Blogs
Catalysts Program
Catalyst to Catalyst (Fall 2026): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts
Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from…
InCommon Community
InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations Open Now Through Oct. 16
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, Oct….
Federation
Increasing Cross-Federation Trust in Cybersecurity: InCommon Hosts Fifth Annual Sirtfi Cooperation Exercise
InCommon will host its fifth annual Security Incident Response Trust Framework for Federated Identity (Sirtfi) cybersecurity cooperation exercise this fall, from Nov. 16-20, 2026. Sirtfi-compliant organizations…
Identity
New NET+ Persona Service Provides Identity Proofing Solution
Community-led NET+ Persona Procurement Delivers Verification Service Ahead of January 2027 Federal Deadline In 2027, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will require institutions whose researchers…
Academy
AI is Already in IAM Operations
By: Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t arriving on campuses through a carefully planned rollout. It is showing up through free tools, personal…
Federation
Working Group Recommends Continued InCommon Investment in OpenID Federation
Following two years of investigation into the future of federated trust and a community consultation, the Profiling OpenID Federation for Research and Education (PORE) Working Group…
Trusted Access Platform
Grouper Is Taking Over Minneapolis at TechEX26. Come Help.
Two things are true every fall: The leaves turn, and the Grouper community descends on one lucky city to talk access management for a week straight. …
eduroam
Establishing a Strong Foundation: The eduroam-US Community’s Baseline Expectations Effort
By Mike Dickson and Amel Caldwell, members of the eduroam Advisory Committee’s working group on Baseline Expectations A distributed initiative like eduroam relies on clear shared…
Catalysts Program
Catalyst to Catalyst (Summer 2026): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts
Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a quarterly virtual advice panel that provides perspectives on key identity and access management (IAM) topics for the InCommon community….
Federation
OpenID Federation 30-Day Community Consultation is Now Open
Help Shape the Future of The InCommon Federation The Profiling OpenID Federation for Research and Education (PORE) working group spent two years investigating the future of…
Certificates Management
Modernizing Certificate Management for Research and Education: Inside the New InCommon Certificate Service
Explore How the New Service With CertiNext Advances Automation, Streamlines Offerings, and Supports Operational Efficiency for IT Teams Internet2 recently announced the new InCommon Certificate Service…
InCommon Community
Five Questions To Help Shape Your Institution’s Identity Proofing Strategy
Asked and Answered in InCommon’s First Identity Proofing Accelerator From February to April 2026, faces sat in individual boxes, each interested in one of research and…