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Dec.
2023
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Apryl Motley – Technical Writer & Communications Lead, Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Service Learn More About How Recent Microsoft Announcement Signals a Win for Multilateral Federation in the Research and Education Community This spring, Microsoft…
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Dec.
2023
By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group
Kyle Lewis On November 17–23, 2023, 16 university, federation, and government security teams came together to participate in InCommon’s second annual cybersecurity cooperation exercise and practice using the REFEDS Sirtfi framework in a scripted scenario. Sirtfi is part of InCommon’s baseline expectations. In addition to…
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Nov.
2023
Estimated reading time: 11 minutes 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…
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Aug.
2023
COMMUNITY NOTICE On Monday, August 7, 2023, the InCommon Steering Committee approved the following amendments to the InCommon Federation Operating Practices and Policies (FOPP): The InCommon office address changed. The U.S. Department of Education’s methodology for categorizing its national and regional accrediting bodies changed, unifying…
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Dec.
2021
By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Service Manager
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes InCommon participants established the InCommon Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation in 2018 as a means to increase trust and interoperability among InCommon federation participants and to define what they expect of each other, and of InCommon Operations.
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Nov.
2021
By Tom Barton, Internet2 Research Engagement
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In the Fall of 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that they were making changes to increase the security of many of their services to better protect the sensitive data shared with researchers. Among those are…
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Aug.
2021
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Tom Barton and Glenn Lipscomb The National Institutes of Health (NIH) previously announced new identity management requirements that could affect access for some of your researchers and scientists. As of September 15, 2021, NIH will transition to…
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Jul.
2021
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) invites the community to join its next Office Hours. The next Baseline Expectations 2 (BE2) Office Hour will be on Tuesday August 31, 2021 at 1 p.m. ET / Noon CT…
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Aug.
2021
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In March 2020, the international science community asked schools and research organizations to help make it easier for researchers and scientists to join global collaborations formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A key component to…
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Jun.
2021
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes June 22, 2021 This is the third in a series of emails regarding new login requirements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Effective September 15, 2021, the NIH electronic Research Administration (eRA), will require you: To provide…
