Posts by Hannah Margaret Short

FIM4R releases 2nd white paper on fed...

FIM4R announced the release of its second white paper during a packed session at this year’s networking conference, TNC18. The paper represents the work of more than 20 research communities from around the world who collaborated during the past year to define a common vision for the future of Federated Identity Management for Research. The […]

AARC advises HNSciCloud at Project De...

AARC advises HNSciCloud at Project Design Phase Kickoff

Communities that are designing and implementing their Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI) would often appreciate some guidance. One such community is the Helix Nebula Initiative: “a partnership between industry, space and science to establish a dynamic ecosystem, benefiting from open cloud services for the seamless integration of science into a business environment.” The latest project […]

Making federated security a priority ...

Making federated security a priority with Sirtfi

Whilst the increasing scale and connectedness of R&E federations is extremely valuable for collaboration, it does expose an inviting new vector of attack for malicious actors. A single compromised account may provide an entry point to this global network of resources linking thousands of organisations. It is only a matter of time before large-scale, coordinated […]