July 12, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
June 13, 2023
By John McCormack, Writer, InCommon “Gathering Requirements & Implementing IAM Initiatives.” Addressing this challenge is, perhaps, bigger than it looks, according to Ian Bruckner, project manager and portfolio coordinator, Office of Digital Transformation and Process Improvement, Illinois State University; Tommy Doan, IAM lead, Office of Information Technology, Southern Methodist University; and Mandi Witkovski, director of…
June 6, 2023
“Identity management is what ideally knits all our disparate services into a cohesive experience for our faculty, staff, and students,” observed Marc Wallman, current chair of the InCommon Steering Committee and vice president, Information Technology Division, North Dakota State University. “Nothing else comes close.” Last month, Wallman and Kevin Morooney, Internet2’s vice president of trust…
June 6, 2023
Ben Rappleyea, manager of the Office of Identity and Access Management at Illinois State University, will be our featured speaker for “InCommon IAM 101” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, June 14 at 1 p.m. ET with Marta K. Lang, senior IT manager, Identity & Access Management, The University of Texas at Austin, serving…
