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Grouper Deprovisioning, or Cleaning Out My Closet

By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania As a bit of a hoarder, I am not inclined to write this blog. But as someone who wants access to be correct, and who loves Eminem, I will do it anyway. How does clutter that requires cleaning out your closet happen in the access management realm? When people…

Minnesota and Michigan Nonprofits Collaborate with Internet2 to Advance Digital Inclusion with eduroam

Learning Network of Minnesota and Merit Network Join the eduroam Support Organizations Program to Bring Global Wi-Fi Access to Schools, Libraries, and More WASHINGTON, D.C., October 10, 2024 – K-12 students, teachers, and staff across Minnesota and Michigan will soon benefit from broader access to secure, seamless Wi-Fi through eduroam. Internet2 announced today that the…

20-Year Milestone: Making an Impact on Research with Kevin Thompson

By Kevin Morooney, Vice President of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 We continue to celebrate InCommon’s 20th birthday with a series of forward-facing conversations featuring prominent leaders in the research and higher education (R&E) community. For this installment, I chatted with Kevin Thompson, a program director for the Directorate for Computer and Information Science…

Aligning IAM and Cybersecurity: Connections and Critical Success Factors 

By Rob Carter, Duke University; Kevin Hickey, University of Detroit Mercy; Kevin Mackie, Oregon Health & Science University; and David Walker, Independent  Editor’s Note: This article authored by Kevin Hickey, vice chair, and committee members Rob Carter and Kevin Mackie, and advisor David Walker marks the beginning of a Community Architecture Committee for Trust and…

Speaker Spotlight: 7 Things You Should Do to Improve Your User’s Security on eduroam

By: Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director IAM Online: October 2024 Speaker Spotlight Article eduroam was started to enable roaming access for researchers. It has since evolved to serve as a standard configuration approach for wireless access in education and research and network trust and privacy have become paramount. On Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at 1…

6 Things You Need to Know About the New MidPoint Deployment: Group Synchronization Course

By Iain Oldman – Copywriter, Content Marketing, Internet2 As part of InCommon Academy’s mission to meet the professional development needs of the identity and access management (IAM) community, we are excited to offer a new training course to enhance your knowledge of group and role synchronization solutions. This December, InCommon Academy is running MidPoint Deployment:…

InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Connecting Educators and Research Through Collaboration and Community with Sean Reynolds

Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 Continuing our celebration of InCommon’s 20th birthday, we bring you a conversation with another influential voice in the research and higher education (R&E) community: Sean Reynolds, vice president for Information Technology and CIO at Northwestern University. Sean remains a dedicated and active volunteer with…

Catalyst to Catalyst (Fall 2024): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts

Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant 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…

Make Way for Mobility Day at the 2024 Internet2 Technology Exchange

By Brett Bieber, Chair, eduroam-US Advisory Committee We’re excited that Internet2 will once again host Mobility Day in conjunction with the 2024 Internet2 Technology Exchange, from December 9-13, in Boston, Massachusetts. Please mark your calendars for Monday, December 9, 1-4:30 p.m., and plan to attend as a participant or presenter.  Review the agenda from last…

Self-Service, Security, and Strategy: InCommon Certificate Service Webinar Speakers Offer Their Experience and Expertise

Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant Interested in knowing how your colleagues manage and update hundreds or thousands of certificates on a regular basis, including connecting Certificate Manager (SCM) to servers and services to automate certificate renewal? And using ACME to build a hub-and-spoke framework for scaling certificate management? To…