April 8 IAM Online Features
National Cyber Security Alliance
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The April IAM Online (April 8, 2015, at 2 pm ET) will feature a presentation by the National Cyber Security Alliance, a non-profit public-private
partnership that is conducting a multi-city tour designed to educate consumers and businesses about adding layers of security, like multifactor authentication. Join this IAM Online
to hear about these efforts with speakers from the Alliance, Google and NSTIC, and about how this fits with higher ed.. |
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Dates Announced for InCommon Shibboleth Installation Workshops |
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InCommon has announced the dates for three of its Shibboleth Installation Workshops for 2015. The dates and location for a fourth workshop are pending. The workshops will focus on the new Shibboleth Identity Provider version 3, as well as provide
installation training for the Service Provider. Details are on the InCommon website. Dates and locations are:
- May 14-15, 2015 - George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus (near Dulles Airport) (registration is open)
- June 11-12, 2015 - OARnet offices in Columbus, Ohio (registration opens April 7)
- September 17-18 - DeAnza Community College, Cupertino, California
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Per-Entity Metadata Pilot to Continue; Alternative to Metadata Aggregates |
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InCommon has extended the Per-Entity Metadata Pilot through the end of August 2015. The pilot was started to explore the utility of using dynamic metadata query to retrieve signed, per-entity metadata as an alternative to metadata aggregates. Details
on on the pilot wiki page. |
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TIER, IAM Online Webinar Archives Available
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InCommon and Internet2 recently held two webinars to introduce participants to the new Trusted Identity in Education and Research (TIER) initiative,
and the March IAM Online featured an overview of the new Shibboleth IdP version 3. Follow the links above to access the archived webinars. |
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Global Summit April 26-30; Program Online |
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Registration is open for the Internet2 Global Summit, April 26-30, in Washington, DC, at the Renaissance
Washington DC Downtown hotel. The meeting has four topic areas, including "Cybersecurity and Trusted Identity in Education and Research: A Community Built on Trust."
You'll find the program online. |
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Positions Open at InCommon |
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InCommon has two positions open and invites qualified applicants.
- Director of Technology and Strategy (http://goo.gl/yuDRRs)
- Program Manager, Community Trust and Practices (responsible for Assurance and Certificate programs) (http://goo.gl/jNY3eO)
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Registration Open for the 2015 Security Professionals Conference |
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The 13th annual Security Professionals Conference will take place May 4-6, 2015, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year's theme is Back to the Future: What Will the Future of Information Security Look Like? Registration is now open and there
is also an option to attend virtually. See the details at the conference website. |
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Internet2 Names Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer |
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Internet2 has appointed Florence D. Hudson as senior vice president and chief innovation officer (CINO) effective March 16. Hudson has more than 33 years in leadership positions at IBM including vice president and director in Corporate Strategy,
vice president in the Systems and Technology Group, and vice president and acting chief technology officer of the IBM Global Industrial Sector. Read more.
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New Certificate Service Subscribers |
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The InCommon Certificate Service now has 319 subscribers. We welcome these new members to the community.
Bucks County Community College
Montgomery College
Sandhills Community College
Washington & Lee University
Pacific Lutheran University
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New InCommon Participants |
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InCommon currently has 710 participants. We welcome these new participants to the InCommon community.
Higher Education
Adventist University of Health Sciences
Bowling Green State University
Bucks County Community College
Passaic County Community College
Sandhills Community College
Sponsored Partners
Cornerstone OnDemand
DLT Solutions
Reclaim Hosting
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As a service to the community, each month, we invite our new Research Organizations and Sponsored Partners to provide information about their services. These partners responded in time for this month's newsletter.
 Omnibond is
experienced in guiding collaborations among open source, academic, and business communities. Our software engineering and support efforts focus on infrastructure software, including Massive Parallel File Data Storage (OrangeFS) and making it easily available
(CloudyCluster on AWS). We advocate open source development, offering development and marketing resources supporting OrangeFS for high-performance cluster computing, as well as acilos, a social media aggregator. We provide commercial-grade product services
for customers who leverage OrangeFS in applications for high-performance and enterprise computing. Omnibond is also a development partner of NetIQ, providing engineering and support for many of their identity and security products. www.omnibond.com
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InCommon Update
