For those exploring federated identity, you can: Hear case studies of "Why InCommon?" and discuss the value proposition Learn what it takes to get your organization federating as an
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An InCommon Federation Primer and Forum for Discussion
June 21-23, 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
Thinking about joining the InCommon Federation, but want to know more about what's
involved? Already an InCommon participant and want to find out what's new in the Federation?
Either way, consider attending the CAMP: Exploring and Supporting Federated Access.
The meeting will feature technical and management sessions for organizations new to federated identity and those already in production Organizations exploring federated identity should also consider attending the pre-meeting seminar The Big Picture: Introduction to Federated Identity Management to learn more about what it is and how it fits into your identity and access
management infrastructure
For those exploring federated identity, you can:
Hear case studies of "Why InCommon?" and discuss the value proposition
Learn what it takes to get your organization federating as an identity or service provider
Link up with consultants, services, and experienced colleagues
Leave with concrete practice information and a local action plan
Current InCommon participants with production installations will have a forum to discuss
management and technical strategies and:
Learn about emerging practices such as the use of uApprove, an attribute release policy viewer
Discover how to get more out of your participation
Find out how your colleagues talk to stakeholders and new partners to catalyze new relationships
Discuss future opportunities such as state federations and operational topics, including federated incident response
Contribute to the ongoing development of the federation
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discussion
Come to CAMP to get going with — or get more out of — InCommon
CAMP and Advance CAMP are sponsored by the InCommon Federation with support from
Internet2 and other partners
For additional information about InCommon, see www.incommon.org Added by Anonymous , last edited by Dean Woodbeck on Jul 02, 2010 17:27
Program
CAMP will officially open at 1:00 p.m on Monday, June 21 and run through Noon on
Wednesday, June 23, all Eastern times Those interested in getting up to speed on the major concepts and terms of federated identity and access management and why it's important are invited to attend the pre-meeting seminar beginning at 8:30 am as indicated below
For information on the individuals behind the program, refer to the CAMP Program Committee
Monday June 21 Pre-meeting Seminar
7:00-4:30 Registration Open
7:30-8:30
Continental Breakfast for Pre-meeting Seminar Attendees
Congressional Room
8:30-11:30
The Big Picture: Introduction to Federated Identity Management
Congressional Room 11:30-1:00 Lunch for Pre-meeting Seminar Attendees Congressional Room
Monday
June 21 CAMP Opens: General Session
7:00-4:30 Registration Open
1:00-1:15 Welcome and Introductions
State Ballrooms D/E/F
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1:15-2:15
Exploring and Supporting Federated Identity
State Ballrooms D/E/F
Speaker: Jack Suess, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Resources:
Slides from presentation Resources booklet (distributed at CAMP)
What is the business value of federated identity? How does a federation work? This session will provide an overview of federated identity and InCommon services, and discuss common terms and concepts that will be used throughout the CAMP
2:15-2:30
Break State Ballrooms D/E/F Lobby
2:30-3:45
Who is Doing What: Federated Identity Case Studies
State Ballrooms D/E/F
Moderator: Renee Shuey, Senior Systems Engineer
_Penn State Resources: List of lightning talks and bullet points [unavailable]
Learn the wide range of who's doing what in this fast-paced lightning-talk session CAMP attendees are invited to present short descriptions of their federated identity collaborations, then you can get the full details from them at the reception 3:45-4:00
Break State Ballrooms D/E/F Lobby
4:00-5:00 Why InCommon: Participants Talk about the Value Proposition
State Ballrooms D/E/F
Moderator: Rodney Peterson, Government Relations Officer and Director of Cybersecurity Initiative, EDUCAUSE
Panelists: Doug Falk, Chief Technology Officer, National Student Clearinghouse Tim Poe, Senior Collaborative Technologist, MCNC
Darin Stewart, Director of Research & Collaboration Systems, Oregon Health and Science University
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This panel of campus and corporate representatives will talk about the tipping points that drove them to join InCommon Each will discuss their organizational return-on-investment and how the Federation fits into their service strategies
5:30-7:00
Reception: Comparing Notes and Getting Help
University Ballroom
Enjoy your favorite beverage and a bit of cheese and compare notes with your colleagues on your identity management plans Or chat with companies that can help you get up and running with InCommon
Tuesday
June 22
Track 1:
Exploring InCommon
Track Moderator:
Darin Stewart
Track 2:
In Production:
Management
Track Moderator:
Kevin Morooney
Track 3:
In Production: Technical
Track Moderator: Mark Scheible
7:30-4:30 Registration Open
Registration Open Registration Open 7:30-8:30
Breakfast
University Ballroom
Breakfast University Ballroom
Breakfast University Ballroom
8:30-10:00 Getting Started with
InCommon: Creating Your
Roadmap
Congressional Room
Track Speaker Team:
Paul Caskey, Technology Architect,
University of Texas System
Noreen Hogan, Assistant Director
of Enterprise Administrative
Applications, University of Oregon
Brian Marks, Chief Technology
Officer, WebAssign
Jack Suess
Resources:
Slides from Noreen Hogan]
Managing Your Infrastructure in a Federated World
State Ballroom C
Speakers:
Doug Falk
_Keith Hazelton, Senior
IT Architect, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Resources: Slide deck
What federated access topics should managers be thinking about? Join our speakers to learn about
Keeping Your Federation in Shape
State Ballrooms D/E/
F
Speakers: Tom Barton, Senior Director for Integration, University of Chicago Jim Basney, Senior Research Scientist, NCSA Cybersecurity Directorate
Scott Cantor, Senior
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and technical steps to join the
InCommon Federation can be
intimidating, as the unique
technical, organizational, legal and
governance issues must all be
addressed This session will lay out
a high-level roadmap, and a
readiness checklist, for successfully
joining the community
federated identity as an overall infrastructure strategy, best practices for your Participant
Operational Practices (POP), and building a robust infrastructure to support and manage federated access
Systems Engineer, The Ohio State University
What's going on in the federation? Learn about the best practices used in operating an IdP/SP,
as well as how to scale and protect a Shibboleth
implementation Hear about changes
in InCommon such
as the use of self-signed certs, URL-based entityIDs, and federated incident response
10:15-11:30
Getting Started with
InCommon: Identity and
Service Providers
Congressional Room
Resources:
Slides from Brian Marks [PPT]
Track Speaker Team
InCommon participation can
involve gaining access to the
resources of other member
institutions as well as providing
access to services of your own
organization This session will
introduce the Identity Provider (IdP)
and Service Provider (SP) functions
and what is entailed in launching
each from a management and
technical perspective Also included
will be an overview of the SAML
Find the Silver Lining in Federated Cloud
Computing
State Ballroom C
Moderator: Jens Haeusser, Director of IT Strategy, University of British Columbia
Cloud computing is a hot topic and controlling access to resources in the vapor can be difficult
Discuss this and other hot issues for managers today
in a federated environment and how to make the most of your implementation Compare notes with your colleagues
What's New with SAML 2?
State Ballrooms D/E/
F Speaker:
Scott Cantor
Resources: SAML 2 slide deck
InCommon has added initial support for SAML 2.0 Come and find out what this means for you You'll hear a summary of the new features, major advantages for deployers, compatibility with previous versions,
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services that are already federated
on services and applications you are most interested in federating and what's available now
planned federation support, and a few new opportunities proposed for community adoption
11:30-1:00 Lunch
Discussion Roundtables University Ballroom
Lunch Discussion Roundtables University Ballroom
Lunch Discussion Roundtables University Ballroom
Track 1:
Exploring InCommon
Tracks 2 & 3:
In Production:
Management &
Technical Combined Session
1:00-2:15 Understanding the Participant
Operating Practices: The Purpose
of the POP
Congressional Room
Track Speaker Team
Resources:
Slides from Paul Caskey
Creating a "community of trust"
among InCommon participants is an
overarching goal of the federation
based on robust and trustworthy
identity information The
Participant Operational Practices
(POP) document is key to achieving
this goal Each member
organization maintains a POP to
outline its identity management and/
or service systems This session
introduces the POP, explains why it
is important and offers examples
We will also disucss basic identity
management infrastructure needed
to federate, related stakeholder
relationships, and introduce the
InCommon Identity Assurance
Panel Session: Attributes and uApprove
State Ballrooms D/E/F
Moderator: Ken Klingenstein, Senior Director for Middleware and Security, Internet2
Panelists:
Leo Howell, IT Audit Manager, North Carolina State University
Mark McConahay, Senior Associate Registrar, Indiana University Luke Tracy, MCommunity Technical Manager, University of Michigan
Resources:
uApprove at Univ of Michigan
uApprove at N.C State
uApprove was developed
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Federation and offers a solution for user consent for the release of attributes and identity information
Speakers will share insights on this useful tool, how it helps address FERPA concerns in a federated world, and the technical implementation strategies In addition, group discussion will focus on the challenges of describing attributes in a common language, exploring which attributes were chosen for initial implementations, and the policy required to grant authority to the end user
Track 1: Exploring InCommon Congressional Room
Track 2:
In Production:
Management
Track 3:
In Production: Technical
2:30-3:45 Building the Federation:
Accessing and Launching New
Services
Congressional Room
Track Speaker Team
Resources:
Slides from Jack Suess [PDF]
The true value of InCommon lies in
the infrastucture effect: the more it's
used, the more valuable it becomes
This session discusses how to get
the most out of your participation,
including how to discover and
engage service and identity
Bronze & Silver Identity Assurance Profiles for Managers
State Ballroom C
Speakers:
Keith Hazelton, Senior IT Architect, University of Wisconsin-Madison Renee Shuey, Senior Systems Engineer,Penn State
Resources: Slide deck [
Campuses provide a
Bronze & Silver Identity Assurance Profiles for
Technical Implementers
State Ballrooms D/E/
F Speakers:
Tom Barton, Senior Director for
Integration, University of Chicago
_Jim Green, Manager of
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communicating your interest to
finally releasing attributes We will
also discuss how to announce and
promote your own services growing diversity of online communities and
services, with varying degrees of potential security risks The identity-proofing and vetting processes are becoming a critical part of identity and access management In light of this, we will explore the emerging InCommon Identity Assurance Profiles, the need to engage others on campus (including auditors) in the implementation process, and how to assess risk
Technical Services, Michigan State University
Resources: Slide Deck
This case-study session will dig deep into the InCommon Silver and Bronze Identity Assurance Profiles profiles to understand the technical requirements, the intent of the profiles, and the implications for your campus identity management infrastructure including how to assess, manage, and express level of assurance information
Track 1,2 & 3: Open to All
Requires sign up
Track 1, 2 & 3:
Open to All
4:00-5:15 Optional Planning Sessions
Congressional Room
Get together with others from your
organization and an experienced
implementer to make progress on
your federation plans
To have your group participate,
please sign up for this option before
the conference by emailing your
request to
info@incommonfederation.org
Panel Session: It's All About the Attributes
State Ballrooms D/E/F
Moderator: Ken Klingenstein
Panelists:
Mary Dunker, Director, Secure Enterprise Technology Initiatives, Virginia Tech
Sebastien Korner, Programmer/Analyst,
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A panel of stakeholders will discuss the challenges
of exchanging attributes in
a meaningful way from both the identity provider and service provider perspectives We will discuss levels of trust associated with sharing various levels of identity information, as well as involving the appropriate campus stakeholders in the decision-making process This session will also explore the current value and future of attributes
Tuesday
June 22 InCommon Affiliate Event
7:00-9:00
AegisUSA Hospitality Reception
Southern Hospitality Room #330
Please join AegisUSA, an InCommon Affiliate Member, and enjoy refreshments and appetizers with Ralph Armijo-CEO of AegisUSA, Chad Rabideau-Director of Product Management and Janet Yarbrough-Director of Business Development AegisUSA will share exciting new announcements focused on Identity
Management in Education For more information, pick up an invitation on the literature table near the InCommon CAMP Reception Desk
Wednesday
June 23 General Session
7:30-4:30 Registration Open
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
University Ballroom 8:30-9:30 Coming to a Federation Near You
State Ballrooms D/E/F
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Speaker: Kevin Morooney
InCommon is far from a static service and community This session will discuss changes planned for the next year and new services and collaborations that are being explored
9:30-10:30 InCommon Collaborations: Get Connected
State Ballrooms D/E/F
Moderator: Mark Scheible, Manager of Identity and Access Management, North Carolina State University
Resources: List of lightning talks and bullet points InCommon is not just a federation it's a community of collaborators Do you have an idea you'd like to work on with someone else or a federated application others can use? Have you found a useful practice that might help others? Come and share your project and ideas at this final speed-dating, lightning-talk session and get connected with your colleagues
10:30-10:45 Break State Ballrooms D/E/F Lobby
10:45-11:45
The National Report:
State, K12, and Federal Government
State Ballrooms D/E/F
Speakers:
Ken Klingenstein Tim Poe
Michael Veckenstedt, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Resources:
MCNC, NC Trust, K-12 in North Carolina Ken Kingenstein's slides - federation highlights and direction
Federal agencies have started offering federated services to their higher education partners Find out about their plans and how they might affect your campus State network providers are also bringing together stakeholders from higher education, K-12 and state government to develop cohesive federations This session will provide a case study on what's going on in North Carolina 11:45-Noon Wrap-Up, Resources, and Next Steps
State Ballrooms D/E/F