by Chris Phillips, Technology Architect of the Canadian Access Federation Tackling the Innovator’s Dilemma Transformative moments are often remembered affectionately as if they happened overnight. What is closer to the truth isRead More…

Federation 2.0 by Tom Barton, University of Chicago and Internet2 “Authenticate locally, authorize globally” was the rallying cry of those who originally conceived of what we now called identity federation. Deliver goodRead More…

Research and education identity federations are more and more facing competition with commercial authentication services, such as Google. However, the commercial providers are still lacking a business model for identity proofing thatRead More…

For anyone interested in privacy and security it’s been difficult in the last couple of days to avoid the congressional hearing and Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on the Cambridge Analytica data story.   InRead More…

This month we have a series of blog posts from long-time participants in the federation space on where they see identity federation going in the future. Blog post by Lukas Hämmerle (SWiTCH)Read More…

Blog post by Hannah Short (CERN) It seems like only yesterday that the Sirtfi was published by REFEDS! It’s safe to say that the Security Incident Response Trust Framework for Federated IdentityRead More…

It’s been a while since there has been a general update to the community regarding the RA21 project. I was able to talk to some people at TIIME, and on the offRead More…

A REFEDS meeting concluded a 2 day workshop organised by GEANT to review T&I plans and strategy for the next two to four years, held in a snowy Amsterdam. REFEDS Survey TheRead More…

  In line with the tradition, REFEDS opened on Sunday with the first meeting of the Trust and Identity series that unfolded during Tech Ex2017. REFEDS Update Nicole Harris highlighted REFEDS developmentsRead More…