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…
June 21, 2022
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…
June 21, 2022
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…
June 16, 2022
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…
March 17, 2022
We’re going camping again this year, and we want you to come with us. Registration opened March 1 for BaseCAMP 2022. Held virtually June 6 – 10, InCommon BaseCAMP is a workshop for those new to identity and access management (IAM), new to InCommon, or both. Need a reason to attend this year? We’ll give…
April 18, 2022
Joining us in the tent again this year at InCommon BaseCAMP will be Chad Redman, systems programmer/specialist at the University of North Carolina. He will facilitate a session on Access and Grouping that he describes as providing “foundational information” for people not familiar with Grouper or those about to implement it. During his six years…
