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17
Mar.
2021

midPoint Academy

midPoint Registration is Open for May Session

March 17, 2021 Are you tired of training workshops that focus too much on lecture and not enough time practicing your new skills? Interested in getting hands-on experience while learning the ins and outs of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform directly from experts? midPoint, powered by Evolveum, is a…

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17
Mar.
2021

Academy Software

Collaboration Success Program Can Jump-Start Your IAM Plans

March 17, 2021 Considering an IAM reboot? Interested in help from other organizations like yours, and from an array of subject-matter experts? The Collaboration Success Program may be just the ticket. But don’t take our word for it. Tommy Doan (2019 – 2020 CSP participant) says:  “It…

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17
Mar.
2021

BaseCAMP Academy Software

2021 BaseCAMP Coming: Find Your People

March 17, 2021 Are you new to identity and access management, the InCommon Federation or to the InCommon Trusted Access Platform? You are in luck! BaseCAMP 2021 is designed to answer your questions and allow you to connect with your peers.  The third annual InCommon BaseCAMP will…

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17
Mar.
2021

Community Certificates Federation

InCommon Fun Facts – March 2021

March 17, 2021 New InCommon Participants As of March 17, 2021, InCommon has 1,025 participants. Here are the new participants since the February newsletter: Higher EducationCalifornia Institute of the ArtsColumbus College of Art and DesignUniversity System of New Hampshire, Office of the Chancellor Sponsored PartnerMerit Network, Inc. InCommon Federation The…

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17
Mar.
2021

Federation Community

Federation Site Administrators Receive Baseline Expectations Notices

March 17, 2021 This week, InCommon operations began sending notices to Federation participants of the need to meet the new Baseline Expectation for Trust in Federation. Organizations received notices if they have identity providers and/or service providers that do not meet one or more of the expectations.  Most organizations received…

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05
Mar.
2021

Federation

NIH application to require multi-factor authentication

March 5, 2021 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced new identity management requirements that could affect access for faculty, researchers, and scientists. As of September 15, 2021, NIH will require multi-factor authentication and the release of attributes that are part of the REFEDS Research & Scholarship (R&S) bundle.

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18
Feb.
2021

BaseCAMP Academy

IAM Overview? Federation Basics? BASECamp Presentations Can Help

February 18, 2021 InCommon is making the recorded BaseCAMP sessions available to those who were not able to attend at a discounted $98 price. Those materials include: Identity and Access Management Overview and Basics – Tom Jordan (University of Wisconsin) provides a high-level tour of the higher ed IAM landscape,…

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18
Feb.
2021

Community

InCommon Fun Facts – February 2021

February 18, 2021 Show your participation InCommon has a nice badge logo for use by current participants. Take a look and download your very own. New InCommon Participants As of February 18, 2021, InCommon has 1,025 participants. Here are the new participants since the January newsletter: Higher EducationGeorgia Gwinnet…

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18
Feb.
2021

Federation

Baseline Expectations Adoption and Reporting Begins

February 18, 2021 The move to adoption of the second set of Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation (BE2) is underway. The new expectations include three technical requirements aimed at improving security and the user experience that all InCommon Federation participants must meet during 2021: Each Identity Provider and…

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17
Feb.
2021

Academy

Collaboration Success Program Can Jump-Start Your IAM Plans

February 17, 2021 Are you wrestling with a thorny IAM issue that would benefit from some outside help? Are you planning a reboot, but don’t really know where to start? The Collaboration Success Program could help. InCommon will offer the fourth Collaboration Success Program (CSP) this fall and is…

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