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24
May
2022

We’re Open to Suggestions 

By Netta Caligari

Got an idea for InCommon’s IAM Online? We’re pretty sure you do, and we can’t wait to hear all about it. Our best ideas for IAM Online, our webinar series focused on timely identity and access management (IAM) topics, typically come from the IAM community.  We…

18
May
2022

Right Place. Right Time. SLAC’s Bruce Vincent Shares Insights on Joining the InCommon Collaboration Success Program

By Apryl Motley

Bruce Vincent Where do you turn for community and collaboration as your institution launches a multiyear identity and access management (IAM) modernization program? For Bruce Vincent, director of identity and middleware services at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the answer was the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP).

02
May
2022

InCommon BaseCAMP 2022 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Tom Jordan

By Apryl Motley

Tom Jordan They say good things come in threes. BaseCAMP identity and access management (IAM) basics speaker Tom Jordan is living proof. He is in the third year of his tenure as a solutions architect at the University of Wisconsin, and he is a three-time speaker at BaseCAMP. During…

03
Dec
2021

Are You Ready for the New eduroam?

By Sara Jeanes, eduroam Product Manager

eduroam is expanding and changing to serve K-12. Internet2 is moving all subscribers to a cloud-forward architecture and new configuration management portal. We are providing weekly updates on the transition. You may find more information on our Weekly Progress wiki. Briefly, here is what you need…

12
Nov
2021

The Time to Meet InCommon Baseline Expectations 2 Requirements is Fast Approaching

By David St. Pierre Bantz, University of Alaska / InCommon Community Trust & Assurance Board, and Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Service Manager

InCommon Participants established the InCommon Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation in 2018 as a means to increase trust and interoperability among InCommon federation participants and to define what they expect of each other, and of InCommon Operations. The second iteration of Baseline Expectations (Baseline Expectations 2, or BE2) was…

30
Sep
2021

Community Engagement 101: How to Maximize the Return on Your Industry Membership

By Amber Walters, Community Success Coordinator, Industry Engagement

Internet2 Industry membership provides a variety of ways to connect with the research and education community – from raising awareness of products and services, to building deep relationships with universities and other institutions, to serving a company’s own research and development needs, to leveraging Internet2’s next generation technology platforms. But…

19
Aug
2021

Get NIH Ready by September 15 – Verify Your Campus NIH Readiness with the Compliance Check Tool

By Tom Barton and Glenn Lipscomb

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) previously announced new identity management requirements that could affect access for some of your researchers and scientists. As of September 15, 2021, NIH will transition to multi-factor authentication (MFA) and the release of attributes that are part of the REFEDS Research & Scholarship (R&S)…

12
Jul
2021

3 Reasons to Join the InCommon Collaboration Success Program to Discover and Fast-Track Your IAM Roadmap

By Lacey Vickery, Identity and Access Management Architect, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Lacey Vickery and the Identity and Access Management team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) are alumni of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). A unique professional development and upskilling opportunity, the CSP helps organizations reach their IAM goals through community gatherings, training workshops, and tailored recommendations…