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Aug.
2023
By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group Estimated reading time: 4 minutes To continue increasing cross-federation levels of trust in cybersecurity, InCommon is hosting its second annual community Sirtfi cybersecurity exercise this fall.
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Aug.
2023
By Tom Barton, InCommon Research Consultant, Internet2 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes On April 20, InCommon hosted a briefing on the InCommon community’s readiness to support access to National Institutes of Health services (NIH) (see “Key Resources from MFA and Identity Requirements Webinar”).
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Aug.
2023
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 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…
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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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Aug.
2023
By John McCormack, Writer, InCommon Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Christopher Bongaarts, IAM architect, University of Minnesota, says that if your IAM infrastructure has been lingering in a state of limbo for a long time and has “dark, cobwebbed corners,” you need to…
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Aug.
2023
By Heather Berry, Writer, InCommon Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Scott Cantor has presented at Internet2’s Technology Exchange (TechEX) more times than he can count. Scott will be co-presenting at this year’s conference in Minneapolis, September 18–22, along with Judith Bush from…
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Aug.
2023
By John McCormack, Writer, InCommon Estimated reading time: 2 minutes We’re just a few weeks away from the 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX), taking place in Minneapolis, September 18–22. Register now. During the event, Summer Scanlan, a business systems analyst at University of California…
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Jul.
2023
By Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I am fortunate to live in a place where I experience all four seasons. It is summer where I live. I’ve come to enjoy anticipating the…
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Jul.
2023
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The expertise and real-world knowledge of InCommon Academy instructors is unparalleled in the field of identity and access management (IAM). They consistently earn high marks from software training attendees with 83% rating them very satisfactory for: The usefulness…
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Jul.
2023
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Tom Barton, InCommon Research Consultant, Internet2 In Fall 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) leadership first addressed the InCommon community about how allowing researchers to use InCommon-enabled home credentials made it easier and faster for them to…
