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Kantara Initiative, Inc. Membership

Kantara is the global consortium improving trustworthy use of identity and personal data through innovation, standardization, and good practice.
Kantara draws experts in the fields of identity assurance, privacy policy and information systems assessment. Members collaborate to nurture emerging technical communities, standardize practices and operate conformity assessment programs.

Join Kantara to: increase industry visibility influence markets get ahead of trends share a table with competitors create new partnerships generate business leads

Kantara provides: a platform and infrastructure to develop new concepts a lightweight set of specifications and APIs to support industry solutions access to our assurance and interoperability programs access to international organizations including OECD, ISO & ITU-T opportunities to participate and save on conference attendance

Please read Kantara’s  ByLaws, Operating Procedures, Intellectual Property Rights and any other published policies as you will be asked to confirm your acceptance of them before signing the Membership Agreement (see below). Kantara Initiative, Inc is a registered 501(c) (6) tax exempt non-profit organization which incorporates intellectual property rights protections for its members’ contributions.

Process to Join Kantara Initiative, Inc.

Step 1: Complete the Online Membership Application form (a simple form expressing your interest in joining Kantara)

Step 2: Upon receipt of the Membership Application form, Kantara staff will issue the Membership Package via DocuSign. The Package consists of a Membership Information Form and a Membership Agreement.

Step 3: Complete and initial the Information Form and sign the Membership Agreement, returning the executed documents via DocuSign.

Step 4: Once the signed Membership Package is received, Kantara staff will issue an invoice for the membership dues and upon receipt your membership will be activated. Payment by Paypal and Credit Card is available.

If you have questions regarding the process to join or questions in general please contact us.

Kantara Initiative, Inc. Membership Benefits

Benefits	Director	Principal	Individual	Non-Member Participant
Technical Community Open Discussion and Work Groups	x	x	x	x
Kantara Member Discussion and Work Groups	x	x	x
Access to International Organizations Liaison Sub Committee of the Board	x	x	x
All Member Vote	x	x	x
Access to the Assurance Review Board, Assurance and Interoperability Programs and Trust Marks	x	x
Brand Visibility and Sponsorship Opportunity packages	x	x
Early Access to Strategic Opportunities	x
Strategic Leadership	x

 

Kantara Initiative, Inc. Membership Structure

Membership Levels and Dues	Individual (personal/social/ISP email addresses only)	1-3 Personnel	4-100 Personnel	101-1000 Personnel	Over 1000 Personnel
Director Member Level	$ 18,500	$ 18,500	$ 20,000	$ 30,000	$ 45,000
Principal Member Level	N/A	$ 450	$ 3,500	$ 9,500	$ 19,000
Individual Member Level	$ 150	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Conformance Assessment Program Processing and Trust Registry Fees per each Accredited Assessor entity (additional to Membership dues)*
Per Trust Mark**	N/A	$ 2,000	$ 2,500	$ 3,000	$ 6,000
Conformance Assessment Program Processing and Trust Registry Fees per each Approved CSP service (additional to Membership dues)*
Per Trust Mark**	N/A	N/A	$ 2,500	$ 3,000	$ 6,000

 

All Membership Fees are denoted in US Dollars and due on an annual schedule.

* Trust Registry Listing Fees cover one CSP service per service provider entity or one (lead) Accredited Assessor per auditing entity per Trust Mark.  Additional CSP services or Accredited Assessor applications from the same entity require the applicable processing and Trust Registry fee per Trust Mark (but not the Kantara membership fee).

**As new Programs and their respective Trust Marks become available. Status on a previous Program/Trust Mark must still be valid at the time of Approval/Accreditation of an additional Trust Mark by the Assurance Review Board, together with the Membership status verified as current (in good standing).

Research and Education, Non-Profit and NGO sector Principal and Individual Members may apply for partial Fees Assistance to the Board of Directors, and can include ‘Payment in Kind’ applications in line with Operating Procedure policies.

‘Personnel’, for the purposes of Kantara Initiative Inc Member Levels is defined as the total number of employees and fixed term contractors worldwide in the corporation, company, related companies or other entity under control of the joining entity by virtue of more than fifty percent (50%) ownership or shares/securities.