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…
January 5, 2021
January 5, 2021 This page provides guidance to CIOs and PIs on how to address InCommon-related requirements that NSF CC* solicitations must include in their Campus Cyberinfrastructure Plans. The language in the solicitation is: These requirements help ensure that campus researchers can successfully use their campus credentials to access research-related services without needing to create…
December 8, 2020
UPDATE: January 2, 2021 Internet2 has postponed the eduroam maintenance in the Washington data center. We will be issuing a new maintenance notification with an updated date and time within the next 1-2 weeks. December 8, 2020 Four upcoming server maintenance dates will affect eduroam connectors in the U.S. The eduroam-US contractor, ANYROAM, will conduct…
December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020 By Mike Zawacki Network Nebraska and the Sun Corridor Network have become the latest InCommon eduroam Support Organizations, committed to deploying eduroam to the K12s, libraries, and museums in their states. They join the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN), which piloted the eduroam Support Organization concept with Internet2. Through that pilot,…
September 9, 2020
September 9, 2020 By Nicole HarrisHead of Trust and Identity Operations GÉANT I’ve been a long-time attendee at the Internet2 Technology Exchange events and as I look at my fall calendar it seems strange not to be planning for a flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Internet2 has for many years generously hosted the REFEDS community as…
September 8, 2020
September 8, 2020 The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) has opened a consultation on a second set of Baseline Expectations, including three technical requirements aimed at improving security and the user experience. Please review these expectations and take this opportunity to provide feedback. CTAB invites your input through October 19, 2020, prior to…
September 2, 2020
September 2, 2020 By Ken Klingenstein While we all treasure the personal interactions we have in the meetings, halls, and bars of TechEx, there are a few virtues to being virtual, and this year is an opportunity to explore them. In particular, traditional TechEx isn’t a draw for the registrars, librarians, facilities management leaders, vice-presidents…
August 19, 2020
August 19, 2020 By Janemarie Duh (Lafayette College), Chair, InCommon Technical Advisory Committee InCommon has provided comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on its proposed revisions to SP 800-63C Digital Identity Guidelines: Federation and Assertions. Comments were due on August 10, 2020. The InCommon response includes comments about the context of…
