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09
Jan.
2020

Community

New InCommon Steering Committee Members

Internet2 announced the selection of three new members to the InCommon Steering Committee which provides strategic direction, oversight, and recommendations for critical identity management services and offerings that benefit research and higher education in the U.S. The incoming steering committee members are: Michael Berman, chief information officer at The California…

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23
Oct.
2019

Uncategorized

InCommon Update – October 2019

New InCommon Participants As of October 17, 2019, InCommon had 1,029 participants. Here are the new participants since the last update in August: Higher Education College of Eastern IdahoJohn Carroll UniversityLewis-Clark State CollegeMars Hill University Research Organization Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Sponsored Partners Axle InformaticsChildren’s National Health SystemConcur TechnologiesRisk and…

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21
Oct.
2019

Federation Software

Putting the User in “User Consent”

By Ken Klingenstein, Identity EvangelistInternet2 The Original Vision of federated identity anticipated a thriving ecosystem where attributes, more than identities, were carefully exchanged between holders of those attributes and relying parties to provide appropriate services. Privacy would be preserved; scalable access control would be enabled; users would be empowered. What…

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17
Oct.
2019

TechEx Community Events

Hackathon Scheduled for 2019 TechEx

By Heather Flanagan (Note: This is the third in a series of blog posts highlighting key sessions at this year’s Technology Exchange (TechEx), December 9-13, 2019, in New Orleans). In September 2019, REFEDS (an association of national research and education federations, including InCommon), with the support of NORDUnet and…

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09
Oct.
2019

Multifactor CAMP TechEx

Duke Unlock: One-step Multi-factor

Passwordless Authentication with Shibboleth and WebAuthn By Mary McKee and Shilen Patel (both of Duke University) (Note: This is the second in a series of blog posts highlighting key sessions at this year’s Technology Exchange (TechEx), December 9-13, 2019, in New Orleans). Multi-factor doesn’t have to mean multi-step.  Duke Unlock lets…

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01
Oct.
2019

Uncategorized

InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations Open

InCommon needs enthusiastic volunteers to bring their unique expertise to our community groups. Serving on InCommon committees is an excellent way to serve the community, broaden your professional network, and develop and hone leadership skills. We invite you to nominate people for membership, including self-nomination. Nominations close on October 15,…

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25
Sep.
2019

CAMP Community Events

Peering behind the portal curtain

By Ken Klingenstein (Note: This is the first in a series of blog posts highlighting key sessions at this year’s Technology Exchange (TechEx), December 9-13, 2019, in New Orleans). In the last few years, proxies and portals have become a common way for communities to integrate access to their…

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10
Sep.
2019

Academy IAM Webinars

InCommon Collaboration Success Program Webinar

InCommon Collaboration Success Program WebinarThursday, September 12, 20192 pm ET / 1 pm CT / Noon MT / 11 am PT (30 minutes) https://internet2.zoom.us/j/272006133 InCommon will offer the second Collaboration Success Program starting later this year, an opportunity for you to solve an IAM problem with training, support from…

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06
Sep.
2019

Federation Community

Baseline Expectations Survey Summary

By David Bantz, University of Alaska and vice-chair of CTAB  In 2017, the InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) began leading the InCommon community to develop and transition to Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation. The Baseline Expectations define a set of common practices aimed to increase…

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28
Aug.
2019

IAM Webinars Community Events Grouper Shibboleth Software

September 2019 IAM Online

Tales from the Cloud: Real-world Experience Moving IdM to the Cloud at Illinois Wednesday, September 11, 2019 2 pm ET / 1 pm CT / Noon MT / 11 am PT Are you considering moving some or all of your identity management infrastructure to the cloud? Want to know…

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