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This is the running update from the Executive Director. Have questions or comments? Suggest some added information or edits? Contact ED colin at kantarainitiative dot org.
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As we head into this first week of May and the Bank Holiday impending (or immediately passed in some countries) we gather energy for the many activities and conferences on our calendars this month.
If you have opted in to receive news form Kantara, you will have received 'Keep up with Kantara' in your mailbox around the middle of last month. 'Keep up with Kantara' is designed to give you more frequent updates because a) we have so much happening that batching monthly here or quarterly in the newsletter s results in a long message, and b) by the time you read it, much of it is in the past. I hope you found value in it. Contact us with your comments.
In April, we welcomed new members Dylan Woodburn and Exponent from the US, and welcomed back renewing member Identity.com. Thank you!
The first half of the month was incredibly busy for me as Kantara Europe was in 3 different consortia bidding for 2 EU H2020 grant funding applications, all closing on the same day on April 17. Much of the strength of Kantara is drawn from its breadth, and no better example exists where this is borne out. One consortia bidding on a blockchain project wanted Kantara because of its Trust Framework operations and knowledge of how to elicit assessment criteria from Standards and proceed to create a program of assessing, reviewing, approving and granting of trust mark. While you may view blockchain identity and attribute exchange as a new thing, this fledgling industry draws on established processes. Another bid wanted Kantara because of its reach into Applied Research and Development arising out of the KIPI Program - in essence locating ground breaking ideas for further grant funding - while the third consortia was re-bidding a proposal submitted last year, but some additional consortia members, one of them being OIX UK. It is a good example of industry collaboration where complementary value propositions can be leveraged for the common good.
By mid-month my focus was on our many liaisons. The first was drafting our Liaison Statement and reviewing our comments on ISO 29184 (Guidelines for online privacy notices and consent) ISO 27552 (Enhancement to ISO/IEC 27001 for Privacy Management - Requirements) to go to ISO SC27 WG5 for the upcoming meetings in Wuhan China later this month. A few days later saw me discussing the role Kantara could play in the ONC's Trusted Exchange Framework Common Agreement in US Healthcare together with Kantara members Experian and ForgeRock in a dial-in call to the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas, all the while advancing no less than three separate bids for H2020 EU grant funding via Kantara Europe, and finally, 'circling the wagons' for Kantara's panel at the KNOW Identity conference with panelists Mary Hodder from IDESG, Scott Shorter from Kantara Accredited Assessor KUMA, Tracy Hulver for Kantara Approved CSP ID.me and Leadership Council Chair Andrew Hughes. The topic was 'Service Provider Certification: Who Cares Anyway?'. We worked through what certification is, the different stakeholder perspectives, and we had some great comments from the full house.
The much heralded members-only release of the Service Assessment Criteria for the NIST SP 800-63-3 Guidelines for Digital Identity, for identity & credential service providers, was released on Thursday, March 22nd. It was both a pleasure and relief to see the final product after nine months of effort by a small band of dedicated volunteers in the Identity Assurance Working Group. Thanks again to ID.me for supplying editing resources. Stand by because we have new deliverables from other working groups poised for publication.
There's more to come folks - much more.
Kind Regards,
Colin
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- Kantara's first own-brand Summit for Marketing, Media and Privacy now May 22nd in London is ready for ticket purchase at £495 or if you are a Kantara member, at 30% discount using this code K3022 on Registration.
- Later that week, you'll find me in Helsinki with longstandingKantara member Ubisecure, and hosts of IAMwithUBI where I deliver the afternoon Keynote.
- Register now for the Kuppinger Cole hosted European Identity & Cloud Conference in Munich for a combined Kantara AGM and European members plenary on Monday May 14th during the day, to give you all enough time to refresh, reset and attend the Blockchain ID Innovation night, and prior to Kantara's own pre-conference workshop the following morning Tuesday 15th that curtain-raises the formal opening of the conference.