Albert Wu

INCOMMON FEDERATION MANAGER

Albert Wu

Albert Wu helps universities and research organizations address identity and access management challenges. As InCommon Federation Manager at Internet2 and a member of the REFEDS Steering Committee, he works with global peers to strengthen federated identity across research and education. He previously spent 25 years at UCLA leading enterprise IT, middleware, and IAM services.

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Community Gatherings, Conferences, & Events Internet2 Technology Exchange Training & Support Services Expectations, Practices, & Policies Federated Access Identity & Access Management Metadata
Federation Community Gatherings, Conferences, & Events Internet2 Technology Exchange Training & Support

Federation Day at TechEX25: Connecting the Dots in InCommon Federation

Reading Time: 2 minutesInCommon Federation is hosting a new tutorial at the 2025 Internet2 Technology Exchange (in Denver, Colo., Dec. 8-12, 2025) – Federation Day – and you’re invited.  Co-sponsored by the InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) and the InCommon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Federation Day will bring together stakeholders from across the InCommon community to explore recent developments, challenges, and strategic directions.  We’ll connect the dots between key efforts—such as assurance, metadata, attribute release, and technical tooling—and discuss how they support the evolving needs of research and education. Why Federation Day? Through the years, InCommon has built a strong foundation […]

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Federation Services

InCommon Federation Service Enhancements: Metadata Query Service and Federated Access to Federation Manager

By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager, Internet2 Trust & Identity In the spring, the InCommon Federation announced a series of long-awaited enhancements to Federation services. We are nearing the finish line for two of the projects, and we’d like to share an update so that you’re able to take full advantage of federated access to the Federation Manager Portal and the InCommon Metadata Query (MDQ) Service. Enabling Federated Access to Federation Manager Portal Impact: Site Administrators will sign into Federation Manager via federated access. In July 2024, Federation Manager, InCommon’s metadata registration tool, turned on federated access for Site Admins. […]

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Federation Expectations, Practices, & Policies Federated Access Identity & Access Management Metadata

The Future of InCommon Federation Services: 3 Important Enhancements 

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a great deal on the horizon for the InCommon Federation in 2024. We’re pleased to announce three long-awaited enhancements to our services, and I’m excited to share the details with the community to assist in your future planning. 1. Enabling Federated Access to the Federation Manager Portal That’s right. Federation Manager, the tool you use to manage InCommon-registered metadata, will support federated access for site admins this summer. Federation Manager already supports federated access for eduroam administrators and InCommon delegated administrators. Detailed migration information will follow. Once enabled, if your organization has an InCommon-registered identity provider (IdP), you can […]

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Federation Expectations, Practices, & Policies

Baseline Expectations 2 Implementation Reaches Important Milestone

With 2022 behind us, the InCommon Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation program reached its final milestone in transitioning InCommon to the second iteration of Baseline Expectations (BE2). Since InCommon officially adopted BE2 in December 2021, the Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) and InCommon Federation Operations have been working with the community to bring all participants and services into compliance with BE2 requirements via the InCommon Community Dispute Resolution Process. BE2 Closing Actions Recommendations In December 2022, CTAB took the final step in the Dispute Resolution Process, submitting its BE2 Closing Actions recommendations to the InCommon Steering Committee. With […]

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