Accessible Chat and Communications Platforms

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In today’s world, communications platforms are more vital than ever. But not all platforms are created equal, especially when it comes to accessibility. Join Keith Wessel and Dena Strong for a comparison of the accessibility and ease of use of platforms including Teams, Zoom, Slack, Skype for Business, and others.

Tales from the Speakerphone

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Remote work is becoming more common on our campus and beyond. It’s important for those on-site and those remote to continue working effectively and efficiently together. Join Tech Services’ remote staff to hear about pain points and best practices, learned through our experiences, to get yourself ahead of the game. This session will offer techniques, […]

Secure Amazon API/CLI Access Using Shibboleth and Duo

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Storing Amazon access keys on developer and administrator workstations presents security challenges because these keys are long lived, unencrypted, and relatively difficult to rotate and manage. Technology Services has developed awscli-login, a user-friendly open source plugin for the AWS Command Line Interface, to help address this issue. It allows users to securely generate and automatically […]

Shib in a Box: Containerizing the Shibboleth Service Provider

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Technology Services is currently developing an authentication microservice that enables service administrators to protect microservices with Shibboleth without having to employ unnecessary components, such as Apache and shibd, allowing for lightweight, single-process containers. Protecting containerized applications with Shibboleth can be challenging, so this talk will explore the possible solutions, their limitations, and why we are […]

Making IAM Work for You (3C)

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Come see the latest and greatest improvements in the IAM landscape at Illinois– tools that will help academic units and researchers improve the experience with authentication and authorization. We will reveal exciting new alternatives to authentication using social IDs, and how you can authenticate using Shibboleth without a browser. We’ll also give an updated look […]