20 Jun 2024 InCommon Stand By for Sirtfi: Third Annual InCommon Cybersecurity Cooperation Exercise Scheduled for November, Call for Participation Opens in August Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group Greetings fellow InCommoners! It will soon be time to assemble again, dust off our security response plans, and practice using Sirtfi in response to a distributed cyber attack against… Read More
20 Jun 2024 InCommon Grouper Rules: Any Angler Can Use Them Now Estimated reading time: 6 minutes By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania If your financial planner or your lawyer talks to you about life cycle planning, it can be a weighty discussion. Luckily this blog is about something more fun, at least if you… Read More
10 Jun 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Maturity of Identity Federations & Elevating the Global Community with Klaas Wierenga By Kevin Morooney Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As InCommon celebrates its 20th birthday, it’s an ideal time to reflect on the progress we’ve made and look forward to exciting developments in the future. To gain perspective on this milestone, I recently spoke with Klaas Wierenga,… Read More
13 May 2024 InCommon CACTI Working Group Identifies Four Key Characteristics of a Next-Generation Credential Ecosystem (and 30+ Use Cases) By Nicole Roy Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Consider these scenarios: A university is hosting a students-only dance marathon. Students need to prove that they are actively enrolled to get into the event. A researcher at the University of Colorado is on a grant to… Read More
10 May 2024 InCommon The Makings of a Merger: University California, Santa Barbara Brings Two IAM Teams Together during InCommon’s Collaboration Success Program Estimated reading time: 2 minutes CASE STUDY CLOSE UP The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), participated in the 2023 cohort of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) to help bring two identity and access management (IAM)… Read More
08 May 2024 InCommon When Pigs Fly: On Impossible Ambitions, Reaching New Heights, and Celebrating InCommon’s 20th Birthday Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Kenneth “Ken” Klingenstein, Internet2 Evangelist for Trust and Identity We had no idea what we were doing. Led by our fearless leader, RL “Bob” Morgan, we were wandering through green fields, looking for technologies that would enable… Read More
01 May 2024 InCommon Calling All CAMPers! Submit IAM Session Proposals for TechEX24 By Jean Chorazyczewski Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The 2024 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX24) Call for Proposals is officially underway and will remain open until May 13, 2024. And you know what that means for identity and access management (IAM) professionals?… Read More
25 Apr 2024 InCommon University of Washington Gets Upgraded During InCommon’s Collaboration Success Program Estimated reading time: 2 minutes CASE STUDY CLOSE UP The University of Washington (UW) participated in the 2023 cohort of the Collaboration Success Program (CSP) with the goal of addressing much needed upgrades to a heavily customized… Read More
22 Apr 2024 Community Exchange InCommon Embracing New Technology for Student Success: Takeaways from a Design-Thinking Workshop at CommEX24 By Amber Rasche Estimated reading time: 8 minutes During the 2024 Internet2 Community Exchange, participants in the Embracing New Tech for Student Success workshop applied a human-centered design framework in a set of exercises to align the student journey with the current technological and… Read More
19 Apr 2024 eduroam InCommon Mobile Madness: The eduroam Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Sara Jeanes, Director, eduroam and InCommon Certificate Services The eduroam team had some fun with the NCAA Women’s Basketball bracket this year. We thought it would be interesting to look at successful eduroam… Read More