Internet2 is pleased to announce that its production Cloud Connect service will be available as a part of our service offerings, at no additional fee.

Learn about a new program to establish and support a network of fellows. The program will select a small cohort of the research or research support community and empower them with basic cybersecurity knowledge and an understanding of Trusted CI services. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, March 13.

Thanks to a recent partnership, a group of researchers from higher education, the federal government, and industry collaborated on a project to help describe a standardized communication method for researchers performing high-throughput sequencing called BioCompute.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is growing in adoption among the national and international research and education communities. A session at the 2019 Global Summit will look at two integrations using MFA. Indiana University will share its experience integrating single sign-on and two-factor authentication with Salesforce, and the Brazil National Research and Education Network will share an open source solution based on the REFEDS MFA profile for Shibboleth Identity Provider.

This 2019 Global Summit session will delve into the broader topic of IT security challenges, but will more specifically illuminate the value of peer assessments. Join this panel of CIOs and Mark Bruhn of the REN-ISAC for this session on March 8 at 8:45 a.m., and come prepared with any questions you may have as they hope to have a lively, engaged audience discussion!

I am so pleased to tell you that we have been able to find an extraordinary individual that will be joining Internet2 as the new executive director for our research engagement program. Dr. Dana Brunson is joining Internet2 starting January 28, 2019, following a successful tenure at Oklahoma State University.

Internet2 continues its commitment to the NET+ program in meeting our members’ needs. One aspect of strengthening the program is improvements around information security.

At TechEX 2018, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Florida are planning two presentations focused on helping universities with controlled unclassified information.

Internet2 is committed to managing the NET+ program to deliver continuing value, and to effectively evolve the program to meet the ever-changing market and needs of higher education. Today, NET+ will be added to the executive responsibility portfolio of Kevin Morooney, VP for Trust and Identity. 

Many of us find that researchers are unaware that Identity Federation services exist to make their work easier by enabling seamless, faster, and better collaboration.

Identity-as-a-Service (IdaaS) has emerged as one of the many cloud-based Software-as-a-Service offerings. Some of the more well-known names in this field include Okta, Forgerock, OneLogin, and Auth0. The biggest tech players also offer IdaaS which includes AWS Cognito, Google IdP, and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). 

Internet2 is monitoring Hurricane Florence and will continue to monitor the situation closely to determine what impacts may arise to our campus members and regional network partners in the storm path. We will continue to update this page as information changes or becomes available.

Internet2 and the EDUCAUSE Cloud Computing Constituency Group are hosting webinars detailing how higher education institutions are using cloud resources. Emory University and Yale University have presented so far and plans are being made for additional webinars.

A sneak peek of the upcoming Virtual Reality Content for Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities presentation by California State University - San Bernardino at the 2018 Internet2 Global Summit in San Diego, California.

A sneak peek of the upcoming How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud presentation at the 2018 Internet2 Global Summit in San Diego, California.

Security considerations increasingly impact enterprise IT service selection and delivery and responding to information security incidents cause disruptions to campus operations. With a seemingly always increasing array of security risks facing campuses like ransomware, endpoint security, data protection, and cloud security, the higher education community has been actively engaging with a number of enterprise IT security providers. Strong partnerships bring security solutions that best meet higher education’s needs. 

By Asmaa Abumezied, ATLAS Fellow

I recently attended the Nexus Youth Summit in New York as part of the Atlas Corps Delegation. Each attendee represented Atlas Corps, as well as our host organizations. As my passion for education grows with time since being a part of Internet2, I am always on the lookout for sessions that address education and its challenges, and the Nexus Summit didn’t disappoint me.

Perspective by Carrie Rampp, Associate Vice President and CIO, Franklin & Marshall College

Franklin & Marshall College became a full member of the Internet2 community this spring, with initial support from the National Science Foundation. Carrie is already serving the community—as a brand new member of the Community Engagement Program Advisory Group—and shares with us an excerpt of her message to her trustee technology committee and senior college leadership.