October 9, 2025

InCommon Community Service Spotlight: 5 Questions for Richard Frovarp, Principal Software Engineer, North Dakota State University

By Apryl Motley, CAE, Communications Consultant, InCommon With the Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations well underway, we are continuing to highlight current community volunteers. (You can volunteer, too! Submit your nomination by October 10.) Richard Frovarp, principal software engineer at North Dakota State University, currently serves on InCommon’s Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB).…

October 3, 2025

Speaker Spotlight – New Standards for Seamless Access: Introducing eduroam Baseline Expectations

By Jody Tracy, InCommon Academy Program Manager In October 2024, the eduroam Advisory Committee (eAC) presented an IAM Online webinar on things you can do to improve your users’ security on eduroam. That presentation introduced the process the committee was undertaking to set new Baseline Expectations to make eduroam more secure. This marked the beginning…

October 2, 2025

InCommon Catalyst Facilitates Distributed Authorization Workflow for Volunteer Research Administrators Across the Globe

CASE STUDY CLOSE UP The Morgridge Institute for Research is a private, nonprofit biomedical research institute in Madison, Wisconsin, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The institute contracted with InCommon Catalyst CILogon, a non-profit based at the University of Illinois to provide a hosted COmanage Registry for the Open Science Grid (OSG) Consortium. OSG Consortium…

September 24, 2025

InCommon Community Service Spotlight: 5 Questions for Derek Eiler, Principal Systems Engineer, Nevada System of Higher Education

By Apryl Motley, CAE, Communications Consultant, InCommon With the Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations currently underway, we are highlighting some of our current volunteers from the community. (You can volunteer too! Submit your nomination by October 10.) Derek Eiler, MS, CISSP, principal systems engineer with the Nevada System of Higher Education, currently serves on…

September 23, 2025

Federation Day at TechEX25: Connecting the Dots in InCommon Federation

By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager InCommon Federation is hosting a new tutorial at the 2025 Internet2 Technology Exchange (in Denver, Colo., Dec. 8-12, 2025) – Federation Day – and you’re invited. Co-sponsored by the InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) and the InCommon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Federation Day will bring together stakeholders…

September 17, 2025

IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Beyond Authentication, When Secure Access Demands Identity Assurance

By Jody Tracy, InCommon Academy Program Manager If your institution collaborates with federal agencies on research or other initiatives, you’re familiar with the balance required between robust security and practical implementation. After an extensive analysis and review, a clear and documented approach is now available for decision-makers to confidently evaluate their identity proofing needs. On…

September 3, 2025

InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations Open Now Through Oct. 10

by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant InCommon seeks enthusiastic volunteers to serve on its advisory committees. We invite your nominations for membership, including self-nominations. The window for nominations closes on Friday, October 10, 2025, and new terms start in January 2026. It’s easy to submit a nomination for yourself or a…

August 26, 2025

InCommon Hosts Fourth Annual Cybersecurity Cooperation Exercise This Fall

By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group As part of its ongoing effort to increase cross-federation levels of trust in cybersecurity, InCommon is hosting its fourth annual Sirtfi cybersecurity cooperation exercise this fall. Sirtfi (Security Incident Response Trust Framework for Federated Identity) is part of InCommon’s baseline expectations. The event is open to…

August 25, 2025

5 Considerations for Navigating Hybrid IAM and Entra ID Implementation

By Jody Tracy, Program Manager, InCommon Academy In early August InCommon community members gathered for a Thread Meetup, “Navigating Hybrid Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Entra ID Implementation.” InCommon community members are at different phases of their Entra ID deployments and have exchanged insights about challenges and successes. The key takeaway is that organizations…

August 12, 2025

Grouper Therapy: TechEX-citement and Revamped Training

By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania and Grouper Lead at Internet2 Many higher education institutions are leading the way with innovative solutions. The more we stay connected and collaborate, the more time we save when we have similar problems to solve. I feel so strongly about sharing effort among other institutions that the abbreviated 2025…