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Kantara Initiative helps to grow markets by accelerating interoperability of digital identity services. The Identity Assurance Work Group (IAWG) maintains and evolves the Identity Assurance Framework.
Kantara Initiative is the ONLY internationally applicable cross-vertical Trust Framework Provider servicing Assurance Levels 1, 2 and 3 non-PKI for the US Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM) Program.
Kantara Initiative:
- Approves: Credential Service Providers and Service Components
- Accredits: Assessors and Auditors
Controlling Documents - Identity Assurance Framework
| Document | Reference | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to the Kantara Initiative Identity Assurance Framework | IAWG | |
Brief summary of commonly used terms that are used across IAF documents. | IAWG | |
| Assurance Level Policy Overview and Description of the four Assurance Levels. | IAWG | |
| Explains how the Assurance Program operates. | ARB | |
The qualifications and requirements that ARB uses to determine Assessors Accreditation. Note: IAF 1600 version 3 has been published on 2018-10-29. The sole substantive change in this revision is the replacement of previous criteria AD.1 and AD.2 with a single criterion, AD.3. In addition, some editorial changes have been made to ensure understanding or to avoid ambiguity. | ARB | |
| Explicits the normative of the Kantara Initiative requirements. | ARB | |
It defines the obligations upon Applicant and Approval-holding CSPs, the ARB and its Secretariat, and Accredited Assessors, with regard to the Approval assessment and application processes. Effective from: 2018-05-01, after which date any parts of the KIAF-1300 (AAS) and KIAF -1800 (RAA) which address the scope now covered by the SAH, shall be withdrawn and no longer accepted by the ARB. | ARB |
Available Service Assessment Criteria & Assessment Profiles for Identity & Credential Management Systems
Service Assessment Criteria Sets:
| Document | File | About | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
KIAF-1410 CO_SAC | Kantara IAF-1410 Commonly-Applicable Service Assessment Criteria v2.0.pdf | This document describes the Service Assessment Criteria which are to be applied to all assessed credential services, irrespective of their standards basis or applicable assurance levels. | IAWG |
KIAF-1420 OP_SAC | Kantara-IAF-1420 Operational--63r2-Service-Assessment-Criteria-v1.0.pdf | This document describes the Service Assessment Criteria which are to be applied to ‘Classical’ service operations (i.e. those broadly based on NIST SP 800-63 rev.2 requirements). | IAWG |
KIAF‐1430 63A_SAC Kantara Members Only | This document sets forth KI's Service Assessment Criteria for assessments against the requirements of NIST's SP 800- 63A. Note: This document is available for Kantara Members Only. | IAWG | |
KIAF-1440 63B_SAC Kantara Members Only | This document sets forth KI's Service Assessment Criteria for assessments against the requirements of NIST's SP 800- 63B Note: This document is available for Kantara Members Only. | IAWG |
- The above is an excerpt from the controlling documents home.