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Sep.
2025
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes By Jody Tracy, InCommon Academy Program Manager If your institution collaborates with federal agencies on research or other initiatives, you’re familiar with the balance required between robust security and practical implementation. After an extensive analysis and review,…
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Sep.
2025
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant 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…
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Aug.
2025
Sinha to lead the U.S. national research and education nonprofit, fostering innovation, collaboration, and scientific discovery Tripti Sinha Internet2 has named Tripti Sinha as its new president and CEO. With more than 30 years of experience, Sinha is a leader in information technology, operations, governance, and policy, with a career…
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Aug.
2025
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group As part of its ongoing effort to increase cross-federation levels of trust in cybersecurity, InCommon is hosting its fourth annual Sirtfi cybersecurity cooperation exercise this…
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Aug.
2025
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Jody Tracy, Program Manager, InCommon Academy In early August InCommon community members gathered for a Thread Meetup, “Navigating Hybrid Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Entra ID Implementation.” InCommon community members are at different phases…
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Aug.
2025
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania and Grouper Lead at Internet2 Many higher education institutions are leading the way with innovative solutions. The more we stay connected and collaborate, the more time we save when we have…
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Aug.
2025
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Albert Wu, InCommon Federation Manager We are pleased to announce an InCommon Federation community consultation for the new guidance document, Deploying Subject Identifiers for InCommon Federation Participants. This consultation is open through…
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Jul.
2025
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By The InCommon Academy Team On June 25, 2025, the InCommon Academy hosted a Thread Meetup about IAM Modernization for 50+ community members. The key themes that emerged from this discussion illustrated that while the technical aspects…
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Jul.
2025
By Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director Estimated reading time: 5 minutes It’s not that higher education institutions lack IAM tools —it’s that many institutions still lack a clear, shared framework to see how their systems connect, where the gaps are, and…
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Jul.
2025
Researchers’ time is best spent on delivering groundbreaking innovation – and not on managing multiple logins when they could be advancing knowledge and collaboration across the research and education community. Cirrus Identity, an InCommon Catalyst, and the InCommon Federation eliminate this potential barrier to…
