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Your expertise can shape the future of R&E IT! 💡 Submit your proposal for TechEX25 (December 8-12, Denver) by May 9. With more submission types available, share your knowledge in key areas like Advanced Networking, Cloud Technology, Identity & Access Management, and Information Security. Participate in collaborative sessions and gain actionable insights. Learn more: https://buff.ly/F5TZ76q #TechEX25 #Denver #Colorado #Education #IT #Tech #Technology #Research #IAM #Cloud #CloudTechnology #InformationSecurity #Security #Networking #Network

Real-world IAM skills that make a difference 👏 Former CAMPer Clay Cooper from RIT shared his experience at BaseCAMP, highlighting the hard skills he gained in areas like current authentication and authorization practices, Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC), and identity governance. Hear how this knowledge has benefited his work. Explore how BaseCAMP can boost your IAM expertise and register today: https://buff.ly/KLsUW4n #BaseCAMP25 #IAM #HigherEdIT #SkillsDevelopment #IdentityManagement #Education #Research

Prepare Your Institution for the 2026 ADA Guidelines 🤝 Join our free webinar with Panopto on April 16th at 2 PM ET. We'll be discussing the upcoming regulatory changes and how they impact higher education, offering practical strategies for creating more inclusive learning environments. This session is open to all institutions, and we hope you'll join the conversation. Register here: https://buff.ly/adhbgiW #ADACompliance #HigherEdAccessibility #InclusiveLearning #Panopto #NETplus #Education #Research #LearningEnvironments

How is AI reshaping research and higher education? 🤔 Our new report, in collaboration with the Center for Digital Education, surveyed 100+ higher ed IT leaders to understand AI adoption, from student success to research advancements. Discover key insights and the readiness of AI in the R&E community. Read the report (exclusive to Internet2 members): https://buff.ly/yALtXXI #Internet2Reports #AI #HigherEdAI #AIinEducation #ResearchTech #Internet2 #IT #Education #HigherEducation

Creating a Cloud Community Built to Last: A Conversation with Cloud Superhero Oren Sreebny | https://buff.ly/krXuWWL Ever wonder how the collective conversation about the cloud in research and education (R&E) got started? Internet2 senior cloud consultant Oren Sreebny is a good person to ask. From planning the Higher Education Cloud Forum to negotiating agreements with Amazon and Google, he’s been there since the beginning helping to build an engaged R&E cloud community. “I was involved with getting the whole community up and running,” he recalled. “Helping to build a sense of community is one of the things that I’m most proud of, and one of the things that I enjoy most about the work that I do.” Oren’s career highlights include serving as executive director of strategic initiatives at the University of Washington before becoming senior director for emerging technologies and communications at the University of Chicago. “At that point in my life, I was a fairly pronounced cloud evangelist,” he said of his tenure at UChicago. In fact, during his time there, Oren became deeply involved in working with the Internet2 NET+ team on an Amazon Web Services agreement. Seven years ago when he retired from UChicago, he reconnected with the team as a consultant for the NET+ Google Cloud Program and subsequently authored two briefing papers about cloud storage. As he explained, “I got plugged back in with Internet2 as a consultant and have been doing that ever since.” Oren continues to lend his experience and expertise to building a vibrant R&E cloud community. Here’s his take on why that’s been – and will continue to be – important. Read more through the link above. #CloudSuperheroSpotlight #Internet2Community #Internet2 #Cloud #Research #HigherEducation #Education #CloudStorage #CloudCommunity

Behind the Cloud Track with Hellen Zziwa: Shaping an Unmissable CommEX25 | https://buff.ly/hIHVmHL Hellen Zziwa, senior director of technology advisory and planning for Harvard University Information Technology, helped curate the Cloud Solutions and Services Track. She and fellow program committee members Kivanc Oner (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Bob Flynn (Internet2) lent a structured, thematic approach to create a track that tackles cloud strategy and institutional transitions, research enablement and innovation, and secure storage and workforce development. “Cloud adoption isn’t a one-time shift — it’s an ongoing journey,” Zziwa said. “Engaging with the Internet2 community helps us stay ahead of industry shifts, and serving on the Cloud Track planning committee has been a great opportunity for me to give back and help peers navigate their own cloud transformations.” Read more through the link above. #CommEX25 #Anaheim #California #CloudAdoption #CloudSolutions #Cloud #Research #Education #HigherEducation

The Lasso Way: IT Lessons from a Football Coach | https://buff.ly/mRdafMD A 2025 Community Exchange Sneak Peek 🤩 When you think of IT leadership, you might not immediately think of a goofy football coach from Kansas with a big mustache. But if Ted Lasso–the goofy coach from the sports-comedy sitcom of the same name–has taught us anything, it’s that effective leadership can come from surprising places. You just need the right frame of mind. In the upcoming 2025 Internet2 Community Exchange session, The Lasso Way: Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso, we’ll explore how IT leaders in research and education (R&E) institutions can adopt Ted’s unconventional leadership approach to build effective, resilient teams — even in the face of what many institutions are up against right now, including limited resources and outdated technology. We’ll break down how to create a positive, non-toxic culture. We’ll talk about the art of leading when you’re not the subject-matter expert, fostering a growth mindset, and how ethical leadership can make or break a team’s success. Expect humor, relatable scenarios, and tangible takeaways that you can apply immediately. Read more through the link above. #CommEX25 #Anaheim #California #TedLasso #IT #Research #Education #HigherEd #Leadership #Technology

Explore simplified cross-institutional course sharing with InCommon and IDEA 🤝 Our upcoming IAM online webinar on April 16th at 1 PM ET will present our collaborative federated identity solution, aiming to make access easier for students and faculty. Featuring: 💡Amanda J. Burris, Ph.D 💡Morgan V. Jones, MBA, IDEA Executive Director 💡Marc Wallman, Vice President for IT and CIO at North Dakota State University 💡Ann West, Associate Vice President, Trust & Identity, Internet2 Learn more and register: https://buff.ly/JTchs2l #IDEA #InCommon #IAMonline #EdTechWebinar #HigherEdCollaboration #InCommonWebinars #IAMSolutions #HigherEdTech #CourseAccess #IAM #IdentityManagement

🎉 #perfSONAR is 20! 🎉 For two decades, perfSONAR has simplified global research collaboration through standardized network measurement and testing. As one of the founding consortium partners, Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) is proud to celebrate this milestone and recognize how perfSONAR has become a trusted tool for network engineers and researcher communities worldwide, with more than 2,000 registered instances deployed across 1,000+ organizations on 7 continents! "For 20 years, the perfSONAR collaboration has been instrumental in improving the reliability and performance of the global web of research and education networks. I am enormously proud that ESnet has helped steer and support this global, open-source, 'team science' effort, which has transformed network monitoring and troubleshooting worldwide," said ESnet Executive Director Inder Monga. 👉 Read about perfSONAR's history: https://lnkd.in/gQxPWwF4 👏 Thank you to our consortium partners: Internet2 GÉANT Global Research Noc at Indiana University University of Michigan and RNP! Join us in celebrating perfSONAR at these upcoming global R&E community events: 📍 #CommEX25 on April 28–May 1 in Anaheim, CA 🇺🇸 📍 RNP’s annual workshop (WRNP) on 19–20 May in Natal, 🇧🇷 📍 #TNC25 June 9–13 in Brighton, 🇬🇧 Happy birthday, perfSONAR! 🎉 #Network #NetworkMonitoring #Research #Education #Networking #NetworkAnalysis #NetworkMeasurement #PerfSONAR

“It’s Like Whack-A-Mole”: Learning How Yale Fixed its Phishing Problem (and How Your Organization Can Too) | https://buff.ly/mS7s8zr You have likely faced multiple attempts to phish your institutional data. Even as higher education and research (R&E) institutions implement multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions to barricade against phishing attempts, the attempts are becoming more sophisticated and, ultimately, successful. Such was the case with Yale University, which experienced a sudden uptick in account compromises even after deploying Duo’s multifactor authentication solution campus-wide. Bad actors convinced some of Yale’s users to provide their SMS-based MFA codes, presenting themselves as university staff. But Yale fixed that problem. However, after disabling SMS as an MFA option, adversaries tried again, convincing users to approve Duo Push requests. After that attempt, there was yet another. “It’s like whack-a-mole,” said Jeremy Rosenberg, chief information security officer at Yale University. Rosenberg and John Gasper, an IAM architect at Yale University, lead the session “A More Secure Yale: A Passkey and Duo Desktop Story” at the 2025 Internet2 Community Exchange, where the pair will share their journey with implementing passkey and security solutions at scale. Read more through the link above. #CommEX25 #Anaheim #California #HigherEducation #Education #Research #IAM #Identity #Security #Passkey #MFA #Authentication