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Building Your Bench with the InCommon Collaboration Success Program

Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together. That’s the guiding philosophy behind the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). For Clemson University’s Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer, the program has more than lived up to its ideals, particularly in the area of staff training and development.  Like so many research and education institutions, the university recognized the need…

Interest Period Extended for InCommon Collaboration Success Program 2022–2023 Cohort

We have extended the expression of interest period for the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) 2022–2023 cohort until August 12. There’s still time to join us for the most collaborative program designed specifically for identity and access management in the research and education community. Whether you are starting to brainstorm your identity and access management…

Practice Makes Perfect: Come Exercise with Us

InCommon to Host First Ever Community Cybersecurity Event This Fall To increase cross-federation levels of trust in cybersecurity, InCommon is hosting its first-ever community Sirtfi cybersecurity exercise this fall. Sirtfi recently became part of InCommon’s baseline expectations.  The event is open to InCommon participants and eduGAIN partners, who will practice coordinating a response to a…

Up for Discussion: Remote ID Verification for Password Recovery

Editor’s Note: Collaboration among IAM professionals through the InCommon community is proof positive that many heads are often better than one. Exchanges between peers via InCommon’s discussion list in particular illustrate community members’ willingness to work together to explore issues and problems of common interest.  Beginning this month, we plan to highlight some of these…

Announcing Leadership Transition at Internet2

Dear Internet2 members and community: I write today to share the news that Vice President of Network Services Rob Vietzke will be leaving Internet2 effective August 1, 2022, to pursue other career opportunities. Rob has served the Internet2 community in this role since 2006 with enthusiasm and dedication. I wish to express my deepest gratitude…

IAM Online Presents Hello Passkey, Goodbye Passwords!

There’s a password for that and for this, and so on. New research indicates that on average people have approximately 100 passwords, which is 25 percent more than they had before the start of the pandemic.  What would it take to rid the world of passwords? This question has been asked for many years and…

Learn. Share. Belong. Building Better Connections at BaseCAMP 2022

Learn. Share. Belong. This has become the theme of InCommon BaseCAMP since we started it four years ago. And it makes sense because these verbs have been the cornerstone for over 20 years of conversations about trust and identity in the Internet2 and InCommon communities. This year’s BaseCAMP was the largest ever with 118 attendees…

Catalyst to Catalyst (June 2022): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, in April we introduced a quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, that will be featured in our monthly e-newsletter InCommon News. Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a quarterly, virtual advice panel providing…

InCommon Academy Instructor Insights: The Flexibility of COmanage for the Win

Just ahead of kicking off our next COmanage Class, June 28–30, we caught up with co-instructors Shayna Atkinson and Laura Paglione, both partners with Spherical Cow Group, to get their take on what attendees can expect from the workshop and what they hope their major takeaways will be. (There’s still time to join us for…

Bits & Bytes from InCommon BaseCAMP 2022: Our Lessons and Our Thanks

Lessons Shared Tents assembled; eyes and ears opened. InCommon BaseCAMP 2022 attendees came ready to learn and help others do the same. Here are some examples of the great lessons shared during our 20-plus hours together (June 6–10, 2022): The goal is to learn, share, and have fun. “If everyone shares, everyone can learn.” (Kevin…