December 10, 2025

Solving Research and Education’s Identity Proofing Puzzle Together: A Community in Conversation

By Jody Tracy, InCommon Academy Program Manager On Oct, 22, 2025, InCommon hosted an Identity Proofing Thread Meetup to discuss the growing challenges of identity verification and fraud prevention across research and higher education institutions. The conversation underscored both the urgent need for standardized identity proofing solutions and the complex landscape institutions must navigate. Survey…

November 13, 2025

ABAC to the Future: Loaders? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Loaders

By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania and Grouper Lead at Internet2 “University of Michigan has created almost 100 ABAC groups that we had no way to make before.” – Gail Lift, University of Michigan In the identity management world, we get a thrill from new approaches that transform previously cumbersome processes. Before Attribute-Based Access Control…

October 21, 2025

A Message from Internet2’s President and CEO

Dear Internet2 Community, I am honored and excited to step into the role of Internet2 President and CEO. Internet2’s strength has always been its community-driven innovation, and it is a privilege to lead it into the next chapter. Recent advances in technology find us in a moment of transformative change for education, research, and indeed,…

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…