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- Manage, maintain and review the IAF document set;
- Define assurance frameworks and policy instruments for identity assurance at a global scale;
- Analyse non-Kantara Trust Framework schemes to determine comparability between those schemes and Kantara IAF;
- Develop model architectures and patterns for identity and credential federations and participants;
- Formulate pragmatic guidelines, recommended practices, proposed deployment models and methodologies for organizations to adopt solutions and approaches to online services that leverage identity assurance;
- Foster trust in online services through security, privacy and choice mechanisms;
- Support the Kantara Initiative to foster adoption of the Kantara IAF; and,
- Engage Kantara for expert input and guidance on topics covered by the IAF.
Define standards and frameworks for identity assurance policy for both the public and private sectors at a global scalePromote wider use of identity credentials at various LOA.Analyze technology, policies, standards, and solutions relating to identity federation and identity assurance.Identify opportunities where adoption of the IAF could save time and resources in implementing identity federationsSeek harmonization and standardization – avoid "re-inventing the wheel" or needlessly duplicating effort by identifying best practices across multiple industry sectors in this globally diverse working group and investing in productive liaison relationships across industries and geographies.
The focus of IAWG will be technology agnostic to the extent possible, and strategy/policy oriented.
The following areas are not considered part of the scope of IAWG:
Definition of technical standards, whether for identity assurance or authentication assurance – the focus of IAWG will remain technology agnostic to the extent possible, and strategy/policy oriented.- Evaluation of technology or products to comply with particular identity assurance specifications – whether this is authentication technology, identity verification services, credentialing technologies, and the like.
- Management or direct oversight of certification and assessment programs designed to facilitate compliance with the IAWG output.
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- The proposed Draft Recommendations of the IAWG are listed and described in the working group wiki space, Roadmap section. The proposed Draft Recommendations list is reviewed no less than semi-annually by the IAWG.
A set of strategic recommendations to the Kantara Initiative Board of Trustees regarding the development and operation of an Identity Assurance Certification program to advance the adoption of the IAF that would serve to foster inter-federation deployments on a global scale. (Summer, 2009).The Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) – which is a compendium of documents including guidelines, procedural and technical trust criteria for identity service providers, relying parties and federations, and assessment methodologies for determining conformance to trust criteria. The IAF will be based on broad input from both public and private industry stakeholders with relevant experience.
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- Industry Consortia: ICF, OIDF, and OASIS
- ISO SC27
- ITU-T SG17
- INCITS CS1
- ANSI IDSP (Identity Proofing Standards)
- tScheme
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- InCommon
- TERENA – Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association
- Kantara work groups: Concordia, Identity Assurance Interoperability, Privacy & Public Policy, Consumer Identity, Healthcare Identity Assurance, etc.ETSI ESI (Electronic Signatures and Infrastructure) Technical Committee
- Kantara Assurance Review Board
- Kantara Interoperability Review Board
- Kantara Work Groups and Discussion Groups
(11) CONTRIBUTIONS (optional): A list of contributions that the proposers anticipate will be made to the WG.
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(12) PROPOSERS: Names, email addresses, and any constituent affiliations of at least the minimum set of proposers required to support forming the WG.
- Myisha Frazier-Mcelveen, CitiGroup
- Rich Furr, SAFE Bio-Pharma
- Nigel Tedeschi, British Telecom
- Frank Villavicencio, NetStar-1