Kantara Initiative
Member Since: 2019
401 Edgewater Pl Ste 600Wakefield MA 01880-6200
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Executive Director:
Colin Wallis
Digital Identity Ambassador:
Christopher Healy
Business Focus:
As one of the three entities comprising the global Kantara brand stable, Kantara Initiative Inc is an ethics based, mission-led 501 (c)(6) US incorporated international non profit based business league commons, passionate about giving control of data back to people. Kantara Initiative, Inc. provides real-world innovation and development of specifications and conformity assessment programs for the digital identity and personal data ecosystems. Beyond its flagship US 800-63-3 and EU eID-assisting Identity Assurance Trust Framework, developing initiatives including ground-breaking User Managed Access (EIC Award Winner for Innovation in Information Security 2014) base-lined for Healthcare and Financial Services globally and the GDPR-compliance assisting Consent Receipt specification, Kantara Initiative Inc connects a global, open, and transparent leadership community, sustained by Experian, ForgeRock, Digi.me and the Internet Society.
Products/Services:
--Accelerate marketplace adoption through clear messages, defined processes, and open community collaboration that brings vendors, deployers, individuals, and organizations together --Connect technical, business, legal, and policy experience to achieve holistic & trusted identity management solutions --Establish an open and democratic governance model with no financial barrier to participation --Provide an operational structure with nimble processes, procedures, and oversight, and a viable financial model --Commit to open standards and encourage interoperable implementations from both the COTS product and open source development communities --Foster positive dialogue across all relevant organizations to assure coordination, harmonization, and re-use of all applicable open content (specs, policy, etc.) --Establish programs with strong branding for technical and operational output to promote interoperability
Certifications:
The Kantara Initiative Trust Framework Operations Program is the industry leading program that Approves Credential Service Providers (CSPs) and Accredits Assessors. Kantara's Trust Framework Operations Program (TFOP) the suite of assurance services, processes and operations designed to support organizations acting in the role of Trust Framework Provider, Scheme owner, Federation Operator and Data Processor, as well as the community of service providers and relying parties associated with those roles.