09 Jan 2023 Cloud NET+ Cloud Services: Most Stay for the Peer Community, Even if They Came for the Contracts … By Bob Flynn Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Do you have your peers’ support and an advocate with cloud service providers? When we talked to professionals at long-time NET+ subscriber institutions, an overwhelming sentiment was, “We got involved due to the customized contracts and peer-vetted services,… Read More
13 Dec 2022 Cloud Splunk Cloud Added to Internet2 NET+ Splunk Program By Nick Lewis Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Working in collaboration with the NET+ Splunk Service Advisory Board, Splunk, and Carahsoft, Internet2 NET+ Cloud Services has added Splunk Cloud to the NET+ Splunk Program. The group worked together on terms specifically negotiated for the research and… Read More
09 Dec 2022 Cloud InCommon Multifactor And the Survey Says: Implementation of MFA Now More Commonplace By Nick Lewis Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I’m not sure how many of you remember 2020, but most of it is a blur for me. In 2019, the NET+ Duo Service Advisory Board decided to conduct a multi-factor authentication (MFA) Community Survey to better understand… Read More
21 Nov 2022 Cloud Events Internet2 NET+ Launches Cloud Superhero Award: Honors Erik Lundberg By Apryl Motley Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The higher education community convened at Washington University in Saint Louis to attend Cloud Forum 2022 from November 9–11. The Higher Education Cloud Forum is a gathering for higher education IT professionals to discuss the challenges, potential,… Read More
08 Nov 2022 Events Cloud TechEX22 Preview: Dedicated to the Cloud By Damian Doyle Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Damian Doyle We are just a month away from the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX) the first in-person technical meeting Internet2 has held in a few years. I worked with my fellow track chairs Kari Robertson (UCOP)… Read More
17 Oct 2022 Security NET+ Security and Identity Portfolio Update for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 By Nick Lewis Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Hopefully, everyone made it through the start of the fall semester! I’ve talked with people on campuses and know everyone is moving as fast as they possibly can to keep up with all that’s happening and changing! I’ve… Read More
26 Sep 2022 Cloud How to Deploy Cloud Services Faster, Save Cost, and Manage Risk – Together By Amber Rasche Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Key Perspectives From Community Cloud Experts Despite the growing prevalence of new cloud services at higher ed institutions large and small, opportunities remain to smooth out the path for procuring and deploying them. In reality, many obstacles persist… Read More
07 Sep 2022 Cloud NET+ Cloud Services Has a New Front Door By Sean O’Brien Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Have you seen our new front door? We’ve engaged with stakeholders to revisit, clarify, and repackage the reasons why Internet2 members and participants find the NET+ Program so useful and how research and education institutions benefit when adopting… Read More
15 Aug 2022 Cloud NET+ Cloud Services: Shared Values, Shared Benefit By Sean O’Brien Estimated reading time: 2 minutes How can cloud services work well for higher ed and research and education (R&E) institutions? That’s really the point of the new NET+ Guide. It’s designed to be a quick reference for you and… Read More
14 Jul 2022 Cloud Stony Brook Researchers Offer Mitigation Strategies for MITM Phishing Toolkit Attacks By Apryl Motley Estimated reading time: 2 minutes According to Stony Brook researchers Nick Nikiforakis and Babak Amin Azad, research and education institutions can defend against phishing attacks that leverage man-in-the-middle (MITM) phishing toolkits acting as malicious reverse proxy servers of online services. Last month during… Read More