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2020
By Jessica ColtrinInCommon Advocacy Program Manager More than 150 individuals from 105 organizations served on InCommon advisory and working groups in 2019. The new year means new members joining InCommon governing and advisory groups, and dedicated members rolling off. This year we welcome several new organizations as well as greater…
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By Nick RoyDirector of Technology & Strategy, InCommon On Thursday, January 30th, the InCommon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) accepted the final report of the Internet2 Trust and Identity Services Operations project which put Metadata Query (MDQ) into production. With the TAC’s sign-off on that report, the community has officially…
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2020
The next round of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) kicks off this week at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. In the interest of sharing the experiences with the community we will use the hashtag #incommoncsp and post photos and updates of key moments along the way.
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Internet2 announced the selection of three new members to the InCommon Steering Committee which provides strategic direction, oversight, and recommendations for critical identity management services and offerings that benefit research and higher education in the U.S. The incoming steering committee members are: Michael Berman, chief information officer at The California…
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2020
Six universities will use the InCommon Trusted Access Platform software to help solve shared issues through the 2020 InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). The seven-month long CSP focuses on adopting solutions to key identity and access management challenges faced by the research and education community. The participating institutions are:…
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Jan.
2020
Looking to deploy InCommon-ready Shibboleth Service Provider and Identity Provider in a way that’s easy to install and manage? Want first-hand experience with the world of containers and how they can make your life easier? Are you ready to join the ranks of over 680 attendees from 20+ workshops who…
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Feb.
2020
By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania Grouper, the access management component of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform, is continuing to evolve to meet the community’s needs. For many years, Grouper has been providing group and access management solutions for a broad and enthusiastic user community. Recently the Grouper development…
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Jan.
2020
New InCommon Participants As of October 17, 2019, InCommon had 1,029 participants. Here are the new participants since the last update in August: Higher Education College of Eastern IdahoJohn Carroll UniversityLewis-Clark State CollegeMars Hill University Research Organization Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Sponsored Partners Axle InformaticsChildren’s National Health SystemConcur TechnologiesRisk and…
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By Ken Klingenstein, Identity EvangelistInternet2 The Original Vision of federated identity anticipated a thriving ecosystem where attributes, more than identities, were carefully exchanged between holders of those attributes and relying parties to provide appropriate services. Privacy would be preserved; scalable access control would be enabled; users would be empowered. What…
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By Heather Flanagan (Note: This is the third in a series of blog posts highlighting key sessions at this year’s Technology Exchange (TechEx), December 9-13, 2019, in New Orleans). In September 2019, REFEDS (an association of national research and education federations, including InCommon), with the support of NORDUnet and…
