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InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Internet2’s Johnny Lasker and Provision IAM’s Matt Growden

By Apryl Motley, CAE, Communications Lead, InCommon Johnny Lasker, principal service integration engineer in the Trust & Identity division at Internet2,  and Matt Growden, CISSP, executive director of Identity Services at InCommon Catalyst Provision IAM, will be two of our featured speakers for “eduroam Logs: Demo of Grafana with IAM ” as part of IAM…

Q&A With Mary McKee: Building IAM Bridges for Inclusion and Collaboration

By Amber Rasche Recent Microsoft Announcement Signals a Win for Multilateral Federation in the Research and Education Community Ask Mary McKee, senior director of engineering at Cirrus Identity, about the role of vendor-neutral standards and solutions for identity and access management (IAM) in research and education (R&E), and her response might surprise you. “Maybe it’s…

New InCommon Catalyst Instrumental Identity Brings Strong Ties to Higher Ed and the Open-Source Community

By Apryl Motley, InCommon Communications Lead Mark Earnest recalls delivering some of the first presentations of his IT career during InCommon BaseCAMP and Advanced CAMP in the early 2000s. Now a seasoned IT professional, Mark is CEO of Instrumental Identity, the latest provider to join the InCommon Catalyst Program. “Given our team’s background in university…

InCommon Certificate Service to Highlight Ways to Automate Deployment and Renewal of Certificates

The InCommon Certificate Service has many ways to help automate the deployment and renewal of certificates.  To learn more about automating the deployment and renewal of certificates, join fellow subscribers for a webinar, “Preparing for 90 Day Certificates, Using Net Agent & ACME to Automate Renewals,” on Tuesday, November 7 at 12 p.m. (Register now.)…

Bridging the Digital Divide in Omaha: eduroam for All

ANNOUNCEMENT We’re excited to announce a first-of-its-kind eduroam pilot project in Omaha that aims to bridge the digital divide for K-12 students. Internet2 is collaborating with Network Nebraska through the ConnectEd Nebraska program and Cox Communications to expand the reach of the eduroam global Wi-Fi access service. With access to eduroam at over 600 Cox…

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

Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – InCommon Communications Lead 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…

InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with Mandi Witkovsky, Director of Identity & Access Management at Purdue University

By Apryl Motley – Technical Writer & Communications Lead, Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Service Mandi Witkovsky, director of identity & access management at Purdue University, will be our featured speaker for “Purdue University’s IAM Modernization Success Story” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday, September 27 at 1 p.m. ET with Charise Arrowood, executive director,…

Catch Up with InCommon Catalysts During CAMP Week at TechEX23

By Apryl Motley – Technical Writer & Communications Lead, Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Service Just as the name implies, the InCommon Catalyst Program, now in its third year, was launched to bring added energy and expertise to the research and higher ed (R&E) community’s identity and access management (IAM) efforts. IAM professionals attending CAMP Week…

InCommon Futures2 Moves Forward with Discussion at TechEX23 and Launch of Needs Assessment

By Apryl Motley, CAE, InCommon Communications Lead Note: InCommon Writer John McCormack contributed to this post.  The 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX23) takes place next week (September 18–22) in Minneapolis. During this annual event, Marc Wallman, vice president information technology division, North Dakota State University, and Kevin Morooney, vice president of trust and identity and NET+,…

InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations Open Now Through Oct. 1

Bring Your Unique Expertise to InCommon Advisory Committees InCommon seeks enthusiastic volunteers to serve on its advisory committees. We invite your nominations for membership, including self-nominations. The window for nominations closes on Friday, October 1, 2023, and new terms start in January 2024. It’s easy to submit a nomination for yourself or a colleague; complete…