November 16, 2022
We’re just a few weeks away from the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), taking place in Denver from December 5–9. Nine-time TechEX presenter Nick Lewis, program manager, NET+ Cloud Services – Security and Identity, will be one of the featured speakers for the identity and access management (IAM) track. (Check out the IAM track of…
November 15, 2022
2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program Cohort Currently Under Way Collaboration around access and identity lifecycle management continues. The 2022-23 Cohort of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) kicked off in September. There are nine institutions participating in this year’s cohort: Tufts University University of New Brunswick University of California, Santa Barbara University of Virginia University…
August 9, 2022
BaseCAMP 2002 (held June 6-10) featured four fabulous Lightning Talks. These YouTube videos are now available through our IAM Online platform. Below is what you can expect to learn from each presentation. DevOps in 10Presenter: Dave Shafer, DevOps Manager, Trust and Identity, Internet2Learn how tools and techniques inspired by agile software development can help you…
July 13, 2022
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…
July 27, 2022
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…
July 21, 2022
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…
July 21, 2022
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…
July 12, 2022
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…
July 8, 2022
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…
June 22, 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…
