Helping to Secure Our World: 2024 Internet2 Opportunities for the Research & Education Cybersecurity Community

By Nick Lewis – Internet2 Program Manager Internet2 is a supporter of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) co-led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Internet2 has many cybersecurity opportunities to engage the community throughout the year. Under the overall theme of “Secure Our World,” NCSAM encourages continued focus this…

October 21, 2024

InCommon Federation Service Enhancements: Metadata Query Service and Federated Access to Federation Manager

By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager, Internet2 Trust & Identity In the spring, the InCommon Federation announced a series of long-awaited enhancements to Federation services. We are nearing the finish line for two of the projects, and we’d like to share an update so that you’re able to take full advantage of federated access to…

October 17, 2024

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…

October 10, 2024

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…

October 3, 2024

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…

October 9, 2024

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…

October 7, 2024

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…

September 19, 2024

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:…

September 26, 2024

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…

September 19, 2024

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…