By Kyle Lewis, InCommon Assured Access Working Group chair
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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 through June 6, 2025 at 5 p.m. PDT. (You’ll need to sign into the Internet2 wiki to post your feedback, and we hope you will.)
Our Scope
This document was prepared by the Assured Access Working Group (AAWG), chartered by InCommon’s Community Trust and Assurance Board. This document is written in response to the release of REFEDS Assurance Framework 2.0 with the intent of providing guidance and clarity to InCommon members operating Identity Providers (IdPs) to ease implementation.
Also of note, the AAWG is currently working on a supplemental implementation checklist for eventual inclusion in this document’s final release as an Appendix B; this checklist is not is not included in the public consultation. Work on the checklist will be informed by any changes resulting from this public consultation.
A Forum for Your Feedback
This report contains a guide for InCommon Identity Providers for implementing the REFEDS Assurance Framework version 2.0 as well as the group’s findings regarding federation proxies’ roles and trust impact in the federation ecosystem. It also recommends next steps for the InCommon Federation and the wider community to better support proxies and improve federation trust. You’ll find the report here: Recommendations for REFEDS Assurance Framework 2.0 Implementation for InCommon Identity Providers.
This consultation is open through June 6, 2025 at 5 p.m. PDT. You’ll find the proposed materials as well as a feedback log. Please sign into the Internet2 wiki to post your feedback. We look forward to receiving it.
About the InCommon Federation
The InCommon Federation provides secure single sign-on access to cloud and local services, and global collaboration tools. It connects millions of users and hundreds of educational institutions, research organizations, and commercial resource providers. The InCommon Federation and its practices are governed and built by an open community to meet the specific needs of higher education, research organizations, and their corporate partners: we value individual’s right to privacy; we believe in open, transparent, and equal sharing of information and knowledge; we encourage the ubiquitous adoption of online digital resources to accelerate research and discovery.