InCommon Affiliates

The InCommon Affiliate Program connects higher education institutions and their federating partners with commercial or non-profit organizations that provide software, content, guidance, support, and implementation and integration services related to participating in the federation. These approved InCommon Afiiliates provide consulting, content, hosting, support, and training for the InCommon community.

Proceeds from the program provide funding for the federation’s ongoing programs, including outreach, collaboration activities, educational offerings, research and development, and technical operations. Organizations interested in becoming affiliates can review the benefits and requirements. Acceptance in the Affiliates Program does not constitute a product or service endorsement or recommendation by InCommon.


Authentication - Two-Factor


Vasco LogoVASCO offers strong user authentication to faculty, students, and staff while helping them to move away from complex passwords and reducing helpdesk costs. VASCO’s patented DIGIPASS technology can assist InCommon participa nts with achieving their desired InCommon certification through increased user access security. Deployment options include a VACMAN Controller API that can be natively embedded into any application or a cloud-based DIGIPASS as a Service platform combined with over 50 authenticators to choose from. Scalability, flexibility, and simplified provisioning tools allow for a cost-effective way to deploy two-factor authentication to large user populations.

Consulting


Unicon

Unicon, Inc. is a leading provider of IT consulting services for the education market. The company provides services to help clients fulfill their identity and access management needs, including services for single sign-on with CAS and federated single sign-on with Shibboleth. Unicon services for IAM include assessment, strategic planning, implementation planning, branding, installation, configuration, custom development, mentoring, and support. Unicon combines its extensive technical experience, software development methodology, and project management practices, with a client-centric focus to deliver technology solutions that solve business problems. See the Unicon website for more information.


aegisUSA logoAegisUSA is an identity management and access management solution provider with deep expertise in Higher Education. With more than 60 higher-ed clients, AegisUSA’s solutions include TridentHE, the first identity suite designed for higher education, and professional services to implement Shibboleth, CAS, and other IAM products. Aegis’s Identity Appliances solve many of the common IAM problems in higher ed, including password management, SSO, and federation. Aegis’s Federated Identity Appliance based on Shibboleth provides turnkey, production-ready infrastructure necessary to enable federated SSO with members of the InCommon Federation. See the AegisUSA website for more information.


General


Microsoft logoMicrosoft’sidentity and access management solution is built on Active Directory, a directory service in Windows Server, and also includes a number of technologies and services, including Active Directory Federation Services 2.0, Windows Identity Foundation, Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Cloud Services, Microsoft Live@edu, and Microsoft Consulting Services. Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. For more information, see www.microsoft.com.

Hosting/Managed Service


gluu logoGluu makes it easier for organizations to implement federated identity. Gluu’s Federated Identity Appliance, based on Shibboleth and identity virtualization, is an on-premise solution monitored 24×7 and supported by Gluu. Once deployed, federating with new service providers (relying parties) can be accomplished using Gluu’s web-based dashboard. The Federated Identity Appliance, by mapping identity data from existing data stores, can be deployed quickly, and addresses all the installation and operational issues of an organizational federated identity service at a predictable annual cost. The Federated Identity Appliance can be deployed as on-premise hardware or a cloud VM instance.

Fischer International logoFischer International’s award-winning identity management solution includes our “Federation On-Ramp,” a low-cost, managed solution that provides institutions with an immediate entry-way to the InCommon Federation and without having to dedicate or hire skilled resources to deploy and manage a federation infrastructure. Fischer takes care of all the details so you don't have to, from Source of Authority integration and IdP/SP metadata configuration, to 24/7 monitoring, backups, audit & reporting, and solution maintenance. Federation On-Ramp also includes a self-service Access Request Portal for InCommon resources with optional approval workflows. IAM capabilities can be easily added to address other IAM challenges such as temporary/guest access, orphan account remediation, self-service password reset & synchronization, automated role and account management, and more. For additional information, visit www.fischerinternational.com.