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Call for participation at Kantara Initiative Annual Identity Workshop, Feb. 14, 2011 @ RSA Conference
by Dervla O'Reilly 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

We are pleased to announce our annual identity management workshop to be held Monday, February 14, 2011 at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA. This year's workshop will be a full day and we are looking for initial interest from organizations that are interested in sponsoring a speaking slot and/or a pod (interoperability demos in pod format). We envision a 9am-4/5pm workshop day which includes presentations, demos, the IDDY Award presentation, Kantara Initiative update from the Managing Director, etc. Please respond directly to me, dervla(a)kantarinitiative.org, with questions and your interest in sponsoring a speaking and/or pod slot. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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New Leadership in the IAWG
by Anna Ticktin 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello All— Congratulations to Frank Villavicencio and Myisha Frazier-McElveen on their elections as Co-Chairs of Kantara Initiative's Identity Assurance Work Group. This is an exciting time in the IAWG. As we charge forward with an aggressive 2011 agenda, we look forward to their strong leadership in working toward the common goal of accelerating Kantara's visibility and contributions to the Identity Management / Privacy Communities. Congratulations again to Frank and Myisha. Regards. —> Anna Ticktin Technical Program Coordinator anna(a)kantarainitiative.org anna(a)ieee-isto.org

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Probaris Solutions
by Dervla O'Reilly 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Please join us in welcoming new member Probaris Solutions at Member Level 0 to Kantara Initiative. We look forward to their participation and involvement. Regards, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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BrightTALK’s free online Authentication Summit on October 7, 2010
by Dervla O'Reilly 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

Kantara Community, Join a great lineup of thought leaders & industry professionals at BrightTALK’s free, online Authentication Summit on October 7, 2010. The live, vendor-neutral, interactive webcasts will cover the new threats to authentication and the impact of emerging technologies like mobile and online banking, web applications, email, etc. They will also look into new tools to meet the new demands for user authentication, as well as best practices on finding the right balance and the appropriate level of authentication for your organization. REGISTER: http://www.brighttalk.com/r/SHf WHEN: Thursday, October 7, 2010, attend live online throughout the day or afterward on-demand at your convenience TOPICS AND PRESENTERS: “Identity Assurance in Everyday Life” - 9am PDT Frank Villavicencio, EVP, Identropy & Chair of Kantara Initiative’s Identity Assurance Work Group “Authentication and Strong Authentication in Web Applications” Sylvain Maret, Authentication Evangelist & Swiss Chapter Leader, OpenID “Identity and Access Management in the Real World: Getting it Done” Jonathan Sandar, Identity and Security Analyst, Quest Software “Balance between Security and Convenience” Rachael Stockton, Principal Product Marketing Manager, RSA, The Security Division of EMC “Privileged Access Management and the Cloud Drive Innovation” Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest “Meeting New Demands for User Authentication” Steven Furnell, Head of School of Computing, Plymouth University Review the full schedule and register to attend any or all of the free summit webcasts at http://www.brighttalk.com/r/SHf You will be able to attend any or all of the presentations, submit real-time questions to presenters, and vote in audience polls. If you are unable to attend the webcasts live, you can also view them afterward on-demand. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Salvatore D'Agostino
by Dervla O'Reilly 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Please join us in welcoming new member Salvatore D'Agostino. Salvatore's areas of interest is federated identity, trusted, high assurance and multi-use identity credentials and identity infrastructure. We look forward to Salvatore's participation and involvement. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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Kantara Initiative September News Round-Up
by Dervla O'Reilly 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

Catch the round up of recent updates from Kantara Initiative: Kantara Initiative Meeting, October 19-21, 2010 at Orange-FT campus, Paris, France - early bird registration ends Sept. 17 Kantara Initiative Announces Today Fifth Annual IDDY Awards Recognizing Achievement in Identity Management OpenID Summit Paris, October 18, 2010 hosted by Orange-FT - free registration, seats still available Kantara Initiative Symposium 2010, September 1, 2010, Tokyo, Japan - see presentations from the event Kantara Initiative and Open Identity Exchange Announce Collaboration to Grow Trust Framework Adoption Industry events – contact Dervla O’Reilly regarding discounted conference rates: Hacker Halted October 9-15 Miami, WHIT 6.0 Nov. 8-10 Washington D.C., Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, November 15-16 San Diego. Feel free to forward to colleagues and friends. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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Kantara Initiative meeting - early bird rate ends Friday, Sept. 17
by Dervla O'Reilly 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

All, The early-bird registration fee is $195USD until this Friday September 17, 11:59 EDT. The rate increases to $250USD September - October 21. I encourage you to register by September 17. Event information is available at our conference page where you can review the agenda, travel details, accommodation options. We look forward to seeing in Paris. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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Kantara Initiative Announces Fifth Annual IDDY Awards Recognizing Achievement in Identity Management
by Dervla O'Reilly 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Piscataway, NJ, 14 September, 2010 – Kantara Initiative announced today its fifth Annual Identity Deployment of the Year (IDDY) Awards event which will take place at the 2011 RSA Conference in San Francisco on February 14. Formerly awarded by the Liberty Alliance, the IDDY Awards is the identity management industry’s first event to recognize individuals and organizations for developing and deploying outstanding digital identity management solutions. This fifth year of the IDDY Awards will honor deployments and proofs of concepts of identity specifications that utilize any open/standard identity technology, including ID-WSF, Identity services from the Cloud, IGF, Information Cards, OATH, OAuth, OpenID, OpenSocial, OPML, PKI, RDF, RSS, SAML, WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS, XACML, XDI, XMPP extensions, XRD, XRI, etc. Applications for recipients are being accepted now, and deployers of these technologies are encouraged to participate. “As the speed of innovation accelerates in the Identity Management arena, new business models and use cases are emerging,” says Matthew Gardiner, director CA Technologies & president, Kantara Initiative. “The IDDY Awards formally recognizes these innovations and their contributions to the digital identity management marketplace.” The IDDYs recognize two categories of achievement: ID Deployment and Emerging Applications. The ID Deployment category spotlights applications that are currently delivering significant and quantifiable identity management value to organizations and users. The Emerging Applications category showcases “up-and-coming” applications and proof-of-concepts driving the next generation of digital identity management solutions. • Judges announced: September 14, 2010 • Applications due: January 3, 2011 by midnight PT (submit to IDDY(a)kantarainitiative.org ) • Winners notified: January 17, 2011 • Award presentation: February 14, 2011 The IDDY Awards judging panel is comprised of nine identity management and privacy and policy experts from around the globe, working collectively to evaluate applications that follow specified judging criteria: - J. Trent Adams, Internet Society, Kantara Initaitve Leadership Council Chair - Bob Bragdon, CSO - Philippe Clement, Orange – FT - Matthew Gardiner, CA Technologies, Kantara Initiative President - Gerry Gebel, Axiomatics - Leif Johansson, SUNET - Nate Klinginstein, Internet2 - Martin Kuppinger, Kuppinger, Cole & Partner - Nat Sakimura, NRI ID Deployment Award criteria 1) Application meets and/or exceeds objectives established by the development team (25%) 2) Application demonstrates ROI (20%) 3) Application provides specific benefits to organizations and/or consumers and users (20%) 4) Application successfully addresses identity issues such as reducing/ preventing identity theft, addressing ease of use issues, helping to meet regulatory requirements, increasing consumer privacy, addressing policy challenges (i.e., regulatory compliance and/or liability between trusted partners, etc.), enabling new business services, etc. (20%) 5) Tools used to develop the application demonstrate interoperability to open specifications and/or standards, e.g. having passed the Kantara Initiative InteroperableTM testing program or equivalent (15%) Emerging Applications Award criteria 1) Application has the potential to deliver new identity management capabilities (fills an industry need) to users and organizations (30%) 2) Application has the potential for wide scale deployment (20%) 3) Application successfully addresses identity issues such as reducing/ preventing identity theft, addressing ease of use needs, helping to meet regulatory requirements, increasing consumer privacy, addressing policy challenges, etc. (20%) 4) Interoperability of vendor products plays a role in the potential success of this application (10%) 5) Application has the potential to allow organizations or individuals to deploy/enable new services and/or meets key vertical market requirements (20%) Past winners include the best and brightest in the identity marketplace, and Kantara Initiative looks forward to honoring this year's recipients at their annual Identity Workshop at RSA. For more information on the 5th Annual IDDY Awards and an application, please go to: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/IDDY+Awards About Kantara Initiative Kantara Initiative is a global, open, public-private, technology- agnostic forum comprised of identity ecosystem stakeholders. Kantara Initiative’s inspired mission is to promote technical interoperability and harmonization; to develop policy frameworks for operational interoperability and; to provide certification and assessment programs to grow trust in the standards, products, and service deployments. Kantara Initiative freely provides the governance and resources whereby diverse members of the ecosystem successfully collaborate on a diverse portfolio of common policy frameworks, technical specifications and deployment guidelines driven by the identity community, industry and governments from around the world. For more information about getting involved in Kantara Initiative, visit www.kantarainitiative.org . ### Media Contacts Michelle Hunt Kantara Initiative Michelle.Hunt(a)ieee-isto.org +1 732 981-3434 ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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