The Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) represents the InCommon community in InCommon Federation’s trust and assurance related programs and initiatives. It is advisory to the InCommon Steering Committee.
CTAB is InCommon's steward for the Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation policy.
A complete list of current and recently concluded InCommon Working Groups (including CTAB Chartered) is available on the wiki.
CTAB 2023 Work Plan
2023 InCommon Community Trust & Assurance Board Accomplishments Report
CTAB 2022 Work Plan
CTAB continues to spearhead InCommon’s effort to improve trust and security among participants. Working in collaboration InCommon Operations, CTAB completed InCommon’s migration to Baseline Expectations 2.
Reference: InCommon Baseline Expectations 2 Dispute Resolution Closing Actions
CTAB sponsored InCommon’s SIRTFI Exercise Planning Working Group (SEPWG). The SEPWG devised a distributed cybersecurity incident response exercise and subsequently carried out the exercise with community volunteers in November 2022.
The Assured Access Working Group (AAWG) was chartered to develop guidance to help academic institutions implement REFEDS Assurance Framework conforming identity-proofing and authentication credential assurance practices. AAWG delivered its final report in Summer 2021.
CTAB delivered version 2 of the InCommon Baseline Expectations document in Fall 2020. It also produced a companion BE2 implementation guidance document.
Public CTAB Minutes (posted within two weeks of the meeting)
Visit the InCommon Community Leadership page for the current list of members.
There is also a page listing all current and past members.
Materials for CTAB Members (private)