CTAB Wed., July 17, 2019

• David Bantz, University of Alaska  (vice chair)  
• Tom Barton, University Chicago and Internet2
• Brad Christ, Eastern Washington University
• Jon Miner, University of Wisc - Madison 
• John Pfeifer, University of Maryland  
• Chris Whalen, Research Data and Communication Technologies
• Ann West, Internet2 
• Albert Wu, Internet2 
• Emily Eisbruch, Internet2 
• Jessica Coltrin, Internet2 

Regrets

• Mary Catherine Martinez, InnoSoft (chair) 
• Brett Bieber, University of Nebraska
• Eric Goodman, UCOP - TAC Representative to CTAB 
• Chris Hable, University of Michigan
• John Hover, Brookhaven National Lab 
• Adam Lewenberg , Stanford  
• Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Globus, University of Chicago   

Action Items

•  [AI] David Bantz send the reminder email on the BE v2 Survey , then Tom & others on CTAB reply to that.
•  [AI] TomB copy FIM4R in reply to the reminder to respond to the BE v2 input survey]

• AI Albert convene CTAB and  SIRTFI Task Force around metadata accuracy
•  Proposal was: SIRTFI and CTAB work together on exploring these issues of accurate, fresh metadata, for SIRTFI and then take the learnings to other federations to make this a global issue. 
• Volunteers  are David Bantz , ChrisW, Albert, ScottK and TomB volunteer,
  Albert will convene the group

DISCUSSION

Welcome Jessica Coltrin, Internet2 InCommon Advocacy Program Manager 

Baseline Expectations V2 - solicitation for community input

• Review early data from survey about BE v2  
• Link to email: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJUGRkj6iUGeBbvrFcYEkXWzijZd7TL38K4Ev8gaGHI/edit
• Link to form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxvE6v3FHSVxPFvsstHvWyWm0uHbwTq6X7HpsJYXpi29TJ7w/viewform
• Tweet about the survey as of July 17 https://twitter.com/InCommonUS/status/1151511114297094144
• Facebook posting https://www.facebook.com/InCommonUS/

• There are now 12 responses,
• “What SSO software do you use” question has many different responses
• SIRTFI, response shows there is interest in a year
• Encryption - six out of 12 say do this (add it to Baseline) in next 12 months
• Possible confusion around the MFA question, whether you must support MFA or be able to respond to it
• CTAB should remember that Strong Authentication is a better term than MFA
• Key takeaway: CTAB should be clearer about what the proposed baseline expectations amount to
• Does using Shib UI fulfill the item on “provide metadata support”?
• Suggestion to send a reminder of the survey to the participants list.
• This reminder email should state the closing date for the survey
• Email of July 8, 2019 did not specify a closing date for the survey
• Suggestion for a different sender (CTAB  member) for the reminder email
• Community Consensus process will help clarify some issues that are not crystal clear
• In the reminder email, David will correct the broken link to community consensus process and explain what community consensus process is about
• Deadline for survey responses  - Friday, July 26
• Ann: suggestion to add more open ended language to the survey. 
• We will need to communicate as well as possible for the Community Consensus
•  [AI]  David Bantz send the reminder email on the BE v2 Survey , then Tom & others on CTAB reply to that.
•  [AI] TomB will copy FIM4R in reply to the reminder to respond to the BE v2 input survey]
  
  

Baseline Expectations: update on 7/15/2019  entity removals

• 9 entities (from 6 orgs) were removed yesterday 
• Just one IDP (test IDP from ServiceNow) does not meet Baseline, all  remaining IDPs now meet baseline
• A little cleanup still to do
• For bilateral SPs we may leave those alone.  Updates cannot be made to those SPs without complying with Baseline. 
  
  

 CTAB roster for 2020 - recruitment, election, etc.

• https://incommon.org/community/leadership/
• Chris Whalen’s term ends in 2019, no other members have terms ending this year

Joint work with SIRTFI around metadata accuracy: 

• See CTAB notes from June 5, 2019  https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/aYA5CQ
•  Proposal was: SIRTFI and CTAB work together on exploring these issues of accurate, fresh metadata, for SIRTFI and then take the learnings to other federations to make this a global issue. 
• ScottK was hoping for a group to figure out how to make this work
• Are there things that can be included in a message ? 
• Mario at GEANT wrote a tool, but that is just one element.
• What is the best gate for this work?
• Something describing what process might be implemented in operations, 
• A periodic email could be one part of this, requires some brainstorming
• Recent description of Von Welch cybersecurity workshop, using a war game approach
• Should we pick some random SPs and IDPs to participate in an exercise?
• AI Albert will convene CTAB and  SIRTFI Task Force around metadata accuracy
• Volunteers  are David Bantz , ChrisW, Albert, ScottK and TomB volunteer,
  Albert will convene the group

Next CTAB call: Wed. July 31, 2019