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Meet the InCommon Catalysts

Planning, design, and software development. Catalysts can fill the gaps in your IAM program

IAM-as-a-Service for Research and Scholarship Collaborations

CILogon, a nonprofit subscription service from the University of Illinois, enables researchers and scholars to log on to cyberinfrastructure (CI).

CILogon provides an open-source IAM platform for research and scholarship collaborations that combines federated identity management (Shibboleth) with collaborative organization management (COmanage Registry), directory services (OpenLDAP), OIDC/SAML proxy services (SATOSA), SAML Metadata Query services (pyFF), and capability-based authorization (SciTokens). CILogon follows REFEDS standards (Assurance, MFA, R&S, SIRTFI, voPerson).

Contact: CILogon Info and Support

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The Swiss army knife of identity management for education

Cirrus Identity is the Swiss army knife of identity management for education. Pick one or more tools to improve IAM at your organization. Easily connect your campus IdP to InCommon with the Cirrus Bridge (supports Azure AD, Okta, GSuite, Slate, and more). Easily share your online service with multiple campuses using the Cirrus Proxy.

Streamline access for applicants, parents, and alumni with external identities (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, or a campus-branded IdP hosted by Cirrus). Replace your local guest account system with our pre-built sponsored account flows and account linking service.

Contact: Dedra Chamberlin

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midPoint: The open source identity management and governance platform

Evolveum is the creator of comprehensive open source identity management and identity governance platform called midPoint. The organization aims on midPoint’s stability and security, suitability for variously-sized deployments, inter-organization cooperation and identity first philosophy.

Evolveum offers services focusing on the product maintenance and development, whereas its partners provide project consultancies and hands on. The possibility to use midPoint as entity registry for creating and managing unique institutional identities and its provisioning & deprovisioning features focused strongly on higher education needs make midPoint the first choice of such vertical.

Contact: Igor Farinic

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IAM Strategy and Implementation Services Focused on Higher Education Needs

Instrumental Identity has worked with many universities on strategic identity and access management initiatives since our inception in 2011.

Our expert consultants are based throughout the U.S., have many years in the industry, and bring to bear a vast set of skillsets in many technologies and programming languages, in addition to having an extensive understanding of the products and services within a university environment.

Instrumental Identity consistently works with vendors in the marketplace to assess their maturity levels to help our clients achieve their goals and objectives. We remain vendor-agnostic with all our engagements as customer success is our main priority.

Contact: Mark Earnest

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Transformative IAM Solutions for Education & Research

Moran Technology Consulting (MTC) provides Identity and Access Management (IAM) assessments, strategic planning, roadmaps, platform selection, and implementation services. We have worked with nearly 300 universities, university systems, and colleges.

Our IAM Assessment Framework builds upon international standards and InCommon’s Trusted Access Platform (TAP) Reference Architecture to assess and improve our clients’ IAM programs: governance, operations, business processes, architecture, and technology.

We enable our clients to implement transformative IAM programs and identity focused cybersecurity solutions.

Contact: Scott Weyandt

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Software Engineering, Consulting, and Support

Omnibond is a customer-oriented software engineering, consulting, and support company focused on identity and access management, HPC and AI cyberinfrastructure, and AI technologies for transportation and logistics.

Several products highlight Omnibond’s expertise: OmniPasskey, enabling passwordless capabilities to research and education federations; Adaptive Framework (AFW), creating the next generation of open adaptive data and identity storage; NetIQ identity management connectors, providing provisioning for a large number of platforms and services; CloudyCluster, on-demand cloud HPC infrastructure with the familiar look and feel of on-prem HPC systems, fully integrated with Open OnDemand; and TrafficVision, creating safe highways using AI and analytics across many states.

Contact: Amy Cannon

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Connecting Research

RDCT is a benefit corporation that builds and supplements cyberinfrastructure for a global clientele. We build and support solutions for research collaboration with customers in higher education institutions, non-profit organizations, as well as US and foreign governments.

Our client partnerships ensure an understanding of the mission of the agencies and organizations that we serve. We have extensive experience supporting clinical trials, bioinformatics, and life sciences unique understanding of the risk management frameworks and the ethical considerations and a commitment to data accuracy.

Contact: Franklin Santana

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Enabling Research Collaboration Since 2011

SCG Collaboration Group’s expertise is in providing solutions that support research collaboration and library/scholarly communications based on a deep understanding of their complex and global context.

We serve as the open source lead of the COmanage project, which provides lifecycle management for organizations of all types. We provide consulting services in architecture and design, implementation and development, training, and project management, supporting higher education, research, government, enterprises, and NGOs.

Contact: Benn Oshrin

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Identity Management Solutions and Consulting Services

With decades of leadership in Identity & Access Management, Unicon delivers modern IAM solutions purpose-built for higher education. At the center of our portfolio is Navigate Identity, Unicon’s comprehensive identity platform designed to modernize identity lifecycle management, strengthen security, and support institutional agility. Navigate Identity enables automated joiner-mover-leaver processes, governance and role-based access control, delegated administration, and seamless integration across cloud and on-prem systems — helping institutions reduce risk while improving the user experience.

Unicon partners with institutions from strategic evaluation and roadmap development through implementation and long-term support. Our holistic approach ensures that IAM modernization efforts align with institutional priorities, compliance requirements, and evolving security frameworks. Whether advancing toward zero trust principles, strengthening access governance, or streamlining operational workflows, we help build resilient and scalable identity ecosystems.

In addition to Navigate Identity, Unicon services and supports the core applications within InCommon’s Trusted Access Platform, including Shibboleth, Grouper, and midPoint. Through our Open Source Support services, institutions gain access to experienced IAM architects who provide guidance, optimization, upgrades, cloud migration support, and ongoing advisory services. Our goal is to collaborate, educate, and assist institutions in maintaining secure, sustainable identity solutions that meet the needs of today’s higher education environments.

Contact: Charise Arrowood

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Cybersecurity, Network, and Governance Consulting Services

The members of the Vantage team are trusted advisors and thought leaders, who have spent their careers in and around higher-ed IT. Our service areas include strategic planning, network modernization, research computing, data governance, cybersecurity, and privacy and risk management.

We are experienced in leading teams from concept inception to strategic and tactical planning, stakeholder engagement, procurement, and implementation oversight. We are passionate about the higher ed mission and dedicated to helping IT groups enable and support institutional success.

Contact: Susan Featherston

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