Deadline Extended - Call for Participation: The Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Cohortium

[Steve Olshansky <steveo () INTERNET2 EDU>]

All-
The deadline for applications to participate in the Multi-Factor Authentication Cohortium has been moved to April 26, 
2013. Whether you have a current deployment of multi-factor authentication, or you think you may be deploying some time 
in the next few years, the Cohortium will be a great place to learn from others and share your experiences.

See below for further details.
        Steve

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Steve Olshansky
Director, Federated Technologies
Internet2
www.internet2.edu
www.incommon.org


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> From: Steve Olshansky <steveo () internet2 edu>
> Subject: Call for Participation: The Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Cohortium
> Date: March 12, 2013 5:06:36 PM MDT
> To: <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
> Reply-To: "cohortium-reg () internet2 edu" <cohortium-reg () internet2 edu>
>
> The Internet2 Scalable Privacy Project (ScalePriv), funded with the recent NSTIC grant 
> to Internet2, is seeking campuses to participate in the Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) 
> Cohortium" (see definition below).  Applications are open until April 12, 2013.
>
> The MFA Cohortium is a ScalePriv-supported group of institutions sharing their 
> explorations, experiences, expertise, artifacts, and overall "journey" in learning about, 
> planning for, and deploying multi-factor authentication for a variety of key use cases 
> within each institution, as well as federated access to services. It will be a facilitated 
> and focused 15-month effort to help you (as a participating institution) make real 
> progress towards MFA deployments. It will enable your institution, and higher education 
> more broadly, to answer the questions "where do we need MFA?," "how do we deploy it?," and 
> "what will it cost and what is our ROI?." And it will be focused on the research and 
> education (R&E) community, dealing with issues and use cases of particular concern within
> R&E such as integrating MFA into WebSSO, sensitive data, cloud services, distance 
> learners, bring-your-own-device, and the return on investment (ROI) within the R&E 
> environment.
>
> Important highlights: 
> * Will provide your institution broader access to expertise, resources, and collaborators 
> to help you accomplish your MFA goals. 
> *Enable a significant advancement in the deployment of Multi-factor Authentication across 
> Higher Education. 
> * Combining MFA with federation can multiply the impact and reach of MFA to inter-
> institutional, shared resource, and cloud service environments. 
> * A key effort within the Internet2 Scalable Privacy Project. 
> * 15-month facilitated collaborative effort beginning in April 2013 and ending in June 
> 2014. 
> * Number of institutions accepted for participation in the Cohortium may need to be 
> restricted, depending on response, to ensure value and effective collaboration for the 
> member institutions.
>
> The full Call for Participation, containing a much richer explanation of the goals of the 
> MFA Cohortium, more detailed information on what it will do and how it will operate, the 
> expectations for institutions participating, and what information is needed in your 
> "application to join", can be found at:
>
>   Call for Participation:  https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/mQgwAg
>
> One option for applying will be to use the web-based application form:
>
>   Apply online at: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/4wwwAg
>
> Remember, the closing date for applications is April 12, 2013. Questions may be
> sent to:  cohortium-reg () internet2 edu .
>
> cohortium: "Group of institutions sharing their explorations, experiences,
> expertise, artifacts, and overall journey," in this case of planning for and
> deploying multi-factor authentication. 
>  * Cohort: In statistics and demography, a cohort is a group of subjects who have shared 
>  a particular event together during a particular time span [cohort (statistics) from 
>  Wikipedia]. 
>  * -tium added to noun base to create abstract noun, "something connected with the act," 
>  could mean "act, condition, office of...".
>
>
> --
> Steve Olshansky
> Director, Federated Technologies
> Internet2
> www.internet2.edu
> www.incommon.org