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[Dean Woodbeck <>]

AegisUSA Becomes InCommon Affiliate

ANN ARBOR, Michigan – April 22, 2010 – AegisUSA, an identity management 
solution provider with extensive expertise in higher education, has become an 
InCommon Affiliate.

InCommon is the U.S. trust federation in higher education, providing a 
privacy-preserving, secure method for higher education institutions and their 
partners to offer single sign-on convenience to their faculty, researchers, 
students and staff. The Affiliate Program provides the research and education 
community with a way to connect with partners able to help build the 
necessary underlying infrastructure that supports federated access.

"We are excited to participate as an affiliate member of InCommon,” said 
Ralph Armijo, chief executive officer and president of AegisUSA. “AegisUSA's 
goals are mutually aligned with InCommon.  Our solutions are focused on 
enabling membership growth and effective utilization through simplified 
access and identity management solutions for new and existing members."

AegisUSA’s solutions include identity appliances, identity assessments, and 
custom implementations for Oracle, Sun, Microsoft, and open-source software.  
Aegis’s identity appliances solve many of the common identity and access 
management problems in higher education, including password management and 
single sign-on. Aegis’s Federated Identity Appliance for Education provides 
the turnkey, production-ready infrastructure necessary to enable federated 
single sign-on with participants in the InCommon Federation.

“The AegisUSA experience in identity management comes at a time of great 
growth and interest in federating identity management infrastructure,” said 
John Krienke, chief operating officer of InCommon. “Their support can provide 
a key partnership link for higher education participants.”

For more information, and a list of current affiliates, go to 
www.incommon.org/affiliate.  

ABOUT AegisUSA
AegisUSA is an identity management solution provider with deep expertise in 
higher education. Building on experience with more than 60 clients, AegisUSA 
has developed solutions including identity appliances, identity assessments, 
and custom implementations for Oracle, Sun, Microsoft, and open source 
software.  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 for Education provides turnkey, production-ready 
infrastructure necessary to enable federated SSO with members of the InCommon 
Federation. For more information, visit: www.aegisusa.com. 

ABOUT InCommon
The InCommon Federation, operated by Internet2, provides a 
privacy-preserving, secure method for higher education institutions and their 
partners to offer single sign-on convenience to their faculty, researchers, 
students and staff. Through InCommon, individuals no longer need to maintain 
multiple passwords and usernames and online service providers no longer need 
to maintain user accounts. The educational institution manages the level of 
privacy and security for its constituents. For more information, see 
www.incommon.org.