InCommon Assurance Community Wiki

New InCommon MFA Interoperability Profile Working Group

Check out the wiki space for the MFA Interoperatbility Profile Working Group

Guidance for Supporting SHA-2 Signed Assertions

In August 2014, InCommon released Migrating to SHA-2 to help certified campuses support SHA-2 signed assertions.

In June 2014, InCommon Steering approved the (now expired) "Alternative Means for Bronze and Silver Requirement to Discontinue SHA-1 Encryption for SAML Assertions" to ease the transition for Identity Provider Operators that had been certified by the InCommon Assurance Program or were wishing to apply for certification by January 15, 2015.

InCommon Silver with Active Directory Domain Services Cookbook for 1.2 Released

The final version of the InCommon Silver with Active Directory Domain Services Cookbook is available now! For an overview of the important bits, see the May 2014 webinar recording. 

Reading Bronze: Understanding the InCommon Profile (recordings available)

InCommon sponsored a community reading of the Bronze InCommon Assurance Profile to aid in the understanding and intent of the requirements. There were four calls during Dec. 2013 and Jan. 2014.  The calls have now concluded. Thanks to all who participated for the excellent comments and questions.

Recordings are available at this link.

Assurance Program

Specification Documents

• Identity Assurance Assessment Framework; Version 1.2 Feb 2013 [PDF]
• Identity Assurance Profiles; Version 1.2 Feb 2013 [PDF]
• Alternative Means; Multi-factor Authentication for Silver certification
• DIFFS with 1.1: Framework and Profiles
• Deprecated Versions

Alternative Means

• Alternative Means History

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

• The MCB v1.0 for development of Assurance Enhancements for the Shibboleth Identity Provider is now in use.
• Multi Context Broker on the Shibboleth Wiki
• Info on MCB and Shib IDP v3
• Earlier documentation on the Multi Context Broker.
• Slides from IAM Online on the Multi-Context Broker (April 30, 2014)

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• Assurance Technical Implementation Considerations - Draft Guidance for IdPs and SPs.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 
• 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

• Flexible Vetting: using a point system to verify identity, at May 2015 Assurance call. (link to slides and recording here)
• Password Reset practices, at April 2015 Assurance call.  (link to slides and recording here)
• 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 (Todd Haddaway, UMBC and Sharon Welna, University of Nebraska Medical Center), (webinar recorded October 15, 2014  and slide deck)
• 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)