June 11, 2021
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
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…
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
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
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
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…
April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021 Are you new to identity and access management, the InCommon Federation or to the InCommon Trusted Access Platform? You are in luck! BaseCAMP 2021 is designed to answer your questions and allow you to connect with your peers. Registration is open for the third annual InCommon BaseCAMP, which will take place online…
January 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania Grouper, the access management component of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform, continues to evolve to meet the community’s needs. Our most recent focus has been a reimagining of the way Grouper handles provisioning. The new Grouper provisioning framework revolutionizes how data flows between Grouper and external…
January 19, 2021
January 19, 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 January 19, 2020, InCommon had 1,023 participants. Here are the new participants since the August newsletter: Higher EducationClark CollegeLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center –…
January 8, 2021
January 8, 2021 The InCommon Academy will offer training sessions for each of the four InCommon Trusted Access Components during the first half of 2021. The third annual BaseCAMP has also been scheduled; BaseCAMP is a workshop geared toward those new to identity and access management or new to the InCommon Federation. Everything will be…
