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October 17, 2012
Kantara moderates BrightTALK Moving IAM to the Cloud panel
Attend the BrightTALK Panel: Moving IAM to the Cloud As part of: Cloud and Virtualization Security Summit Date: October 17 Time: 8:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CET Link: http://www.brighttalk.com/r/rkb Identity and Access Management (IAM) in the cloud has emerged as an important issue for IT and Security teams across all types of organizations. more…
October 11, 2012
User-Managed Access for Higher Education: UMA Enables Secure, Private College Transcript Sharing
Kantara Initiative announces revision 5 of the User-Managed Access (UMA) protocol and a free public webinar on October 17 about UMA’s benefits for higher education data sharing. PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA – October 11, 2012 – Valuable personal data about us resides in dozens of different web locations, and we frequently contend with the challenges of more…
October 2, 2012
Regarding ID discusses Kantara Initiative – Fall 2012 Issue
More and more we are being asked about Katnara Initiative, Identity Assurance, and our Accreditation and Approval program. So we’re pleased to let our readers know that Kantara was recently featured in the fall 2012 issue of SecureID News, RegardingID magazine. We’d like to thank the all of the great people at Regarding ID for more…
September 27, 2012
Kantara Initiative announces Zygma LLC as the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor
2012-09-27, Piscataway, NJ – Kantara Initiative is proud to announce that Zygma LLC is the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor able to perform Kantara Service Assessments at Assurance Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) provides a means to enable relying parties to understand the trustworthiness of electronic identity credentials issued at commonly-agreed more…
July 26, 2012
Kantara Initiative Awards Recognition at Assurance Levels 2 and 3 to Experian Identity Proofing Service Component Precise ID
26 July 2012, Piscataway, NJ – Kantara Initiative announces the Recognition of Experian Precise ID as an Identity Proofing service component recognized for performance of Identity Proofing services at Assurance Levels 2 and 3. The Kantara Identity Assurance Accreditation and Certification Program assesses applicants against its strict criteria ensuring, among other things, alignment with the more…
July 13, 2012
A Salute to RL Bob
Today we were saddened to learn of the passing of dear RL Bob Morgan who has metaphorically “migrated to the cloud” now. Bob, or “Uncle Bob” as some of us called him, made so many contributions to the Identity community at large. Notably via: Internet2 Middleware, IETF, IIW, ISOC, Kantara, OASIS… too many to list more…
July 13, 2012
Kantara Initiative Announces Europoint as the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor
July 10, 2012, Piscataway, NJ – Kantara Initiative is proud to announce that Europoint is now a Kantara-Accredited Assessor with the ability to perform Kantara Service Assessments at Assurance Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. Europoint is approved to perform Kantara Assessments in the jurisdictions of Sweden and Europe. With this Accreditation, Kantara and Europoint more…
July 13, 2012
Call for Proposals: organizational reform of Kantara governance, bylaws, operating procedures and structures
Dear Communities, Kantara Initiative is opening a call for proposals regarding organizational reform of the Kantara governance, bylaws, operating procedures and structures. This call is open to all organizations and individuals who wish to submit a proposal. Responses received will be published publicly ONLY where the submitter has provided permission to do so. Kantara Initiative more…
July 5, 2012
Call for Proposals: organizational reform of Kantara governance, bylaws, operating procedures and structures
Dear Communities, Kantara Initiative is opening a call for proposals regarding organizational reform of the Kantara governance, bylaws, operating procedures and structures. This call is open to all organizations and individuals who wish to submit a proposal. Responses received will be published publicly ONLY where the submitter has provided permission to do so. Kantara Initiative is an more…
June 18, 2012
Hackers and Threats Summit – 16 interactive webinars, June 20-21
Hackers and Threats Summit – 16 interactive webinars - Live online June 20-21 or afterward on demand As new technologies adopted by enterprises multiply so do the threats from state-sponsored actors and persistent cybercriminals. From Stuxnet to Flame, targeted attacks will continue to grow, raising the stakes in the battle against cybercrime. Join this two-day more…