InCommon: Trust and Security

Upon joining InCommon, participants can take advantage of the InCommon Federation, the InCommon Assurance Program, and the InCommon Certificate Service.

InCommon Federation

• supports a common framework for trustworthy shared management of access to on-line resources
• higher security, economies of scale, and many other benefits
• single sign-on and privacy protection for users
• identity providers authenticate, while service providers authorize
• service providers no longer need to provision identity accounts

InCommon Certificates

• unlimited certificates, including SSL (including extended validation) certificates, client (ersonal) certificates, and code signing certificates
• one fixed annual fee
• includes certificates for all of your domains — including professional societies and athletic sites (.edu, .net, .org, .com)
• Internet2 members receive a 25 percent discount

InCommon Assurance

• coming in 2012
• qualifying campuses will support requirements for consistent authentication and identity management
• reducing risk for service providers by encouraging identity providers to adopt these structured requirements
• particularly important for financial aid applications and federal research granting agencies
• InCommon Bronze is roughly equivalent to confidence associated with a common Internet identity
• InCommon Silver is similar to confidence required for financial transactions