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Catalyst to Catalyst (Winter 2025): Ideas and Insights from InCommon Catalysts

Miko Gonzaga — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:51:38 +0000

Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE – Communications & Technical Writing Consultant Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 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. We feature the column in our e-newsletter,…

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In Federation Security Incidents, You Alone Are Not Enough–With Sirtfi, You Are Not Alone: InCommon’s 2025 Cyber Security Cooperation Exercise

Jefferson Caseres — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:22:11 +0000

In fall 2025, a grad student, Caroline Sweet, was recruited by the hacktivist group known as Stop All Robots. She helped them compromise the user registration process for a medical research team comparing the results of medical applications using two different large language models (LLMs) in an endeavor to leverage emerging AI technology. By the…

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Solving Research and Education’s Identity Proofing Puzzle Together: A Community in Conversation

Miko Gonzaga — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:50:22 +0000

By Jody Tracy, InCommon Academy Program Manager On Oct, 22, 2025, InCommon hosted an Identity Proofing Thread Meetup to discuss the growing challenges of identity verification and fraud prevention across research and higher education institutions. The conversation underscored both the urgent need for standardized identity proofing solutions and the complex landscape institutions must navigate. Survey…

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Community Consultation on eduroam-US Baseline Expectations Open Through December 22

Jefferson Caseres — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:10:56 +0000

The eduroam-US Advisory Committee (eAC) is pleased to announce the opening of a Community Consultation on Baseline Expectations for eduroam-US. These expectations reflect the community’s willingness to hold itself accountable for providing a successful, valuable, interoperable, and trustworthy shared resource. The consultation will be open for community feedback until Dec. 22, 2025, at 8 p.m.…

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Making Federation Work for Libraries: Four Experts on Privacy, Trust, and Quick Wins

Jefferson Caseres — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:38:18 +0000

Why are academic libraries still relying on IP authentication when much of higher education has moved to federated identity? The answer isn’t what you might think. It’s not a technology problem; it’s a trust problem. This month, IAM Online hosts four experts from Duke University, EBSCO, and Internet2. The group will discuss why libraries remain…

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ABAC to the Future: Loaders? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Loaders

Miko Gonzaga — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:30:19 +0000

By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania and Grouper Lead at Internet2 “University of Michigan has created almost 100 ABAC groups that we had no way to make before.” – Gail Lift, University of Michigan In the identity management world, we get a thrill from new approaches that transform previously cumbersome processes. Before Attribute-Based Access Control…

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MOREnet and WiscNet Join the eduroam Support Organizations Program

mfinet — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:04:00 +0000

Students across Missouri and Wisconsin will soon have greater access to secure, seamless Wi-Fi through eduroam. MOREnet and WiscNet are now part of the eduroam Support Organizations program, bringing the number of participating states to 11. “The growth of the eduroam Support Organizations program is inspiring, watching people and organizations who urgently and passionately want to…

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A Message from Internet2’s President and CEO

Miko Gonzaga — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:55:23 +0000

Dear Internet2 Community, I am honored and excited to step into the role of Internet2 President and CEO. Internet2’s strength has always been its community-driven innovation, and it is a privilege to lead it into the next chapter. Recent advances in technology find us in a moment of transformative change for education, research, and indeed,…

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InCommon Community Service Spotlight: 5 Questions for Richard Frovarp, Principal Software Engineer, North Dakota State University

Miko Gonzaga — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

By Apryl Motley, CAE, Communications Consultant, InCommon With the Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations well underway, we are continuing to highlight current community volunteers. (You can volunteer, too! Submit your nomination by October 10.) Richard Frovarp, principal software engineer at North Dakota State University, currently serves on InCommon’s Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB).…

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Speaker Spotlight – New Standards for Seamless Access: Introducing eduroam Baseline Expectations

Miko Gonzaga — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:29:07 +0000

By Jody Tracy, InCommon Academy Program Manager In October 2024, the eduroam Advisory Committee (eAC) presented an IAM Online webinar on things you can do to improve your users’ security on eduroam. That presentation introduced the process the committee was undertaking to set new Baseline Expectations to make eduroam more secure. This marked the beginning…

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