500th Participant Joins Internet2’s InCommon Community

Internet2 is proud to announce its 500th InCommon participant, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. InCommon, Internet2’s trust services provider for U.S. education and research, now includes 337 higher education institutions, 28 government and non-profit research centers and agencies, and 135 corporate and non-profit partners.

"Hamilton College uses information resources and services from off-campus providers as a central part of our institutional portfolio,” said David Smallen, Hamilton’s vice president for information technology and director of the library. “InCommon is a strategic partner in helping us assure reliable access in a cost-effective manner."

InCommon experienced a 39 percent growth rate overall in 2012, starting the year with 354 participants and ending with 488. The InCommon Certificate Service grew by 50 percent, from 143 subscribers at the beginning of 2012 to 214 at the end of the year.

You can view a chart showing the growth of InCommon's growth.

InCommon operates:

• The InCommon Federation, an identity and access management federation, currently with 365 organizations participating.
• The InCommon Certificate Service, offering unlimited certificates for all domains owned by a college or university, currently with 217 subscribers
• The InCommon Assurance Program, providing U.S. government-approved trust in identities for access to higher-risk services, which certified its first identity provider - Virginia Tech - in 2012.
• The InCommon Multifactor Program, offering multifactor authentication services such as Duo Security phone-based systems and SafeNet smartcards and USB tokens.

For more information on InCommon and a full list of participants, visit www.incommon.org.