‘Twas the night before REFEDS, when all through the room Not an assertion was stirring, not even a whom. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that theRead More…
Rounding off a Year of REFEDS in Geneva
REFEDS met from the last time in 2016 on 28th November 2016, kindly hosted by CERN and co-located with the 4th AARC General meeting. As usual, the meeting was focused on reviewingRead More…
REFEDS announces final Sirtfi documentation
Following on from a community consultation, REFEDS is pleased to announce the publication of the Sirtfi Identity Assurance Certification Description v1.0. This forms the final document in the current Sirtfi document suiteRead More…
A Week of Videos
The body of knowledge available for people coming into the identity management space is set to grow just a bit more. This past week, Nicole Harris and Heather Flanagan recorded a seriesRead More…
Stepping-Up Our Entities: REFEDS@TechEx2016
The second panel at the REFEDS meeting during TechEx2016 focused on a series of global efforts to help us improve the quality of entities within federations and the trust that we placeRead More…
Talking to the Operators: REFEDS at TechEx 2016
Every fall, REFEDS has the opportunity to travel across the pond and have an all day meeting at the Internet2 TechEx, thanks to our generous hosts. For the meeting in September 2016Read More…
REFEDS announces publication of R&S v1.3
Following extensive consultation and review, the REFEDS Steering Committee has ratified version 1.3 of the REFEDS Research and Scholarship Entity Category and the specification was published on the REFEDS website on 8thRead More…
Federating APAN
(view of the nightly Hong Kong light show as it starts). The Asia-Pacific region is a hotbed of federation activity. A new federation has just gone online last month (the Singapore AccessRead More…
Shibboleth Upgrades Critical as IdP Reaches End of Life
The Shibboleth Identity Provider is one of the main software components used in identity federations worldwide and one of the most popular software choices for people deploying federated identity for research andRead More…
REFEDS 32 @ TNC16
The 32nd meeting of REFEDS brought together nearly 80 participants, in person and remote, to discuss the latest in R&E identity federations. Held in conjunction with TNC16 in Prague, the usual SundayRead More…