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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.…
April 25, 2025
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…
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April 14, 2025
By Chris Phillips, Member, Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity For over two decades and counting, I have had the privilege of working in the identity and access management (IAM) field, witnessing and participating firsthand in research and education (R&E) trust and identity (T&I) services and their global impact. Our success was, and continues…
February 18, 2025
By: Jean Chorazyczewski, InCommon Academy Director Identity and Access Management in higher education isn’t just about managing identities — it’s about enabling seamless collaboration, securing critical infrastructure, and adapting to an ever-expanding digital ecosystem. Keeping up with IAM challenges can feel like trying to hit a moving target for many institutions that may be juggling…
