October 19, 2022

Our Valued Volunteers: Q&A with Keith Wessel, Principal Identity and Access Management Specialist – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations in full swing, we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. (You can volunteer too! Submit your nomination by October 21.) Five years ago, Keith Wessel began serving on the InCommon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and is its current chair. Learn…

March 17, 2021

National Institutes of Health and InCommon Community Leaders to Discuss MFA and Identity Requirements

March 17, 2021 The April IAM Online webinar will feature a discussion of three issues related to federating with the National Institutes of Health: Want to learn more? Do you have questions about these coming requirements? Are you curious about what else may be coming from the NIH? Experts from the NIH and InCommon will…

October 17, 2022

Configuring COmanage: 4 Concepts You Should Know

Your organization can leverage COmanage software as a central person registry, a guest management system, and/or a collaboration hub for scholarly collaborations. However, before you configure anything, there are four concepts you should bear in mind: COmanage is primarily, but not exclusively, a registry for people. People are modeled through the information stored about them…

October 5, 2022

InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Tariq Wilson, Software Engineer, UNC-Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is on its way toward having passwordless logins. Seven months ago, the university launched a pilot to test its implementation of WebAuthn, known locally as Carolina Key. For our Oct. 19 IAM Online webinar, software engineer Tariq Wilson will discuss the design of and key decisions made…

October 5, 2022

Our Valued Volunteers: 5 Questions for Josh Drake

With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations currently underway, we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community. (You can volunteer too! Submit your nomination by October 21.) Josh Drake was a member of the Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity (CACTI) in 2021. Learn more about Josh…

October 3, 2022

Kion Checks the Top Boxes

Internet2 Releases New NET+ Service The Internet2 NET+ team is excited to announce the release of NET+ Kion, one of the leading cloud enablement solution providers. In response to calls from the research and education community for account automation, cost management, and security monitoring tools for cloud enablement across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Internet2…

September 19, 2022

Our Valued Volunteers: 5 Questions for David Bantz, IAM – University of Alaska

Did you know that in 2021 InCommon volunteers collectively contributed 2,343 hours of time to help move the IAM community forward? We couldn’t do all we do without our valued volunteers. With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations currently underway, we are highlighting some of our current and past volunteers from the community.…

September 19, 2022

Catalyst to Catalyst (September 2022): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, earlier this year we introduced a quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, that we feature in our e-newsletter InCommon News. Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a quarterly, virtual advice panel providing perspectives…

August 24, 2022

Get Your Game On! NET+ Hosts AWS Game Day at TechEX22

If you’re up for an engrossing, wild ride that’s outrageous fun, then you’re ready for AWS Game Day @ TechEX 2022. AWS Game Day is “collaborative learning exercise that tests skills in implementing AWS solutions to solve real-world problems in a gamified, risk-free environment.” Internet2 NET+, together with AWS, DLT, and Cloud Academy, are bringing…

August 22, 2022

InCommon Academy Offers the Best Options Available for IAM Training This Fall

New season. New skills to learn and master. InCommon Academy is your one-stop connection to the best options for your team’s identity and access management (IAM) training this fall. Consistently rated 4.5 out of 5 stars, InCommon Academy workshops aren’t your run-of-the-mill training classes. Does your team have a new staff member who needs a crash…