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19 January 2011
19 January 2011
Building Identity Trust Federations Conference Call
January 19, 2011
1) In Attendance
- Suresh Balakrishnan (University System of Maryland)
- Mark Beadles (OARnet)
- Jeanne Blochwitz (UW-Madison)
- Randy Frank (Internet2)
- Renee Frost (Internet2)
- Joseph Giroux (California Community Colleges)
- Keith Hazelton (UW-Madison)
- Michael Hodges (University of Hawaii)
- Harper Johnson (Northern Arizona University)
- George Laskaris (NJ Edge)
- Steve Olshansky (Internet2)
- Benn Oshrin (Internet2)
- Mark Rank (UW-Milwaukee)
- Mark Scheible (NCSU)
- Randy Stout (Kansas Board or Regents)
- Jack Suess (UMBC)
- Steve Thorpe (MCNC)
- Valerie Vogel (EDUCAUSE)
- James Werle (University of Washington & Internet2 K20 Initiative)=
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- Ann West (Internet2/InCommon)
2) InCommon Update by Jack Suess, CIO, UMBC & InCommon Steer=
ing Committee Chair
- NOTE: The slides from today's call are available to view or down=
load.
- Jack noted that this group is a critical set of stakeholders, and he in=
tends to join as many of these calls as possible over the next year. He als=
o offered to take any issues raised by this group back to the Steering Comm=
ittee for further discussion and feedback.
- The InCommon Future=E2=80=99s Report was released in 2009 with 13 recom=
mendations (see PDF). One of the =
commitments made to the community and stakeholders is to use this report as=
InCommon moves forward (making adjustments, as needed).
- Business Plan Recommendations
- Set a goal to have 265 participants by 2010. Met that goal with 266 par=
ticipants (189 universities and colleges, 8 government labs and agencies, 6=
9 sponsored partners). Aiming for 390 in 2011.
- Also have 4 InCommon Affiliates (Microsoft, AegisUSA, Gluu, UNICON) and=
79 subscribers to the new Cert Service.
- Building the Value Proposition=20
- Certificate Service (provides the most comprehensive set of certificate=
services on the market at a single low price).
- Research (Dept of Energy labs, NIH just released 50 services accessible=
through InCommon, NSF report on campus CI calls InCommon key. This will li=
kely generate additional service providers).
- Microsoft LIVE365 Launch (will bring native SAML support to Microsoft p=
latform).
- Pushing adoption of InCommon services by participants =E2=80=93 i.e., f=
inding the killer app(s).
- Explore hosted federation solutions and metadata aggregation tools.
- Laying the Groundwork for 2012 =E2=80=93 InCommon will also focus on th=
e following in 2011:=20
- Defining our relationship with US-UCAN communities.
- Launch first LOA-based applications.
- Continue to enhance outreach efforts (this includes supporting and adva=
ncing InCommon efforts through state networks and regionals).
- Building a stronger relationship with service providers.
- Developing vendor-based solutions for deploying and operating the IdM r=
equirements.
- Reviewing and assessing our governance structure. (The Steering Committ=
ee hopes to submit recommendations by the end of 2011.)
- Discussion & Questions:=20
- The group agreed that these activities support the goals of US-Trust.=
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- What is the timeline for the personal cert rollout? February is the exp=
ectation. They hope to sit down with a broader set of schools at the Intern=
et2 meeting in April and really push this out by the summer.
- The group would like to hear more about trust services and LOA-based ap=
plications on a future call with Jack.
- The state networks have been a little slow to engage, but the hype arou=
nd cloud services is helping them see federation as a critical next step.=
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- George mentioned that he=E2=80=99ll be presenting a Federated IdM Works=
hop at the Qui=
lt & StateNets Winter Member Meeting next month (February 7-9 in La=
Jolla, CA) and he=E2=80=99d like to share some of the information presente=
d today
- Federation in the K-12 community is critical, as well. They may focus o=
n K-12 stakeholders, possibly with a workshop. InCommon is also willing to =
work on pilots with people who want to do things immediately (similar to wh=
at=E2=80=99s being done in North Carolina).
3) Next Call, February 16
- Recent Developments from UCTrust, featuring Albert Wu, Director, Middle=
ware Services, UCLA and David Ernst, CIO and Associate Vice President, UCOP=
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