San Francisco, CA – February 14, 2011 — Kantara Initiative, a global identity community working to solve harmonization and interoperability challenges among identity-enabled enterprise, Web 2.0 and Cloud applications and services, today announced that two applications have won the 2011 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award. The IDDY Deployment award winners are Newcastle University and National Institutes of Health iTrust.

The IDDYs will be presented today at the Identity Collaboration Day jointly produced by Kantara Initiative and Identity Commons in San Francisco, CA.

“As the speed of innovation accelerates in the Identity Management arena, new business models and use cases are emerging,” says Matthew Gardiner, Director CA Security Business & President, Kantara Initiative. “The IDDY Awards formally recognizes these innovations and their contributions to the digital identity management marketplace.”

Now in its fifth year, the IDDY program has grown within Kantara Initiative to recognize the individuals and organizations developing identity-enabled applications built using any open identity technology. The IDDYs recognize two categories of achievement: ID Deployment and Emerging Applications. The ID Deployment category spotlights applications that are currently delivering significant and quantifiable identity management value to organizations and users. The Emerging Applications category showcases “up-and-coming” applications and proof-of-concepts driving the next generation of digital identity management solutions.

Judges evaluated nominations based on criteria that include the benefits applications deliver to communities, businesses, governments and people; the ROI the application demonstrates; and how the solution may successfully address identity issues such as reducing identity theft, meeting regulatory requirements, and providing users with increased security and privacy protection.

Winner in the ID Deployment Category: NIH iTrust
“We are pleased to win the Deployment category as this means recognition of NIH’s leadership in accepting open standards-based third party identity credentials at US government websites,” said Debbi Bucci, NIH Integration Services Center Manager, Center for Information Technology (CIT).

NIH iTrust is multi-protocol enterprise authentication service that allows users to access multiple applications with a single third-party user credential. NIH iTrust enables federated identity management, allowing users both within and outside of NIH to access multiple applications and data sources across agencies, using their local identity credentials. It provides application owners with an easy and secure way to authenticate users and control access to sensitive data by leveraging third-party SAML and OpenID based credentials. More information about the project is available at https://federation.nih.gov/itrust/

Winner in the Emerging Applications/Proof of Concept Category: Newcastle University
“With the increased amount of services available on the Web, the end user is no longer able to easily control access to their distributed data and is often paying the price in both privacy and convenience” said Maciej Machulak who leads the SMART project. “User-Managed Access and SMART aim to provide a solution to this problem. These approaches allow people to apply the necessary security and privacy controls to their personal data while retaining all the benefits of social interactions and data sharing that the Web environment offers.”

SMART solution is the first Java implementation of the User-Managed Access (UMA) protocol developed at Newcastle University as part of a JISC-funded project. It allows users to have centralised, flexible and fine-grained control over access to their personal information on the Web. Users define their sharing preferences at a single Authorization Manager using an intuitive user interface for creating identity-based and claims-based policies. Such sharing settings can be later applied to distributed data hosted by UMA-enabled Web applications, such as the online storage and gallery services provided as part of the SMART solution. More information about the project is available at http://smartjisc.wordpress.com and http://www.tinyurl.com/uma-wg

About the Kantara Initiative 2011 IDDY Award Judging Panel

The IDDY Awards judging panel is comprised of ten identity management and privacy and policy experts from around the globe, working collectively to evaluate applications that follow specified judging criteria:
- J. Trent Adams, Trust and Identity Outreach Specialist, Internet Society
- Bob Bragdon, Publisher, CSO Magazine
- Philippe Clement, Head of Identity Marketing, Orange – FT
- Matthew Gardiner, Director CA Security Business & Kantara Initiative President
- Gerry Gebel, President, Axiomatics
- Leif Johansson, Systems Specialist at NORDUnet & SUNET
- Nate Klinginstein, Senior Technical Analyst, Internet2
- Martin Kuppinger, Founder and Principle Analyst, Kuppinger, Cole & Partner
- Nat Sakimura, Senior Researcher, NRI
- Don Thibeau, Chairman, OIX

About Kantara Initiative
Kantara Initiative is a global, open, public-private, technology-agnostic forum comprised of identity ecosystem stakeholders. Its inspired mission is to promote technical interoperability and harmonization; to develop policy frameworks for operational interoperability and to provide certification and assessment programs to grow trust in the standards, products, and service deployments. For more information about getting involved in Kantara Initiative, visit http://kantarainitiative.org/

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Applications in the global identity, eCommerce, eGovernment, social networking and telecom sectors win Identity Deployment of the Year Awards

Las Vegas, NV – September 15, 2009 — Kantara Initiative, a global identity community working to solve harmonization and interoperability challenges among identity-enabled enterprise, Web 2.0 and Cloud applications and services, today announced that six applications have won a 2009 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award. The IDDY Deployment award winners include Google and Plaxo; Signicat; and the U.S. Department of Defense.  The winning IDDY Proof of Concept (POC) awards include fun communications; Gemalto and Vodafone; and NRI, NTT and Oracle. The IDDYs were presented today at CSO magazine’s Digital ID World 2009 in Las Vegas, NV. 

“Winners of the 2009 IDDY Award reflect the evolving identity landscape, where applications are leveraging a wide range of protocols and collaboration is key to moving the global identity industry forward,” said Brett McDowell, executive director, Kantara Initiative. “With more joint submissions than any other year and nominations spanning industries and regions, we congratulate the six winning applications from ten different organizations for demonstrating some of the most innovative and diverse identity solutions in the marketplace today.”

Now in its fourth year, the IDDY program has grown within Kantara Initiative to recognize the individuals and organizations developing identity-enabled applications built using any open identity technology. Judges evaluate nominations based on criteria that include the benefits applications deliver to communities, businesses, governments and people; the ROI the application demonstrates; and how the solution may successfully address identity issues such as reducing identity theft, meeting regulatory requirements, and providing users with increased security and privacy protection.

Winners in the Deployment Category:

Google and Plaxo – Google and Plaxo have won an IDDY Deployment award for their collaborative work in the development of a “hybrid onboarding” solution designed to increase the success rate of users finishing the registration process with a social network. The solution uses a combination of open technologies referred to as the “OpenStack,” which includes OAuth, OpenID, Portable Contacts and XRDS. Because the implementation uses open technologies, the solution can be easily replicated by others to optimize onboarding between any OpenID Provider (OP) and Relying Party (RP) pairing.  With a success rate of 92 percent, the application enhances the user experience while providing increased security and privacy protections. The service was deployed by Google and Plaxo in early 2009 and is currently available to hundreds of millions of Google users. A presentation reviewing the application is available at http://tinyurl.com/ok8u9x

Signicat – Signicat has won an IDDY Deployment award for the development of an online hosted Identity Provider that is offered as a managed service to private and public sector enterprises and organizations in the Nordic Region (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland). The service acts as an intermediary to provide organizations with easy and secure access to the region’s eID (electronic ID) infrastructure. The solution supports SAML for strong authentication and SAML and OpenID for Web Single Sign On, as well as eSignature for workflow and long-time archiving of signed documents. The Identity Provider went live in October 2005, and is currently used by approximately thirty organizations giving access to over 12 million pre-authenticated identities. More information is available at www.signicat.com.

U.S. Department of Defense – The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has won an IDDY Deployment Award for SPOT (Synchronized Pre-Deployment and Operational Tracker), a Web-based enterprise networking solution used by the DoD for precise tracking and management of assets supporting US forces deployed overseas. The contractor cross-credentialing with SPOT has been developed and launched in collaboration between the U.S. Department of Defense and the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems, Inc. (FiXs). The system recognizes identity credentials issued by various government entities as well as compatible, standards-based, certified identity credentials issued by industry to support identity-based transactions between the U.S. Government, various international coalition governments, and supporting industry contractors and suppliers. SPOT provides visibility into contingency contracts accounting for 10,439 companies and 3,783 active contracts, with the system currently supporting more than 12,650 end users. More information is available by visiting http://www.bta.mil/products/spot.html and http://fixs.org/.

Winners in the Proof of Concept Category:

fun communications – fun communications has won an IDDY in the POC category for the development of its WebCard Loyalty solution, a public portal that can be used worldwide. WebCard Loyalty let’s anyone create their own customer loyalty system for the Internet using “virtual loyalty cards” and is based on Information Card Technology. The application combines user-centric identity management and customer loyalty programs such as bonus points, coupon promotions and discounts on partner websites, into a single application. Retailers and portal operators can issue their own virtual loyalty cards that can serve as a reliable means of authentication and authorization. The portal can be adapted to meet individual requirements, and is suitable for issuing all types of virtual identification cards such as student ID cards, library cards and discount cards. More information is available by visiting http://www.fun.de and http://www.webcard-loyalty.com.

Gemalto and Vodafone – Gemalto and Vodafone Group R&D have won an IDDY in the POC category for the development of a solution that adds strong authentication capabilities to OpenID using a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC, typically a SIM card) inserted in a handset or inside a USB token, and is using either public key infrastructure (PKI) or a one-time password (OTP) as the underlying authentication technology. The application allows the use of distinct devices to access the service and to authenticate. The UICC (SIM) is used as a networked cryptographic computer exposing authentication services accessible via IP protocols. This provides users with new and convenient options for securely accessing OpenID-enabled sites from devices such as a PC, handset or game station.  Mobile network operators could offer a service to allow end users to leverage UICC-based OpenID single-sign-on to secure access to Web applications. More information is available by visiting http://www.betavine.net.

NRI, NTT and Oracle – NRI, NTT and Oracle have won an IDDY in the POC category for an application that demonstrates the possibility and practicality of achieving policy interoperability between OpenID and SAML. Both technologies include mechanisms designed to carry identity assurance information; OpenID uses the Provider Authentication Policy Extension (PAPE), while SAML uses its Authentication Context. While the two mechanisms are logically similar, until this proof of concept, they had not been demonstrated to be compatible. The application demonstrates how the number of services where an existing OpenID or SAML credential might be used could be effectively increased. A presentation reviewing the application is available at http://tinyurl.com/q5egag

This year’s winners join the growing list of IDDY Award recipients who have been at the forefront of successfully addressing some of the most challenging technology and policy issues in the global identity sector, with each winner delivering unique benefits to organizations and users. Previous winners of the IDDY include Aetna, Citi, Deutsche Telekom AG (a two-time winner), eBIZ.mobility, EduTech, NTT Labs, UNINETT, the New Zealand Government, Rearden Commerce and the UK Government Authentication Gateway. Kantara Initiative will issue the call for nominations for the 2010 IDDY Awards during 2Q 2010.

About the Kantara Initiative 2009 IDDY Award Judging Panel

The following individuals served on the 2009 Judging Panel: J. Trent Adams, trust & identity outreach specialist, Internet Society and chair of the Kantara Initiative Leadership Council; Mike Beach, CISSP, chief security designer, information security, The Boeing Company; Bob Bragdon, Publisher, CSO magazine; John Fontana, senior editor, Network World; Gerry Gebel, VP & service director, identity and privacy strategies, Burton Group; Paul Madsen, chair of the Kantara Initiative ID-WSF Evolution Work Group and identity standards researcher, NTT; RL Bob Morgan, senior technology architect, University of Washington; Nat Sakimura, senior researcher, Nomura Research Institute (NRI); Toby Stevens, director, Enterprise Privacy Group; Roger Sullivan, president of the Kantara Initiative Board of Trustees, president of Liberty Alliance and vice president Oracle Identity Management; and Phil Windley, founder and chief technology officer, Kynetx. Panelists recused themselves from judging in categories where their organization had submitted a nomination. More information about the IDDY Award’s is available at http://tinyurl.com/ldteb2

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The IDDY Award was designed to shine a spotlight on the individuals and organizations responsible for developing identity-enabled applications and services that deliver real benefits to enterprises, governments, organizations and people.  Previous recipients of the IDDY represent a wide range of vertical sectors such as government, telecom, healthcare and financial services, with each winner delivering unique benefits to the marketplace.

IDDY winners have showcased applications that increase security and privacy for people, help organizations better meet a variety of interoperability and compliance goals, and provide new conveniences to deployers and users. Since 2006, IDDY winners have been at the forefront of addressing some of the most challenging technology and policy issues in the global identity sector – a few examples:

Aetna – Aetna received an IDDY in 2008 for an externally hosted online provider portal used for linking healthcare providers with health plans. The application has allowed Aetna to increase its offerings of tools and features that help providers conduct simplified administrative transactions, reduce paper-based communications, and access clinical decision support tools.

Citi – Citi’s Global Transaction Services also received an IDDY in 2008 for providing managed identity services that help institutional clients utilize digital credentials and signature technologies in a comprehensive and legally binding manner. Citi is both a Credential Service Provider and a Relying Party as defined in the Identity Assurance Framework (IAF).

Deutsche Telekom AG – Deutsche Telekom is a two-time winner of the IDDY, having won the award in 2006 and 2008. In 2008 Deutsche Telekom won a Multi-Protocol IDDY Award for its identity application designed to lower implementation barriers when it comes to the delivery of Online/IP-based services to consumers.

Other recipients of the IDDY include eBIZ.mobility; EduTech; NTT Labs; Rearden Commerce; the UK Government Authentication Gateway; UNINETT and the New Zealand Government. Now that the IDDY Awards program has been expanded within Kantara Initiative, there are even more opportunities for all individuals and organizations to nominate an identity-enabled application. And with only one week to go before the call for nominations for the 2009 IDDY Award comes to a close, there can be no doubt that recipients of this year’s award will be in good company as the list of IDDY Award winners continues to grow.  The list and descriptions of all of the applications that have won IDDY Awards to-date is available here http://tinyurl.com/6dekb8

Nominate your favorite Deployment or Proof-of-Concept application — by Monday, August 3 –  here http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/IDDY+Awards+2009

Kantara Initiative announced the judging panel for the 2009 Identity Deployment of the Year Awards yesterday. This year’s judging panel consists of an impressive group of respected identity experts from around the world, each with deep experience in the technology, business and policy aspects of digital identity management. These are important industry credentials as the IDDY program expands within Kantara Initiative to include nominations that can be based on any open identity technology and as the identity industry moves to embrace a “multi-protocol world” where harmonization and interoperability play a critical role.

The call for nominations for the 2009 IDDY Award ends on Monday August 3. Judges will begin reviewing deployment and proof-of-concept submissions on August 4, with winners receiving the IDDY on stage at DIDW in Las Vegas on September 15. Check out blog posts and tweets by the judging panel to see some of the insight this team is bringing to the 2009 IDDY Awards program. With new categories, more options for submissions and some of the best-of-the-best in the identity industry on the judging panel, this year’s IDDY Awards program promises to uncover some of the most exciting identity-enabled applications in the global marketplace today.

J. Trent Adams, trust & identity outreach specialist, Internet Society and chair of the Kantara Initiative Leadership Council — Twitter: @jtrentadams

Mike Beach, CISSP, chief security designer, information security, The Boeing Company

Bob Bragdon, Publisher, CSO Magazine

John Fontana, senior editor, Network World — Twitter: @JohnFontana

Gerry Gebel, VP & service director, identity and privacy strategies, Burton Group —Twitter: @ggebel

Paul Madsen, chair of the Kantara Initiative ID-WSF Evolution Work Group and identity standards researcher, NTT — Twitter: @paulmadsen

RL Bob Morgan, senior technology architect, University of Washington

Nat Sakimura, senior researcher, Nomura Research Institute (NRI) — Twitter: @_nat

Toby Stevens, director, Enterprise Privacy Group — Twitter: @tobystevens

Roger Sullivan, president of the Kantara Initiative Board of Trustees, president of Liberty Alliance and vice president Oracle Identity Management

Phil Windley, founder and chief technology officer, Kynetx —Twitter: @windley

More information about the 2009 IDDY Awards – including nomination forms and a picture of the IDDY is available at: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/IDDY+Awards+2009