22 Aug 2023 InCommon NIH Update August 2023: Making Sure Your Identity Proofing Processes Are Ready By Tom Barton, InCommon Research Consultant, Internet2 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes On April 20, InCommon hosted a briefing on the InCommon community’s readiness to support access to National Institutes of Health services (NIH) (see “Key Resources from MFA and Identity Requirements Webinar”). Read More
22 Sep 2021 Security Security Scene: September 2021 Edition By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Happy September! The trees are starting to turn, and I’m anxiously awaiting the cooler weather. I hope everything is settling down with the new school year! Anvil published an article about how a malicious… Read More
19 Aug 2021 InCommon Get NIH Ready by September 15 – Verify Your Campus NIH Readiness with the Compliance Check Tool By Tom Barton and Glenn Lipscomb Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 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… Read More
26 Jul 2021 Security Security Scene: July 2021 Edition By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Estimated reading time: 1 minute It’s far too hot, y’all. I hope you’re all staying comfortable and not getting sunburned! Brian Krebs reports on a new development in card skimmers. The skimming hardware isn’t visible from outside the device, which… Read More
16 Apr 2021 Security MANRS Gaining Momentum, New Route Reports Published By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 2 minutes MANRS, the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security global initiative, is gaining momentum across the research and education (R&E) community. Andrew Gallo, Principal IT Architect at The George Washington University, serves on the MANRS Advisory Group, and I… Read More
14 Apr 2021 Security Security Scene: April 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Spring is upon us, and I think it’s one of my favorite times of the year. I did floral design in college, and spring flowers are just the best. Ranunculus, daffodils, and dahlias? Yes,… Read More
11 Mar 2021 Security Security Scene: March 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer I hereby petition to rename “March” to “Slog,” as the latter more accurately describes the passage of time these days. At least it’s starting to be a warmer slog, eh? I enjoyed… Read More
16 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking Looking Ahead, Moving Forward: Internet2 Network Services’ Commitments in 2021 and Beyond Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services With an unexpected 2020 behind us, the Internet2 Network Services team is focused on 2021 objectives that deliver on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program: the completion of an upgraded… Read More
12 Feb 2021 Security Security Scene: February 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Happy February! I hope you all have an enjoyable Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, or half-off-candy day! In the category of “programming languages nobody wants to admit they’re still using,” perl{.}com… Read More
03 Aug 2020 Security Security Scene: August Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Well, folks, it’s August. Too hot for jokes. Let’s do a quick poll. Not an official poll, no names attached, etc. A few of you have asked about plans for a… Read More