24 Feb 2025 InCommon InCommon Round-Up: 5 Stories You May Have Missed By Iain Oldman Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Summary Get caught up on everything you need to know about what’s happening at InCommon. InCommon Federation Community Consultation Open Through Feb. 28 What’s New at InCommon Academy? Critical Trends… Read More
14 Feb 2025 InCommon Community Collaborates to Enhance Grouper Documentation By Emily Eisbruch and the Grouper Team Estimated reading time: 5 minutes In 2023, when a community group formed to improve Grouper documentation, Noelette Stout of Idaho State University stepped up to coordinate the effort. “I wanted to contribute to the… Read More
16 Jan 2025 InCommon Call for Participation: 2025 SirtfI Exercise Planning Working Group Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The InCommon Community and Trust Assurance Board (CTAB) seeks volunteers to participate in the Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group (SEPWG) to help design and run the annual distributed tabletop… Read More
18 Dec 2024 InCommon Story-Driven Scenarios Offer Dynamic Environment: InCommon’s 2024 Cyber Security Cooperation Exercise Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group From phishing attacks to compromised end-user devices, federation organizations have a coordinated line of defense when bad actors come after them individually or collectively. The Security Incident Response… Read More
17 Dec 2024 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (Winter 2024): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts,… Read More
06 Dec 2024 InCommon Expanding Academic Horizons: How Federated Identity Can Transform Cross-Institutional Learning By Ann West Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 2024 has been a pivotal year for InCommon, fueled by our Futures2 Strategy pushing new explorations and investments across the community. In reviewing our 20-year history, one of this year’s initiatives stands out as having the… Read More
20 Nov 2024 InCommon One Federation, Many Agencies: How InCommon Simplifies Federal Compliance Requirements By Ann West, AVP for trust and identity, Internet2 and Steve Zoppi, AVP, Services Integration and Architecture, Internet2 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In October 2024, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced new multi-factor authentication (MFA) requirements for Research.gov access. Those of you… Read More
14 Nov 2024 InCommon From Baltimore to Boston, We’re Off to the Races! By Kevin Morooney Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Reflecting on Futures2, Looking Forward to TechEX24 SUMMARY: Get leadership insight into the InCommon 2023 strategic planning process and what it means for the future of identity and access management in research and education. Join your colleagues at… Read More
05 Nov 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Connecting and Supporting Researchers with Rachana Ananthakrishnan By Kevin Morooney Estimated reading time: 6 minutes We are reaching the end of our year-long celebration of InCommon’s 20th birthday. As we draw to a close, we highlight an interview I held with a pivotal figure in the research and higher education (R&E) community: Rachana… Read More
21 Oct 2024 InCommon InCommon Federation Service Enhancements: Metadata Query Service and Federated Access to Federation Manager By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager, Internet2 Trust & Identity Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In the spring, the InCommon Federation announced a series of long-awaited enhancements to Federation services. We are nearing the finish line for two of… Read More