News and information about InCommon Academy offerings

[Apryl Motley <>]

Here’s a snapshot of what’s happening and coming up soon. We hope to see and/or hear from you soon!

 

You can check out some of the events we’ve got coming up below. In addition, we have two important opportunities for you share your input:

 

1. Get in on the Discussion about the future of InCommon. Last month, we kicked off InCommon Futures2, a strategic planning project being undertaken by the InCommon Steering Committee to help guide a vibrant future for InCommon and explore the identity and access management (IAM) challenges facing the research and higher ed community. Complete this form to let us know your initial thoughts about the project and how you might like to be involved.
   
   
2. Provide Input for InCommon’s Second Annual Cybersecurity Exercise. How can we help your team enhance its knowledge and use of the Sirtfi framework, so you’re prepared to cooperate if and when a cybersecurity incident spans multiple organizations in the research and education community? That’s the main question on the minds of the members of Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group (SEPWG) as they begin to plan for InCommon’s second annual cybersecurity exercise in November 2023. Please take just five minutes to give them some answers by completing their survey, which will be open until July 30, 2023.

 

July IAM Online	How to Sirtfi - Going Beyond the Federation Security Checkbox July 19, 2023, at 1 p.m. ET   The InCommon Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group (SEPWG) will offer a teaching session on what Sirtfi is but go more in depth as to how to institutionalize its practice in InCommon participants’ security teams. It's more than publishing a security contact and checking the metadata box. It requires that security teams are familiar with federation and Sirtfi expectations, when in many organizations the security teams and the identity and access management (IAM) teams more used to dealing with InCommon and federation are not integrated. IT leaders and IAM teams will get ideas on how they need to work with their security teams to make their organizations Sirtfiably Sirtfi'd.   Speaker: Kyle Lewis, vice president of cybersecurity strategy, RDCT Moderator: David Bantz, University of Alaska Statewide System   Please note: If you have already registered for a previous IAM Online webinar in the last year, you will automatically receive Zoom coordinates for current and future IAM Online webinars – you only need to register once! The connection details will be emailed directly to all registrants on the morning of the event. New to IAM Online? Register Now.
	Register by August 11 for reduced rates.   Program Updates: A draft program is available now – please note that it is a work in progress so please keep checking for updates! In addition to finalizing program talks and their abstracts, we will be adding the working meetings over the summer.   Please check out the General Schedule before making travel and hotel plans. Of special note is that the Welcome Reception will be held on Monday evening, Sept. 18 this year, so please plan your travel accordingly.   Internet2 Inclusivity (I2I) Scholarship Program Supporting the attendance of early-career women IT professionals at Internet2 anchor events. The I2I scholarship application process is open for attendance at the 2023 Internet2 Technology Exchange. Please take a moment to nominate someone on your staff and/or encourage her to apply for the I2I scholarship. Applications and nominations are being accepted through Friday July 14. More information can be found on the I2I Scholarship Award page and applications can be submitted using this Application and Nomination Form.
	REFEDS and eduGAIN are partnering to offer a series of webinars on Hub and Spoke federations and their architecture, components, management, and operations.    If you missed attending the first two webinars live:   The first webinar, which featured the Croatian hub and spoke federation, AAI@EduHR, is available via the Indico events page.   Assess the second webinar, which featured SURF, here.

 

 

Apryl Motley, CAE

Technical Writer & Communications Lead
Internet2 Trust and Identity/NET+ Services

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