May 2, 2022
They say good things come in threes. BaseCAMP identity and access management (IAM) basics speaker Tom Jordan is living proof. He is in the third year of his tenure as a solutions architect at the University of Wisconsin, and he is a three-time speaker at BaseCAMP. During his 20+ years at the university, Tom has…
May 13, 2022
“I was very honored to be asked,” said Kathy Wright, systems programmer/developer at Clemson University, of the invitation she received to serve on this year’s planning committee for InCommon BaseCAMP. “I wanted to contribute,” she continued. “The community to which I was introduced last year has helped me and my institution so very much in…
June 2, 2022
Connecticut Education Network (CEN) and Link Oregon join the program to help bridge the digital divide for K-12 schools, libraries, museums, and more with eduroam global Wi-Fi WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2022 – Internet2 announced today the latest state research and education (R&E) networks to join the eduroam Support Organizations program: Connecticut Education Network (CEN) and…
May 24, 2022
Got an idea for InCommon’s IAM Online? We’re pretty sure you do, and we can’t wait to hear all about it. Our best ideas for IAM Online, our webinar series focused on timely identity and access management (IAM) topics, typically come from the IAM community. We are actively seeking suggestions from community members, who have…
May 23, 2022
Internet2 spent 2021 moving our eduroam infrastructure to the cloud to better support the scaling of our service to primary and secondary schools, as well as museums, libraries, and other public locations that might be available to students. To reflect on our journey thus far, we invite the research and education community to join us…
May 19, 2022
Like so many annual events held in 2021, InCommon’s Campus Architecture and Middleware Planning (CAMP) conference took place virtually. The social app introduced to provide a virtual alternative to networking at an in-person conference wasn’t accessible to people using screen readers. They wouldn’t be able to participate in social sessions and benefit from these important…
February 23, 2022
Grouper is an enterprise group and access management platform that provides critical features to ensure the right people have access to what they need. Grouper is part of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform, an identity and access management suite of software designed to integrate with existing systems. Many of the exciting new features in Grouper come…
November 12, 2021
InCommon Participants established the InCommon Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation in 2018 as a means to increase trust and interoperability among InCommon federation participants and to define what they expect of each other, and of InCommon Operations. The second iteration of Baseline Expectations (Baseline Expectations 2, or BE2) was ratified by the InCommon Steering…
November 12, 2021
Engagement is the foundation of how we operate at InCommon. We appreciate the variety of ways our community comes together to develop best practices; guide the adoption of new technologies, and identify challenges to help resolve common issues in research and education. One of the main avenues for driving this work is an InCommon’s Advisory…
November 11, 2021
Laura Paglione is a partner at Spherical Cow Group (SCG), the open-source lead of the COmanage project, and an InCommon Catalyst. Laura leads COmanage workshops through the InCommon Academy’s software training and is also a member of the InCommon Federation Steering Committee. In this blog post, she draws on her experience to offer four tips…
