Project Status: Shibboleth Identity Provider Enhancements (Multi-Context Broker)

The MCB v1.0 for development of Assurance Enhancements for the Shibboleth Identity Provider has been completed and is available now for use. For more information and a project status, see Shibboleth Enhancements - Project Status.

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Alternative Means

• Alternative Means History

Community Resources

Toolkits

• Auditor

Technical InterOp

• Assurance Technical Implementation Considerations - Draft Guidance for IdPs and SPs.
• See Implementation Examples
• Bronze and Silver AuthnContext Schema

Community Contributions

• Check out the AD and Silver Cookbook, Multi-factor Considerations, and  case studies.
• Assurance Implementation Example from Virginia Tech Tech 
• Harvard University Executive Summary of achieving Bronze Certification, Bronze Self-Certification Document, and Enhancing the Harvard Authentication System to Support InCommon Bronze
         
• Add your Approach to Supporting the Federal Privacy Requirements
• more community contributions

Webinars and Presentations

• Introducing CTAB (recording and slides) - Dec. 6, 2017

• Refocusing Community Guidance of InCommon's Trust Programs: Baseline and Bronze (recording and slides) - Oct 4, 2017

• IAM Online Webinar on Baseline Expectations Implementation and Maintenance (recording and slides) - July 19, 2017

• Baseline Expectations Implementation - June 7, 2017

• NIST 800-63 / Digital Identity Guidelines - March 1, 2017

• REFEDs Assurance Working Groups, Jan 4, 2017 - slides and Adobe Connect here

• Baseline Expectations and their Implementation, Oct 5, 2016 (Slides) and (AdobeConnect)

• Baseline Expectations – Last Call for Comments, Aug. 3, 2016 (link to slides and recording)
• Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation, July 6, 2016 (link to slides and recording)
• Sirtfi for Security Incidents in a Federated Context, May 4, 2016 (link to slides and recording)

• Multifactor Authentication Interop Profile Working Group Update, April, 6, 2016 (link to slides and recording)

• Developments in Assurance: Insights from Across the Pond, Feb. 3, 2016 (link to slides and recording)

• Assurance Survey Results and Baseline Standards to replace the POP, at Nov. 2015 Assurance call (link to slides and recording)
   
• Duo with Shibboleth v3, from U. Chicago and Unicon, at Sept 2015 Assurance call (link to slides and recording)
• Flexible Vetting: using a point system to verify identity, at May 2015 Assurance call. (link to slides and recording)
• Password Reset practices, at April 2015 Assurance call.  (link to slides and recording)
• InCommon Bronze Approaches from GW and Harvard, recorded March 4, 2015. See recorded Webinar. See slides (PDF).
• InCommon Bronze and Security, IAM Online with two Bronze case studies of achieving Bronze (Todd Haddaway of , UMBC and Sharon Welna from the , University of Nebraska Medical Center), (webinar recorded October 15, 2014 (  and slide deck also available)
• Successful Security Practices: Counting Failed Login Attempts, PDF slide Deck, Webinar recorded Sept. 3, 2014
• Better Practices Build Better Systems: Identity Assurance, recorded presentation by Ann West, Internet2, and Ron Thielen, U. Chicago, at EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference, May 2014 
• Open for Business: InCommon Identity Assurance Program (PDF Silde Deck. Webinar recorded February 29, 2012)
• Grab the Bronze and Silver Ring: Identity Assurance Progress (PDF Slide Deck. Webinar recorded June 15, 2011)