Join. Innovate. Trust.
We are a global community focused on improving the trustworthy use of identity and personal data. Our working groups explore innovation, standardization and develop good practice around the collection, storage and use of personal information and identity.
We also run the world’s leading Identity Assurance Programs – including assessing for conformance against the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) 800-63 standards for identity privacy and security.
About us
The Problem
We all have to manage multiple IDs in our daily lives. There is little interoperability between sectors or use cases. And as new applications and services are developed, this increases complexity which leads to confusion and heightens concerns over privacy and security.
The Solution
At Kantara Initiative, we assess ID systems and Credential Service Providers (CSPs) against privacy and security standards across technology, business processes and governance. Providing peace of mind for organizations and their customers alike.
The principles of openness, transparency and fairness
News and Announcements
Tell us a bit about Konfir – what do you do and why? Konfir was established to revolutionize the employment verification process by securely removing companies’ administrative burdens when requesting or completing employment and gaps in employment verifications. We achieve…
The Privacy-Enhancing Mobile Credentials Working Group within Kantara Initiative is working to develop the necessary privacy-related guidance for those organizations issuing, verifying, and developing the technologies to hold digital credentials such as mobile drivers’ licenses (mDL) when in person. This…
Kantara Initiative has been running identity assurance programs since 2011. As the global leader in this area, we asked our current US Assurance Program Manager, Lynzie Adams, to give us her top tips for organizations wishing to apply for a…
Advanced Notice & Consent Receipt WG February 28 2023 Chair: Salvatore d’Agostino On 20th February, our Advanced Notice and Consent Receipts Work Group (ANCR WG) celebrated the 5th anniversary of the publication of the Consent Receipt Specification v1.1 This is…
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