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…
August 19, 2020
August 19, 2020 You may have seen that Internet2’s TechEXtra Kick-off is coming October 6-7 — two half-days that will kick off a series of virtual events providing an opportunity for learning and collaboration. InCommon has scheduled its traditional TechEx programs, CAMP and ACAMP, for November 16-20, 2020 (likely 4-5 hours per day). A community…
August 18, 2020
August 18, 2020 New InCommon Participants As of August 18, 2020, InCommon had 1,019 participants. Here are the new participants: Higher Education Beloit College Sponsored Partners Fathom Information Design InCommon Federation The InCommon Federation has 572 identity providers registered, along with 5,291 services. Worldwide, eduGAIN (the collaboration of global federations) has 3,900 identity providers and…
August 18, 2020
August 18, 2020 By: Nic Roy, Internet2 Trust and Identity Services It’s been over a year since InCommon’s new production metadata service went live, and I’m pleased to say that it has an operational record of 100% availability over that entire period. As of this writing, it’s had 100% uptime for over 400 days. This…
August 18, 2020
August 18, 2020 We are within days of closing the opportunity to join the 2020 Collaboration Success Program (CSP) cohort. If you are interested, complete a simple form today (no obligation). What is the CSP? A program to help you make significant progress on an identity and access management goal. Are you getting started with…
July 22, 2020
July 22, 2020 The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) has restarted the community consensus process for Baseline Expectations 2 (BE2). This is the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed requirements that will increase assurance and interoperability within InCommon. CTAB members are particularly interested in comments on the impact of implementing the proposed…
July 14, 2020
July 13, 2020 By Erin Murtha, Internet2 Budget and resource constraints have impacted colleges, universities, and research agencies across the country. But identity and access management (IAM) challenges have only grown with more people working and learning remotely. It is a tough atmosphere, but whether you’re new to IAM or retooling, InCommon has developed a…
July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020 New InCommon Participants As of July 14, 2020, InCommon had 1,017 participants. Here are the new participants in June: Higher Education Sponsored Partners InCommon Federation The InCommon Federation has 569 identity providers registered, along with 5,217 services. Worldwide, eduGAIN (the collaboration of 68 federations globally) has 3,828 identity providers and…
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020 The InCommon Shibboleth workshop has gone virtual! Join us Tuesday through Friday, September 15-18, 2020, to learn how to install and configure the Shibboleth Identity Provider and Service Provider. Register by August 21, 2020, to take advantage of early-bird rates. Registration is open on the website, and course details are also available.…
