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US Program updates

Carol B

• Working to get the ‘new’ program documents ready for reviews

• Working on overall high level schedule/plan for 17065 accreditation

• The original timeline has been impacted by external factors and releases of external documents

• There is increasing demand from non-US Federal audiences to establish additional schemes for Kantara to consider

• Plan is to set up meetings with current accredited assessors to get input and feedback on development of the program.

• Taking in experiences from the UK Program’s path through 17065 accreditation and determining whether they apply to the US program.

• Questions about governance (authoring, approval, etc.) for the US Program for 17065 accreditation. (an open question)

• Request made to Carol to provide material for review and comment as soon as possible, operational process and plans, more details about what is planned to happen.

Proposed Charter Language

Draft page is here:
Draft for Discussion - IAWG Charter for 2025 ** Notes will be taken on that page then moved here post-meeting

• Discussion about whether changes are required to the 2024 Charter or not.

• Does the “manage and maintain SAC” text in the 2024 Charter cover our anticipated work to address 800-63-4 when it arrives? (Yes)

• Remove the names from the 2024 Charter text

• Motion: Approve the 2024 Charter with the names assigned to Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary remove.

  • Moved: Richard Wilsher

  • Second: Jimmy Jung

  • Objections, none.

  • Motion carried

• Question raised about lack of quorum and low representation

  • CSPs are not well represented in IAWG

  • What can we do to improve our representation?

  • YS suggests that an improved alignment of the SACs to how services are actually packaged and delivered. A reorganization of the criteria.

Leadership elections

Nominations to date:

Yehoshua Silberstein for Chair

Andrew Hughes for Vice-Chair

<< >> for Secretary

Motion to accept by acclamation the above nominees for the designated roles.

Moved: Jimmy Jung

Second: Dan Bachenheimer

Objection to the motion, Richard Wilsher. Vote is requested.

Motion is withdrawn.

ACTION: Andrew to ask staff to initiate a non-secret ballot for leadership roles.

Next meeting dates

Topic - What is the objective that the Kantara Assurance Program, and IAWG, and IAWG stakeholders wish to achieve regarding the criteria, notices, acceptance of assessment results, and other matters regarding syncable passkeys as a subclass of “bring your own device”?