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Kantara Meeting CANCELLED - 31 October - 1 November
by Heather Flanagan 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hello all, At this point, given the level of uncertainty with the weather, the cancellation of the NSTIC IDESG meeting, and understanding about travel arrangements, we are officially cancelling the Kantara Face to Face meeting for next week, October 31 - November 1, 2012. We will do our best to reschedule this in the Washington DC area at some future date (TBD). If you have already registered, please let us know if you would like your registration refunded or held in escrow for the next face to face meeting. Thank you for your support and stay safe if you are on or around the US mid-Atlantic region next week! -- Heather Flanagan Technical Program Coordinator Kantara Initiative Skype: hlflanagan email: heather(a)kantarainitiative.org

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Join Kantara for BrightTALK: Moving IAM to the Cloud panel TODAY
by Joni Brennan 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

*Attend the BrightTALK Panel:* Moving IAM to the Cloud *As part of:* Cloud and Virtualization Security Summit *Date:* October 17 *Time:* 8:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CET *Link:* http://www.brighttalk.com/r/rkb Identity and Access Management (IAM) in the cloud has emerged as an important issue for IT and Security teams across all types of organizations. Still many strategic questions remain around migrating IAM to the cloud. To address the many questions around what it takes to move IAM to the cloud BrightTALK has put together a panel to discuss this in detail. The panel discussion will take aim at the tough questions facing CSOs and CIOs when considering IAM in the cloud. This panel will clarify the major points that organizations have to get right to ensure a successful migration of IAM services to the cloud and how to discover what model makes the most sense for their organization. We have a great group of experts who bring a diversity of views on identity and access management. Our goal as a panel will be to give you enough actionable insight and understanding of the trade-offs to inform your decision making when thinking about IAM and what parts of your security to move to the cloud. The Panel will include: *Jim Reno* Jim is the Chief Architect for Security at CA Technologies. He joined CA with the Arcot acquisition. At Arcot Jim led the development of strong authentication and risk management systems. He has more than 30 years’ experience in software development, working on operating systems, databases, networking, systems management and security. At CA he guides the overall architecture of CA’s security products as well as security aspects of the entire CA portfolio. *Josh Hammer* Josh is the Cloud Product Manager at Mycroft Inc. He works within the development and integration of Mycroft Inc.’s security services. Josh Hammer has an extensive background in the financial services industry, implementing IAM software, as well as providing guidance within enterprise clients’ IAM programs. Josh Hammer assists in the architecture and validation of Mycroft Inc’s specialized offerings, including frameworks for the implementation of commercial identity management products and vertical-specific solutions. *Carlos Garica* Carlos Garcia is an architect and manager of Identity and Access Management services at a large fortune 50 HealthCare company and has 15 years of operations experience implementing and supporting various IAM solutions. Carlos is the local chair of the Ping and CA Twin Cities user groups, but when not looking at the latest innovations in the IAM space, is also an avid motorcycle photographer. And moderating: *Joni Brennan* I am currently serving as their Executive Director at the Kantara Initiative, focusing on Trust Framework Identity Assurance Accreditation and Interoperability Certification. I’ve spent my career deeply embedded in Privacy and Identity standards and have provided guidance and support for varying technical, policy, requirements, and compliance committees. We thank BrightTALK for planning the event and look forward to a lively discussion*!*

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Kantara Plenary F2F: Oct31-Nov1, Washington DC, Host Experian
by Joni Brennan 04 Oct '12

04 Oct '12

*We invite you to join us for the Kantara Initiative F2F Plenary meeting hosted by Kantara Member Experian. **Register here:* http://kantara2012dc.eventbrite.com/# *When: *October 31st - November 1st (09:00-17:00 ET) *Where: *Crowell & Moring, 11th FL, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | Washington, DC 20004-2595 *Rationale: *Attend this meeting to be part of innovative and leading expert discussions regarding Authentication policies and technologies, verification and trust. Ensure that your organization has the most up to date insights from the only Level of Assurance 1-4 cross-vertical Trust Framework Provider (operating for the US Federal gov and beyond). *Focus: *This event will focus on Authentication and Attribute Policy, Technology and Legal issues which are relevant to all organizations striving to perform on-line information transactions in a trusted environment. *Agenda:* Detailed agenda to be posted on the registration page shortly. Topics for discussion include: - Identity Assurance Service Assessment Criteria - Identity Proofing & Credential Management - Pseudonymous approach (separating credentials from identity) - Health Care sector Authentication (from e-prescribing, to facility, to patient) - Privacy Framework to assure privacy practices and policies are in place - Attribute Broker / IdP Proxy Models - International Compliance Harmonization *Note of Interest: *This meeting is located in close proximity to the NSTIC & IDESG meeting in Dulles, Virginia, Oct 29-30. While we have no affiliation with that meeting some may wish to attend both. *Special Thanks: *Kantara Initiative also expresses special thanks to our hosts Experian and Crowell & Moring. Experian is a member of Kantara Initiative and recently were recognized for Identity Proofing assessment for their PreciseID service component at Assurance Levels 2-3.

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