Application Package – Service Approval

Application Package 

1. Initial Application Package.

The applicant should submit an Initial Application Package, essentially to introduce themselves and their service to Kantara, defining the scope and nature of their service, and other essential information, including which Service Assessment Criteria and specific criteria therein they believe are applicable to their service (please see Kantara Classes of Approval).

Initial Application Package: The collection of documentation required to make an initial application to Kantara to have a service registered and to be able to engage an Accredited Assessor for the performance of an Assessment. Documents: Application for Service Approval;  Specification of a Service Subject to Assessment (S3A); Statement of Criteria Applicability (SoCA). PLEASE SEE DOCUMENTS BELOW

Note: For Guidance on completing a SoCA, see: KIAF-1405 Service Assessment Criteria Overview and KIAF 1340 Service Approval Handbook (Section 3.3)

Next steps: Be Assessed & Address Findings. Assurance Review Board accepts the initial application and applicant selects and engages a Kantara Accredited Assessor. Accredited Assessor conducts assessment relative to appropriate Service Assessment Criteria. Accredited Assessor produces a Kantara Assessor Report (KAR) and SoC (Statement of Conformity). Applicant works with the Assessor to address non-conforming service areas (if any).

2. Approval Package. Apply for Kantara Approval following the Assessment by an Accredited Assessor

Approval Package: the collection of documentation required to apply for Kantara’s Approval of a registered service following its Assessment and a finding of conformity. Applicant submits the full approval package, including, Kantara Assessor’s Report (KAR), Statement of Conformity (SoC), detailed Service Subject to Assessment (S3A) and updated application form. PLEASE SEE DOCUMENTS BELOW

Note: For Guidance on completing a SoC, see: KIAF-1405 Service Assessment Criteria Overview and KIAF 1340 Service Approval Handbook (Section 3.4)

Read More: Service Approval Handbook 

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