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25
Apr.
2025

Federation

InCommon Federation Community Consultation through June 6: Recommendations for REFEDS Assurance Framework 2.0 Implementation

By Kyle Lewis, InCommon Assured Access Working Group chair

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I am pleased to announce an InCommon Federation community consultation for the Assured Access Working Group’s guidance document: Recommendations for REFEDS Assurance Framework 2.0 Implementation for InCommon Identity Providers. This consultation is open…

10
Feb.
2025

Federation

InCommon Federation Community Consultation through February 28: InCommon Federation Proxies

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager, Internet2 Trust & Identity I am pleased to announce an InCommon Federation community consultation of the 2024 InCommon Federation Proxies Working Group Report. This consultation is…

16
Jan.
2025

Federation

Call for Participation: 2025 SirtfI Exercise Planning Working Group

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The InCommon Community and Trust Assurance Board (CTAB) seeks volunteers to participate in the Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group (SEPWG) to help design and run the annual distributed…

06
Dec.
2024

Federation

InCommon and NJEdge: Strengthening Higher Education Collaboration Together

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Six New Jersey higher education institutions are taking important steps to enhance their identity and access management (IAM) readiness with a focus on enabling effective collaboration and resource sharing through Internet2’s InCommon Federation. Last month InCommon…

06
Dec.
2024

Federation

Expanding Academic Horizons: How Federated Identity Can Transform Cross-Institutional Learning

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Ann West, Executive Director, InCommon and AVP, Trust & Identity, Internet2 2024 has been a pivotal year for InCommon, fueled by our Futures2 Strategy pushing new explorations and investments across the community. In reviewing our…

20
Nov.
2024

Federation

One Federation, Many Agencies: How InCommon Simplifies Federal Compliance Requirements

By Ann West, AVP for trust and identity, Internet2 and Steve Zoppi, AVP, Services Integration and Architecture, Internet2 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In October 2024, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced new multi-factor authentication (MFA) requirements for Research.gov access. Those of…

21
Oct.
2024

Federation

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

By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager, Internet2 Trust & Identity Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 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,…

20
Jun.
2024

Federation

Stand By for Sirtfi: Third Annual InCommon Cybersecurity Cooperation Exercise Scheduled for November, Call for Participation Opens in August

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group Greetings fellow InCommoners! It will soon be time to assemble again, dust off our security response plans, and practice using Sirtfi in response to a distributed cyber…

17
Apr.
2024

Federation

The Future of InCommon Federation Services: 3 Important Enhancements

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager, Internet2 Trust & Identity There’s a great deal on the horizon for the InCommon Federation in 2024. We’re pleased to announce three long-awaited enhancements to our services, and I’m excited to…

01
Apr.
2024

Federation

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

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 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…

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