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Data protection FAQ development
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/K12FedIAMTF/Home
Jim discussed the CoSN initiative to develop a student data privacy toolkit. This work is being done in connection with the Berkman Institute for Internet and Society at Harvard. Bob Moore and Jim Siegl are co-chairs and there is a representative from SIIA on the advisory group. Jim stated that the CoSN student data privacy toolkit will most likely include some annotated contracts. There is a law student from the Harvard Law Clinic who is helping with this.
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A lot of schools use Google as IDP and as a way to connect to multiple apps. Issues include lack of centralized control over attribute release (such as is available with SAML).
Jim: One approach is to invest in a product from CloudLock. CloudLock has an application firewall that lets you choose for what applications it is permitted to use the Google credentials to connect to an SP.http://www.cloudlock.com/about/press-releases/cloudlock-celebrates-one-year-securing-google-apps/
Jim: there has been a known bug in Google from a federated standpoint for using it as an OpenID provider. The checkbox for turning it off does not always work depending on the way OpenID is implemented.
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Quilt InCommon Federation Workshop, notes and presentations are available: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/InCQuiltFed/2014+Quilt+InCommon+Federation+Workshop
MarkS reported that the Quilt InCommon Federation Workshop was very positive.
The presentations of the existing pilots provided good info to the regionals thinking of moving forward and spinning up a pilot.
The work that MCNC did with InCommon on federation business models was well received. See http://tinyurl.com/ky2r5wl
Scott commented: It was our first time attending the workshop. It was a great experience; there was much value to being able to meet everyone in person.
Good to engage in some side conversations in more depth than on conference calls.
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Also, there will be a program session on "Federation and Cloud Services for the K12 Community" on Tues. April 8.
See http://events.internet2.edu/2014/global-summit/program.cfm?go=session&id=10003220&event=1241
CoSN Conference
At the COSN Conference in DC March 19-22, 2014http://cosnconference.org/
Jim Siegl, Bernie A'cs and Mike Danahy will be presenting on "Federated Identity and Access Management for Cloud Services" ,
Thursday March 20
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
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