19 Dec 2023 eduroam Transitional Technologies Working Group of eduroam Advisory Committee Develops Community Resource Edited by Apryl Motley, InCommon Communications Lead Earlier this year, the eduroam Advisory Committee announced a new and ongoing repository for eduroam Transitional Technologies updates. Intended to complement the established eduroam Best Practices Guide, the Transitional Technologies Repository serves as community guidance… Read More
14 Dec 2023 Advanced Networking Security Adapting to the Future of Network Security in Research and Education By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 5 minutes With a Proposed New Standard on the Horizon for Internet Exchange Points, Now Is the Time to Embrace Advanced Routing Security Protections A group of internet exchange point (IXP) operators recently proposed a new standard for routing security… Read More
13 Dec 2023 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (Winter 2023): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – InCommon Communications Lead 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,… Read More
12 Dec 2023 InCommon InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Microsoft Education Security Chief Technology Officer Corey Lee By Apryl Motley 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
12 Dec 2023 Advanced Networking Cloud Cloud Connectivity and More: Internet2 Insight Console Adds Virtual Networks Feature By Scott Taylor Estimated reading time: 4 minutes It’s been a big year for Internet2 Insight Console, the web-based interface that empowers members to visualize, manage, and troubleshoot Internet2 network services. Starting in March, Internet2 released Insight Console’s first features throughout 2023: Looking Glass, Community,… Read More
11 Dec 2023 Government Relations Government Relations Update November 2023 By Sam Burns, Internet2 Policy Advisor Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Government Funded Into Early 2024 On November 16, President Biden signed a funding bill to prevent a government shutdown through the winter. This continuing resolution (Pub. L. 118-22) is unusual in that it is… Read More
08 Dec 2023 InCommon Bringing Identity and Security Together: InCommon’s 2023 Cybersecurity Cooperation Exercise By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group Kyle Lewis Estimated reading time: 3 minutes On November 17–23, 2023, 16 university, federation, and government security teams came together to participate in InCommon’s second annual cybersecurity cooperation exercise and practice using the REFEDS Sirtfi framework in a scripted… Read More
07 Dec 2023 Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium MS-CC Welcomes Leslie Jones as Director of Program Development Please join us in welcoming Leslie Jones in her new role as director of program development for the Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC)! Leslie’s first day with the MS-CC was Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. In this role, Leslie is responsible for leading the outreach efforts in collaboration with MS-CC… Read More
05 Dec 2023 Cloud Collaborate with Your Peers on New NET+ Service Evaluations By Tara Gyenis, NET+ Program Development Manager As we approach the end of the calendar year, the NET+ team is pleased to announce that we are kicking off three new service evaluations that we plan to complete in early 2024 to serve the research and education (R&E) cloud community’s needs. Read More
29 Nov 2023 InCommon Redesigning the InCommon Certificate Service Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Lisa Doherty, Chair, InCommon Certificate Service Redesign Group The InCommon Certificate Service has been very successful, and it has seen a lot of growth over the last ten years since the agreement between InCommon and Sectigo was… Read More