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Five-Time Speaker Tom Jordan Offers Insights on InCommon BaseCAMP and Beyond

Edited By Apryl Motley, Communications & Technical Writing Consultant, Internet2  According to several numerology reference texts, the number five signifies curiosity and change. Two words that definitely come to mind as we prepare to welcome five-time speaker Tom Jordan back to InCommon BaseCAMP, June 3-7, 2024.   A solutions architect at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison),…

Modernization Through Collaboration: West Chester University’s IAM Roadmap Evolved During the InCommon Collaboration Success Program

West Chester University (WCU) participated in the 2023 cohort of the Collaboration Success Program (CSP) to explore identity and access management (IAM) solutions.  Unified and Modern IAM One of the university’s primary goals was to shift towards a unified identity system. To accomplish this goal, WCU needed to integrate three ERP systems, maintain support for…

InCommon Federation Community Consultation through April 30: Deployment Guidance for REFEDS Access Entity Categories

By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager I am pleased to announce an InCommon Federation community consultation of the Deployment Guidance for REFEDS Access Entity Categories. This consultation is open through April 30, 2024 at 5 p.m. PDT. (You’ll need to sign into the Internet2 wiki to post your feedback, and we hope you will.) Facilitating…

Off Loading Cellular Traffic Over Wireless: To Open Roam or Not? and Why Not eduroam?

By Saira Hasnain – Associate Vice President & Deputy CIO, University of Florida FROM THE DESK OF THE eAC Note from the eAC Chair: This article is the first of a series from members of the eduroam-US Advisory Committee (eAC). The eAC discusses a wide range of topics within the wireless and mobility space, and…

InCommon Futures2: The Community’s Conversation Continues with IAM Online

Last month’s release of the InCommon Futures2 Report, “Promoting Digital Collaboration,” marked an especially exciting and important time for IAM in the research and education community. And we can’t stop talking about it! Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+ Programs, Internet 2, and Marc Wallman, vice president, Information Technology Division, North…

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

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

IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Oregon State University’s Andy Morgan and Jason Peak Discuss OSU’s Implementation of Zero Trust 

Edited By Apryl Motley – InCommon Communications Lead Andy Morgan and Jason Peak, both IAM analyst programmers from Oregon State University (OSU), will be our featured speakers for the next IAM Online webinar, Zero Trust: Identity’s Critical Role, on March 20 at 1 p.m. ET. Tom Barton, InCommon Research Consultant, Internet2, will serve as moderator. Andy…

Elevate Your IAM Journey at InCommon BaseCAMP 2024

Elevate Your IAM Journey at InCommon BaseCAMP 2024 Are you ready to take your identity and access management (IAM) knowledge to the next level? Join us online for InCommon BaseCAMP 2024, June 3-7 – the virtual event to propel your IAM journey in research and education (R&E) forward. So, join us under our virtual tent;…

Happy Birthday to Us! InCommon Turns 20 in May

By Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 For most of us, our perspective on birthdays changes over time and with life experiences. When I was a boy, say 10 years old or so, my friends and I loved birthdays and their parties. These were very focused events. Will I like…

Navigating Next-Generation Credentials Together: Community Consultation Open Through March 8

By Margaret Cullen, Chair, Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity (CACTI) Next-Generation Credentials Working Group (NGCWG) has completed its final report. The community consultation for this document is open through the end of the day on Friday, March 8. It’s vital…