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Announcing the formation of the Interoperability WG - Call for Participation
by ARI KERMAIER 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

The Kantara Initiative is expanding its focus beyond SAML 2.0 and is working to cultivate and manage new certification programs covering a broad spectrum of developing identity and access protocols. Some of the emerging standards currenlty under consideration for testing are: . WS-Trust . WS-Security . OpenID . InfoCard . Oauth . XRD To support the development of the new test procedures needed for this program, the Kantara Initiative is announcing the formation of the Kantara Initiative Interoperability Work Group (IOPWG) - chartered to support the Kantara Initiative Interoperability Program through the development of Test Procedures to be used by the Interoperability Review Board, regardless of protocol. The IOPWG will work closely with the Interoperability Review Board (IRB), the Kantara Initiative sub-committee responsible for member oversight of the Interoperability Program. In addition, the IOPWG will be available to provide expertise and technical support to the IRB during the course of any of the Kantara Initiative Interoperability events, and will assist in resolving questions of protocol interpretation that may arise among test participants. If you'd like to get involved in the Kantara Initiative Interoperability Program to recommend test procedures for such emerging standards as WS-Trust, WS-Security. OpenID, InfoCard, Oauth and XRD, the IOPWG is the group for you! For more information on the Interoperability Workgroup, please visit the IOPWG home page at http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/iopwg to see: . The Charter . Mail list and Archives . Designated IPR Policy options for operation . <Join this Group> Button ANYONE may participate in a Kantara Initiative Work Group. If you or your colleagues would like to join this group, you will simply need to complete the Group Participation Agreement here: http://signup.kantarainitiative.org/?selectedGroup=23 (NOTE: joining Kantara Initiative as a Member does not automatically enroll you as a Participant in any particular WG or DG--you must specifically join those groups in which you choose to participate): Of course, if you encounter any problems on our Website, the Kantara Initiative Staff is always happy to assist! If you have any questions about the Kantara Initiative or how to get involved please don't hesitate to send us a message (HYPERLINK "mailto:support@kantarainitiative.org"support(a)kantarainitiative.org) or use our contact form here: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/Contact+Us Please join us in congratulating the IOPWG on its formation! Regards, Ari -- HYPERLINK "http://www.oracle.com/" \nOracle Ari Kermaier | Senior Software Development Manager Phone: HYPERLINK "tel:+1%20212%20508%207912"+1 212 508 7912 Oracle Oracle Identity Management Product Development 520 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor | New York, NY 10022 HYPERLINK "http://www.oracle.com/commitment" \nGreen Oracle Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that help protect the environment

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RSA Workshop a Resounding Success
by J. Trent Adams 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

All - Many thanks to all who attended the Kantara Initiative Workshop at RSA this year. The room was _packed_ (with standing room only at one point), and I heard a number of fantastic comments from attendees about the presentations... many who wanted more detail on some presentations. Along those lines, many thanks to the many energetic and informative presenters and panelists we had on stage. Of course, PayPal's Andrew "Rock Star" Nash was a crowd favorite, as was Google's Eric Sachs (too bad Chris Messina was wrestled to the ground by the RSA registration system... ask him that story, it's hilarious). Add Patrick Harding (Ping Identity) into the mix talking about securely federating clouds, and you've got an appetizer to his company's all-out party the following night. Rounding out our party was Matthew Gardiner from CA (who earns the dubious distinction of being the first person to utter the term "cloud" during the conference), as well as Chris Sharp from MEDecision who offered up a peek into how the real world deals with cloud identity. We were also able to dive into more into cloud services with Oracle's Uppili Srinivasan and his panelists Gail Coury (Oracle), John Donovan (NetApp), and  Archie Reed (HP). Adding to the panel party was Matthew Gardiner's cross-curring Identity Services Roadmap with Mark Coderre (Aetna), Debbie Bucci (NIH), and Todd Inskeep (Bank of America). ... and who could resist the Prezi(c) by Paul Madsen (NTT), representing his gold-hording country on stage (despite the fact he actually missed the final hockey game while in the air). Besides, who else would include in a presentation about the state of OpenID, SAML, InfoCard, and OAuth a slide depicting the dangers of incorrectly checking for dirty diapers? Finally... much and many thanks to Dervla and Joni for rolling in early on Sunday to set up, and late on Monday to break down. Not to mention all the lead-up work they did (including hounding folks like me to get in our presentations). Thanks! BTW, we'll be adding easier ways to find the presentations soon, but for those of you desperate for them now, here you go: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/x/IAVyAg Thanks again to everyone who helped make the event a success! Cheers, Trent -- J. Trent Adams =jtrentadams Profile: http://www.mediaslate.org/jtrentadams/ LinkedIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jtrentadams Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtrentadams

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