
2023
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!…
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Aug
2023
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,…
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Aug
2023
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…
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Aug
2023
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…
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Jul
2023
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…
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Jul
2023
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,…
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Jul
2023
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…
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Jun
2023
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…
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Jun
2023
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…
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Jun
2023
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…
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May
2023
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…
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May
2023
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…
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May
2023
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…
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May
2023
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,…
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Apr
2023
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,…
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Apr
2023
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,…
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Mar
2023
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,…
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Mar
2023
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…
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Mar
2023
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…
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Mar
2023
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…
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Feb
2023
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,…
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Jan
2023
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…
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Jan
2023
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…
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Jan
2023
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…
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Dec
2022
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…
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Dec
2022
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…
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Nov
2022
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,…
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Nov
2022
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…
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Nov
2022
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…
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Nov
2022
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…
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Nov
2022
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,…
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Nov
2022
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.
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Oct
2022
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.)…
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Oct
2022
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…
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Oct
2022
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…
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Oct
2022
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…
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Oct
2022
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.)…
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Sep
2022
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),…
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Sep
2022
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…
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Sep
2022
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…
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Aug
2022
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…
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Aug
2022
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…
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Aug
2022
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…
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Aug
2022
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…
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Aug
2022
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.
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Aug
2022
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…
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Jul
2022
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…
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Jul
2022
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…
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Jul
2022
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,…
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Jul
2022
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…
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Jul
2022
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…
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2022
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…
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May
2022
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…
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May
2022
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…
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May
2022
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…
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May
2022
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…
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Apr
2022
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…