25 Jun 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2024 Edition By Amber Rasche This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – June 23-30 Leveling Up Cybersecurity Through AI Games (Virginia Tech)… Read More
21 Jun 2024 InCommon Catalyst to Catalyst (Summer 2024): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant Editor’s Note: This month marks the third anniversary of the launch of the InCommon Catalyst Program. We thank the catalysts for their ongoing contributions to the community… Read More
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
17 Jun 2024 Community Anchor Program Newly Updated Toward Gigabit Libraries Toolkit: Join Our Informational Webinars By Therese Perlowski Estimated reading time: 1 minute The Toward Gigabit Libraries (TGL) team will debut the newly updated TGL toolkit during three upcoming informational webinars starting later this month. Join one of our interactive webinars to learn about the contents of the toolkit, explore… Read More
13 Jun 2024 Cloud New Report Examines Top Issues Around Research Data Storage in Higher Ed Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Oren Sreebny – Senior Cloud Consultant, Internet2 In 2023, the changing landscape of cloud storage services led the NET+ Cloud Services Technology Architecture Committee (CSTAAC) at Internet2 to investigate the emerging issues universities… 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
07 Jun 2024 Cloud More MFA Mandated in Higher Ed, Selected Results from the 2023 NET+ Multi-Factor Authentication Community Survey By Nick Lewis Estimated reading time: 2 minutes If it seems like you’re seeing a marked increase in use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) throughout the research and education (R&E) community, results from the 2023 NET+ MFA Community Survey support this observation. In the three years since… Read More
30 May 2024 Cloud Events Content, Connection, Continuation: Catch the Highlights From Cloud Forum 2024 By Bob Flynn Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Despite the lateness of the day, the suitcases lined up along the walls, the work and family duties calling, and minds exhausted from 2.5 days of stimulation from presentations, workshops, and discussion, the majority of Higher Education Cloud… Read More
24 May 2024 In The Media Cloud In the Media: Instructure and Internet2 Establish New Data Governance Advisory Council Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Is your institution’s lack of a data governance policy causing operational headaches and posing privacy and security risks? You are not alone. Data management is a shared challenge across the research and higher education community. Shared challenges benefit… Read More