September 9, 2021
Does your team have a new staff member who needs a crash course on Shibboleth? Or a resident expert on identity and access management (IAM) who wants to upskill on Grouper, COmanage, or midPoint to lead the next phase of your institution’s IAM transformation? Look no further than the InCommon Academy’s Trusted Access Platform training.…
August 20, 2021
By Netta Caligari, InCommon Community Success Manager Let’s take a short quiz and imagine a hypothetical (or not) scenario. You are a beloved IT professional at your institution. An Identity and Access Management (IAM)-related question or task is sent your way, and needs to be addressed for the betterment of your researchers, faculty, students, visitors,…
September 3, 2021
The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) invites the community to join its next Office Hours. The next Baseline Expectations 2 (BE2) Office Hour will be on Tuesday September 28, 2021 at 1 p.m. ET / Noon CT / 11 a.m. MT/ 10 a.m. PT. CTAB members and subject matter experts will be on hand…
August 19, 2021
We are in the final stages of building the new eduroam service and are on track for a November migration for all subscribers. eduroam Admin users will be migrated and continue as the eduroam Administrators for your organization, so be sure to log into the current admin interface and make sure your email is accurate. We will…
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…
