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July 12, 2021

3 Reasons to Join the InCommon Collaboration Success Program to Discover and Fast-Track Your IAM Roadmap

By Lacey Vickery, Identity and Access Management Architect, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Lacey Vickery and the Identity and Access Management team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) are alumni of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). A unique professional development and upskilling opportunity, the CSP helps organizations reach their IAM…

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July 8, 2021

Internet2 Program Helps Bridge Digital Divide for K-12 Districts, Libraries, and Museums With eduroam WiFi

Network Nebraska and Arizona’s Sun Corridor Network join a new, streamlined program to provide secure eduroam WiFi for their K-12, library, and museum constituents. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2021 – Internet2 announced today the launch of the eduroam Support Organizations, aimed at enabling regional and state-wide organizations in deploying eduroam to K-12 schools, libraries, and…

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May 27, 2021

Group Convenes Over the Need for IAM Collaboration

Recent EDUCAUSE IAM listserv conversations about the need for more identity and access management (IAM) collaboration sparked the lively May 18 “Community IAM Collaboration” discussion, which drew more than 130 attendees. View the recording, which starts halfway through the event, and review the chat transcript. Led by Mike Corn, CISO of UC San Diego and…

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June 22, 2021

The National Institutes of Health: Identity Assurance Requirement

June 22, 2021 This is the third in a series of emails regarding new login requirements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Effective September 15, 2021, the NIH electronic Research Administration (eRA), will require you: The first two emails focused on the Research and Scholarship and MFA requirements. This email discusses identity assurance, which…

June 11, 2021

Enabling the Next 1,000 Subscribers: Scaling eduroam

By Sara Jeanes, eduroam product manager eduroam’s usage has grown tremendously and is available at nearly 1,000 colleges, universities, and research facilities across the US. Internet2 is expanding and scaling the eduroam service to selected community-anchor organizations, and has been working with regional and state-wide organizations to offer eduroam to K-12 schools, libraries, and museums. After…

June 8, 2021

The National Institutes of Health: Multi-factor Authentication Requirement

June 8, 2021 This is the second in a series of emails regarding new login requirements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Effective September 15 eRA will require you: This email focuses on the multi-factor authentication requirement. The first email in this series covered the Research and Scholarship requirement and is available in this…

Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together.

May 4, 2021 Looking for a better way to manage access to resources (on-prem or in the cloud)? Working on supporting collaboration within or outside or your organization and need some help? Need an easier way to update access when individuals change status or roles (at scale!)? The InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) can help.…

May 25, 2021

The National Institutes of Health: New Research and Scholarship Requirements

May 25, 2021 This is the first in a series of posts regarding new login requirements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Effective September 15 eRA will require you: This email focuses on the need to provide NIH with necessary basic user information by using the Research & Scholarship Category. In future weeks, we…

May 4, 2021

BaseCAMP 2021: Join Us for Identity and Access Management Basics with Experienced Faculty

May 4, 2021 Identity Management, Software Solutions and more! Looking to ramp-up on Identity and Access Management fundamentals? Curious about higher education-developed solutions for IAM software? Interested in the InCommon Federation? Then BaseCAMP, a virtual event held July 12-16, 2021 is the place to be. Register now! BaseCAMP provides: It’s not just a meeting. It’s…

April 15, 2021

Updates on NIH Identity Requirements and Plans

April 15, 2021 If you missed the April 14 IAM Online, featuring a discussion of new identity requirements for accessing some National Institutes of Health applications, you can view the recording and download the slides. In addition, the “Get NIH-Ready” wiki page has more-detailed descriptions of the NIH requirements and a list of resources to…