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Doing More with Less, Learning How to Implement Open Source IAM

June 10, 2020 By Jessica Fink, InCommon/Internet2 In higher education and research, we often “do more with less,” by architecting solutions to meet the needs of our campuses while staying within a tight budget. As organizations return from COVID closings, higher ed faces a new set of challenges: maintaining virtual and hybrid solutions amidst the…

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InCommon Virtual BaseCAMP Sneak Preview June 18

June 1, 2020 InCommon Virtual BaseCAMP Preview WebinarThursday, June 18, 20202 pm ET | 1 pm CT | Noon MT | 11 am PThttps://internet2.zoom.us/j/96618890470 What is the InCommon Virtual BaseCAMP? Who should attend? I’ve been in IT for 15 years; is there anything for me? The InCommon Virtual BaseCAMP preview webinar will answer these and…

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Hiring for Identity and Access Management

May 27, 2020 How do we hire for Identity and Access Management? The work requires a wide and diverse skill set and the qualified people already have jobs. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new IAM and budget challenges to higher education, so existing employees are being asked to retrain in these areas. This webinar…

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Community Channels for Pandemic Discussion

March 24, 2020 At our committee meetings over the last few weeks, both InCommon staff and our community volunteers have found a lot of value in talking about the challenges that our member campuses are facing with this pandemic. In a discussion with committee chairs, we decided to create community spaces to continue these conversations…

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New to Identity Management and Community Source options? Attend BaseCAMP 2020

February 14, 2020 Are you or someone on your staff new to identity management or the InCommon Federation? Looking for introductory and start-up information about the InCommon Trusted Access Platform suite of identity and access management software and services? Join us at the InCommon BaseCAMP 2020, June 23-25, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Organizations new to InCommon…

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Registration Open for Virtual COmanage Training Workshop

InCommon Academy: Virtual COmanage Training Workshop Posted March 24, 2020 May 19 – 20, 202010:00 am – 6:00 pm (ET)Register today!    This two-day virtual session will focus on the InCommon Trusted Access Platform packaged COmanage software with a mixture of lecture, hands-on training, and discussion. Not only does this course save you travel dollars,…

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Address Your IAM Challenges With the Collaboration Success Program

March 18, 2020 InCommon is looking for organizations interested in participating in a program to help you address your common identity and access management challenges. The third Collaboration Success Program (CSP) cohort will form this summer and the time to express your interest is now. You can use this form (no obligation at this point)…

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InCommon Fun Facts – March 2020

March 18, 2020 New InCommon Participants As of March 16, 2020, InCommon had 1,012 participants. Here are the new participants since the last update in February 2020: Higher EducationMiddlebury College InCommon Certificate Service Subscribers As of March 16, 2020, 471 organizations subscribe to the InCommon Certificate Service. Here are the new subscribers since the last…

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InCommon Training Goes Virtual

March 18, 2020 In light of the current circumstances related to the rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, InCommon made the difficult decision to cancel our face-to-face workshops this spring. The safety and well-being of our community colleagues, members, and staff is our top priority, and we feel that it is impossible to provide a safe…

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Certificate Service Adds Automation Feature

March 18, 2020 Sectigo, InCommon’s partner in the InCommon Certificate Service, has added the new ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) Service for subscribers. The last regular survey of InCommon Certificate Service subscribers showed overwhelming interest in having an ACME service for the InCommon community. ACME allows the automated issuance and retrieval of certificates, allowing servers…