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August 5, 2025
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 Aug. 31, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET. You will need to sign into the Internet2 wiki to post your feedback — and…
July 15, 2025
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 of IAM are complex, many of the most significant challenges are organizational, resource-related, and process-oriented. The golden thread,…
July 9, 2025
By Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director 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 how to evolve their architecture with confidence. Whether you’re building from the ground up or dealing with a patchwork…
July 1, 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 progress by managing all the complex identity management infrastructure between organizations.…
Executive summary Researchers shouldn’t waste time managing multiple logins when they could be advancing knowledge. Cirrus Identity, an InCommon Catalyst, and the InCommon Federation eliminate this hassle by handling all the complex identity management infrastructure between organizations. Cirrus’s cloud-based solution lets organizations quickly set up secure access to InCommon-enabled shared resources across institutions without the…
June 20, 2025
As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, we are continuing their quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, which we feature in our e-newsletter InCommon News. Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a quarterly, virtual advice panel providing perspectives on key…
June 18, 2025
By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania, and Grouper Lead at Internet2 As an “old school” recreational rapper, I enjoy using AI tools to quickly produce nerdy songs for presentations. I would not be able to orchestrate this music in a reasonable amount of time on my own, and AI would not be able to make…
May 30, 2025
By Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director “Who can access what and why?” This simple question costs higher education institutions thousands of staff hours, creates endless frustration for users, and remains one of the most persistent operational headaches across campuses. Behind the scenes of every university’s digital ecosystem is a complex web of access decisions that…
May 7, 2025
In 2024, InCommon celebrated its 20th anniversary—two decades of shaping the trust infrastructure for research and education in the U.S. and beyond. But this milestone was far from a nostalgic glance in the rearview mirror. It became a springboard for bold new directions, collaborative momentum, and foundational work that will define the next 20 years…
May 1, 2025
By Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director IAM Online: May 2025 Speaker Spotlight Have you ever tried to explain to someone outside research and higher education (R&E) why managing digital identities on campus is so complicated? Campuses are complex ecosystems where a single person might be simultaneously a student, staff member, teaching assistant, researcher, and alumnus.…
