Assurance

[David Walker <>]

InCommon Assurance Implementers
MFA Cohortium

David Langenberg of the University of Chicago will be presenting and demonstrating the Multi-Context Broker in a joint meeting of the MFA Cohortium and the InCommon Assurance Implementers next Wednesday:

Date and time:  Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 2:00-3:00 EDT
Adobe Connect:  http://internet2.adobeconnect.com/mfa-cohortium

All are welcome; please join us.  If time permits, there will be an abbreviated Cohortium meeting following the presentation.

David Walker
Mike Grady
Ann West

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The Multi-Context Broker
Is your campus considering the implementation of multi-factor authentication to bolster security beyond passwords? If so, and you use Shibboleth single sign-on software, your job just got easier.

The Internet2 community is releasing an extension to the Shibboleth software that makes it easier for your organization to support the increasing demand for multi-factor authentication and simplify the user experience.  This extension, the Multi-Context Broker (MCB), significantly eases the integration of multi-factor authentication technologies and the management of InCommon Assurance Profiles.

Now with the MCB,  organizations can easily support single sign-on for multiple authentication methods. No custom code is needed.  Once configured, MCB automatically selects appropriate authentication methods, based on service provider requests, user certifications, user choice, and hierarchies of assurance profiles like InCommon Bronze and Silver. The MCB currently supports username/password, X.509 client certificates, and Duo Security as authentication methods, and more methods are in the works.

Further information about the Multi-Context Broker is available from the InCommon Assurance wiki space:  https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/BozFAg