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March
2025
InCommon Round-Up: 4 Stories You May Have Missed in March
By Iain Oldman - Copywriter - Content Marketing, Internet2
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Summary
Get caught up on everything you need to know about what’s happening at InCommon.
- InCommon’s Identity Innovations One Year into the Future2 Strategy
- Tips from InCommon Catalysts: Best Practices for Establishing Relationships with Vendors
- How to Navigate Cloud Choices in Higher Ed IAM
- Six Experts Identify Key Trends in R&E
InCommon’s Identity Innovations One Year into the Future2 Strategy
InCommon recently marked the one-year milestone in its ambitious Futures2 plan. In the past year, InCommon has rolled out new services and strategies to help benefit the digital landscape for research and higher education (R&E) institutions.
Through a groundbreaking partnership with the Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA), InCommon brought 20 institutions together to establish seamless access to shared academic programs through course sharing. InCommon has made single sign-on across learning management systems a reality.
Additionally, InCommon has worked closely with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to streamline new multi-factor authentication requirements for research.gov and other federal resources.
Tips from InCommon Catalysts: Best Practices for Establishing Relationships with Vendors
InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst is a quarterly advice column with key insights on an array of identity and access management (IAM) subjects.
In this installment, expert catalysts share best practices for working with vendors. Also, learn how IAM can support institutions in complying with regulatory and reporting requirements.
How to Navigate Cloud Choices in Higher Ed IAM
How do R&E institutions navigate the complicated landscape of Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions now that cloud-based solutions have entered the picture?
The March 19, 2025, edition of IAM Online featured insights from IAM practitioners from Southern Methodist University and the University of Virginia to help institutions navigate SSO options.
If you couldn’t attend this important IAM Online session, you can catch up on our YouTube channel (opens in a new window).
Six IAM Experts Identify Key Trends in R&E
During February’s IAM Online webinar, we heard six InCommon Catalyst (opens in a new window) partners’ perspectives on current trends and the forecast of IAM in R&E.
The IAM experts highlighted the following trends:
- Workforce and budget challenges
- Federation proxies and emerging technology adoption
- OpenID federation and the future of federation
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and identity management
- Machine learning and role mining for access management
- Security considerations and best practices in AI adoption
Head over to our IAM Online recap blog to read their recommendations on how institutions can stay ahead of these trends.