KL

VICE PRESIDENT OF CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY, RESEARCH DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

Kyle Lewis

CATEGORIES

InCommon Community (1)

TAGS

Cybersecurity & Next-Gen Security Expectations, Practices, & Policies
InCommon Community Cybersecurity & Next-Gen Security

InCommon Hosts Fourth Annual Cybersecurity Cooperation Exercise This Fall

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs part of its ongoing effort to increase cross-federation levels of trust in cybersecurity, InCommon is hosting its fourth annual Sirtfi cybersecurity cooperation exercise this fall. Sirtfi (Security Incident Response Trust Framework for Federated Identity) is part of InCommon’s baseline expectations.  The event is open to InCommon participants and eduGAIN partners, who will practice coordinating a response to a federated security incident by running a multi-organization, federated incident response exercise. Sirtfi-compliant organizations* interested in their federated identity providers (IdPs) and/or service providers (SPs) participating in this exercise should complete the expression of interest form by Sept. 30, 2025. The exercise […]

View Details
Cybersecurity & Next-Gen Security Expectations, Practices, & Policies

Story-Driven Scenarios Offer Dynamic Environment: InCommon’s 2024 Cyber Security Cooperation Exercise

From phishing attacks to compromised end-user devices, federation organizations have a coordinated line of defense when bad actors come after them individually or collectively. The Security Incident Response Trust Framework for Federated Identity (Sirtfi), which is part of InCommon’s Baseline Expectations for federation members, provides federation identity providers (IdPs) and service providers (SPs) with a means to communicate and coordinate security incident responses. On November 18-22, 2024, 15 university, federation, and government security teams came together to practice coordinating responses to security incidents by participating in InCommon’s third annual cyber security cooperation exercise. During the exercise, they practiced using the […]

View Details