August 20, 2021
By David St. Pierre Bantz, University of Alaska, InCommon Community Trust & Assurance Board InCommon’s Baseline Expectations enhance your productivity and effectiveness by increasing trust and interoperability among InCommon federation participants. When you can trust that participants have accurate and complete metadata describing their service or identity provider, that they follow good security practices, and…
August 20, 2021
Show your participation – InCommon has a nice badge logo for use by current participants. Take a look and add it to your website. Show your flash by downloading your very own. New InCommon Community Participants As of August 18, 2021, InCommon has about 1,200 community members including the Federation, Certificate, and eduroam Services. Check…
August 13, 2021
Organizations need a strong model and the support of leadership for effective Identity and Access Management governance, according to Mark Cox, Director of Identity Service and Solutions at the University of Virginia. “[You need] leadership and backing for your program,” Cox said. “Without those you will struggle, because identity, I always refer to it like…
April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021 Show your participation – InCommon has a nice badge logo for use by current participants. Take a look and download your very own. New InCommon Participants As of April 15, 2021, InCommon has 1,028 participants. Here are the new participants since the March newsletter: Higher EducationDefense Language Institute Foreign Language CenterSimpson College…
April 14, 2021
April 14, 2021 If you’ve been debating on whether to register for InCommon’s midPoint training, this is the week to jump on board! Early-bird rates expire this week for this training program that consistently receives a score of 4.8 / 5.0 from course participants. midPoint, powered by Evolveum, is a general-purpose identity management and governance…
April 14, 2021
April 14, 2021 Prefer to work with friends instead of alone? Would it be helpful to have access to InCommon developers and faculty at the tips of your fingers? Looking to dust off your IAM roadmap or maybe you are ready to start to implement your dream solution? The Collaboration Success Program may be just…
April 14, 2021
April 14, 2021 The InCommon and GÉANT CAMP Week call for proposals will close on April 30, 2021. CAMP Week (October 4-8) includes two days of track sessions presented by community members. Do you have a story to tell about IAM changes and challenges? A case study or best practice? Make a proposal! Track sessions…
April 12, 2021
April 12, 2021 In just one month about one-quarter of InCommon organizations have already met the second set of the InCommon Federation Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation. These requirements will improve both trust and interoperability by ensuring that all organizations meet certain standards. As of April 9, 23% of all InCommon organizations adhere to…
March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021 This week, InCommon operations began sending notices to Federation participants of the need to meet the new Baseline Expectation for Trust in Federation. Organizations received notices if they have identity providers and/or service providers that do not meet one or more of the expectations. Most organizations received a notice, via email to…
March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021 New InCommon Participants As of March 17, 2021, InCommon has 1,025 participants. Here are the new participants since the February newsletter: Higher EducationCalifornia Institute of the ArtsColumbus College of Art and DesignUniversity System of New Hampshire, Office of the Chancellor Sponsored PartnerMerit Network, Inc. InCommon Federation The InCommon Federation has 584 identity…
