July 24, 2023

InCommon Academy Instructors Earn High Marks: Meet Them When You Join Us This Fall for Software Training

The expertise and real-world knowledge of InCommon Academy instructors is unparalleled in the field of identity and access management (IAM). They consistently earn high marks from software training attendees with 83% rating them very satisfactory for: Due in large part to their efforts to design practical, hands-on workshops, InCommon Academy software training isn’t your run-of-the-mill…

July 24, 2023

InCommon for All Seasons, But Especially Christmas in July

By Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 I am fortunate to live in a place where I experience all four seasons. It is summer where I live. I’ve come to enjoy anticipating the changes in the upcoming season and reflecting on the opportunities the past season enabled. In my youth,…

July 19, 2023

NIH Update July 2023: Make Sure Your Researchers Know

By Tom Barton, InCommon Research Consultant, Internet2 In Fall 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) leadership first addressed the InCommon community about how allowing researchers to use InCommon-enabled home credentials made it easier and faster for them to collaborate on the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. At Internet2’s TechEX 2020, NIH highlighted three aspects of…

July 12, 2023

InCommon Certificate Service Prepares Subscribers for Upcoming Changes to Client Certificates

InCommon is working to ensure subscribers to its certificate service get the updates they need to begin preparing for client certificate changes coming in August. These changes are forthcoming because of developments at the CA/Browser (CAB) Forum, the organization that sets policy for commercial Certificate Authorities (CAs) trusted by modern web browsers. You may be…

July 11, 2023

InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Kyle Lewis

By Apryl Motley – Technical Writer & Communications Lead, Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Service Kyle Lewis, vice president of cybersecurity strategy for InCommon Catalyst RDCT, will be our featured speaker for “How to Sirtfi – Going Beyond the Federation Security Checkbox” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, July 19 at 1 p.m. ET with…

July 10, 2023

There’s Still Time to Achieve Your IAM Goals Faster. Better. Together.

Interest Period Extended for InCommon Collaboration Success Program 2023–2024 Cohort If you haven’t already, let us know that you’re interested in working with your peers to achieve your identity and access management (IAM) goals faster, better, together. We have extended the expression of interest period for the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) 2023–2024 cohort until…

June 29, 2023

InCommon BaseCAMP 2023 Speaker Spotlight: Scaling Present & Future IAM Challenges

By John McCormack, InCommon Writer The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is an astronomical facility on top of Cerro Pachón, a mountain in Northern Chile. The Rubin Observatory will conduct a ten-year survey of the Southern Hemisphere sky (referred to as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time) with the goal of answering some of scientists’…

June 21, 2023

They Got IAM Done. Better. Faster. Together.

Lessons Learned During the 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program Cohort Congratulations to the 2022-23 InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) Cohort participants! They concluded their work together earlier this month. Nine institutions participated in this year’s cohort: These organizations are now alumni contributors, joining their peers at 28 other research and education institutions that have participated…

May 23, 2023

InCommon Collaboration Success Program Alumni Applaud Its Benefits

Get IAM Done. Faster. Better. Together. That’s the promise of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). And it’s one we’ve been delivering on since kicking off the program’s first cohort in 2018. The expression of interest period for the CSP 2023–2024 cohort is open through July 17, and no one better communicates the program’s value…

June 20, 2023

Catalyst to Catalyst (Summer 2023): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, we are continuing their quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, which we feature in our e-newsletter InCommon News. Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a quarterly, virtual advice panel providing perspectives on key…