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Kantara Initiative announces the formation of the Federation Interoperability Work Group (FIWG)
by Dervla O'Reilly 24 May '10

24 May '10

Kantara Community, The Kantara Initiative is pleased to announce the formation of the Kantara Initiative Federation Interoperability Work Group (FIWG). The purpose of this Work Group is to profile existing specifications to define an interoperable trust infrastructure for use by parties participating in Trust Frameworks. This will allow entities to determine the certification status and configuration parameters of entities outside of their local federation. For more information on the Interoperability Workgroup, please visit the Federation Interoperability home page at http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/fiwg/Home - Join this Group - Review their Charter - IPR Policy - Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution - Mail list and archives This Work Group is open to the public and ANY interested party may sign up to Participate. If you or your colleagues would like to join this group, simply complete the Group Participation Agreement here: http://signup.kantarainitiative.org/?selectedGroup=24 John Bradley will convene the group and welcomes you to join our kick off conference call on Wednesday, June 2, 7am PDT where we will discuss goals, scope and leadership nominations. The group will meet on a weekly basis towards the IOP at Burton Catalyst in San Diego end of July, reverting to bi-weekly thereafter. Bridge details: Skype: +9900827042954214 US Dial-In: +1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 2954214 If you have any questions about the Kantara Initiative or how to get involved please don't hesitate to send us a message (support(a)kantarainitiative.org ) or use the contact form here: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/Contact+Us We look forward to your participation. 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 Identity Assurance Framework 2.0
by Dervla O'Reilly 17 May '10

17 May '10

Dear Kantara Community, The following press release crossed the wire today. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Kantara Initiative Announces Identity Assurance Framework 2.0 Piscataway, NJ 17 May 2010 – Kantara Initiative, a global identity consortium promoting technical interoperability and harmonization to grow trust in Identity and Identity Access Management standards, products, and service deployments, today announced approval of its Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) 2.0 as a formal Kantara Initiative Recommendation. Building upon previous identity assurance efforts within the Electronic Authentication Partnership, Liberty Alliance Project, and now Kantara Initiative, the IAF 2.0 Recommendation is the prime work deliverable of Kantara Initiative’s Identity Assurance Working Group. IAF 2.0 offers a standardized approach to define policies and practices for Credential Service Providers (CSPs), relying parties, and operators of federated identity networks to trust each other’s users and information transactions at known, commonly agreed upon levels of assurance. Built upon the 4 commonly accepted levels of assurance scaling from low (Assurance Level 1) to high (Assurance Level 4) risk contexts, IAF 2.0 offers a common set of rules that enables interoperability across programs. Designed to be technology agnostic, no specific requirements for technology protocol use are defined by IAF 2.0 and, as such, this framework has the potential to catalyze a whole new marketplace in the identity management market. “IAF 2.0 establishes the criteria for a harmonized, industry- recognized identity assurance standard,” said Frank Villavicencio, executive vice president, Identropy Inc., and Kantara Initiative Identity Assurance Work Group chair. “It is a Framework that provides clear definitions of identity assurance levels across various aspects of the identity lifecycle, which allows organizations to more easily federate.” IAF 2.0 is available for adoption and may be profiled to provide additional requirements for specific industry verticals, regardless of their current technology deployment. IAF 2.0 Recommendation is publicly available from: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/Identity+Assurance+Frame… “Kantara Initiative encourages governments, healthcare, financial services, and other vertical communities to adopt the identity Assurance Framework 2.0 in an effort to build harmonization and trust across all major technology protocols and jurisdictional policy requirements worldwide,” offered Rich Furr, head, global regulatory affairs compliance, SAFE-BioPharma Association and Kantara Initiative Identity Assurance Working Group vice chair. “This approval of the Kantara Recommendation adds even more momentum to the growing adoption of IAF as the de facto common standard for establishing that trust.” IAF 2.0 is comprised of a set of six documents that includes an overview publication, the IAF Glossary, a summary document on Assurance Levels, and an Assurance Assessment Scheme, which encompasses the associated assessment and certification program. There are also several subordinate documents, such as the Service Assessment Criteria which establishes baseline criteria for general organizational conformity, identity proofing, credential strength, and credential management services against which all (CSPs) will be evaluated. “Requiring Credential Service Providers to be certified through the Kantara Initiative Assurance Accreditation and Certification Program even further increases the level of trust in information transactions,” said Nigel Tedeschi, IdM and PKI solutions designer at British Telecommunications and Kantara Initiative Assurance Review Board chair. About the Kantara Initiative Assurance Accreditation and Certification Program The Kantara Initiative Identity Assurance Accreditation and Certification Program operationalizes the use of the IAF 2.0 so that organizations can adopt and certify end-user, CSP and Relying Party trust in services. It provides public and private sector organizations with a uniform means of relying on digital credentials issued by a variety of identity providers (credential service providers) in order to advance trusted identity and facilitate trusted public access to online services and information. Interoperability of e-authentication systems, mutual acceptance of rules, policies and supporting business processes is critical to the cost-effective operation of safe and secure systems that perform essential electronic transactions and tasks across industry lines. Kantara Initiative anticipates accrediting assessors (or auditors) and certifying CSPs deployed across industry lines using a wide variety of open/standard identity technology. For more information on the program or how to apply visit: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/certification/Identity+Assu… About Kantara Initiative Kantara Initiative is a global, open, public-private, technology- agnostic forum comprised of identity ecosystem stakeholders. Co- founded by Liberty Alliance, Internet Society, and the Information Card Foundation, among others, its 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 http://www.kantarainitiative.org. ### Media Contact 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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Update to Kantara Initiative Speakers bureau list
by Dervla O'Reilly 13 May '10

13 May '10

Kantara community, Kantara is repurposing it's speakers(a)kantarainitiative.org list serve for use with the blogger community. This list serve is dedicated to centralize Kantara-related speaking opportunities and Kantara-centric blog messaging. Some of you are already blogging on behalf of the organization - thanks as always for starting and sharing the conversation(s). As we add bloggers to our speakers@ list serve, I encourage you to participate and subscribe. Please reply to Dervla O'Reilly, dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org if you want to join this list. 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 Mary Ruddy
by Dervla O'Reilly 12 May '10

12 May '10

Please join us in welcoming new member Mary Ruddy. Mary's primary areas of interest are Concordia and ULX. Mary is also proposing a new Federation Interoperability Work Group, stay tuned for further details. We look forward to her participation. 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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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Anakam
by Dervla O'Reilly 11 May '10

11 May '10

Please join us in welcoming new member Anakam at Member Level 0. Their primary areas of interest are eGovernment, Healthcare Identity Assurance Work Group. We look forward to Anakam's 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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Announcement: Kantara Initiative Leadership and Support Changes
by Joni Brennan 07 May '10

07 May '10

(This message is sent on the behalf of Matthew Gardiner, President of Kantara Initiative) Colleagues of the Kantara Initiative Greetings from Munich Germany where I was attending the European Identity Conference 2010. A number of other Kantara folk were also in attendance. As my first note to the community as Kantara president I want to take this opportunity to update you on some changes that have taken place recently within the initiative. Firstly, we have just said goodbye to a number of colleagues of longstanding, namely the Rogers (both Sullivan & Martin) and Bill Smith. Roger Sullivan has retired from Oracle and thus simultaneously retired from his position as Kantara President and as a member of the BoT. Roger Martin has finished up his duties as Interim ED after previously finishing up as AOL’s member of the BoT. Also with the official phase out of the Liberty Alliance, Bill Smith has finished his duties as the Liberty representative to the BoT. They all are doing well and wish Kantara nothing but success. I thank them for their work over the years. So those are the goodbyes, what about the hellos? - As the sitting VP of Kantara I automatically take over as President and serve out the remaining term for calendar 2010. - We have just restructured the Kantara staff, promoting Joni to Managing Director of Kantara with the entire Kantara staff reporting to her. We also have opened up a spot for a new staff person that will take over some of Joni’s responsibilities in the role of Technical Program Coordinator (if you have ideas for someone for this role, please pass them to Joni). Given this change in Joni’s responsibilities we have suspended our search for a new ED. We think this new structure will be effective in moving Kantara forward. - Roger Sullivan will be replaced on the BoT by his former colleague at Oracle, Vadim Lander. - Lucy Lynch who is currently on the BoT from ISOC and is the Secretary of Kantara is also taking on the role of Treasurer from Roger Martin. Thanks to Lucy. - IEEE-ISTO (Kantara’s parent organization) is expanding their support role of Kantara to include both financial services as well as marketing support. The bottom line is we think this structure and approach continues to position us well to do well for the identity industry and our members. One final thought for now…please encourage others both inside and outside your organization to participate in the working/discussion groups, become full members, as well as take part in the interoperability and assurance programs, as we literally need to bring the community together to take the industry forward faster. Best Regards, Matthew Gardiner Matthew Gardiner Director of Product Marketing Security & Compliance BU CA, Inc. matthew.gardiner(a)ca.com 508-628-8598

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Death and IIW...
by Kaliya 04 May '10

04 May '10

Hi Kantara I wanted to remind you the Internet Identity Workshop (@idworkshop), that many Kantara community members will be participating and it is just 2 weeks away May 17-19th. We already shifted to late registration pricing but if you use the discount code: Kantara it will give you regular pricing for another week until end day May 10th. We also have one day tickets now on sale. I am also putting on an event just after IIW - Digital Death Day (@digitaldeathday)- focused on all aspects of what happens to someone's online life after they die. Here are descriptions and links to both of these events & three other identity & privacy related events between now and August. Please spread the word to others who who would be interested & please forgive me on the cross posting I felt it was important to spread the word far and wide. Please send this note to other communities. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Kaliya Hamlin - Identity Woman, @identitywoman e-mail: kaliya(a)mac.om phone: 510 472-9069 1) Digital Death Day - May 20th, Mountain View digitaldeathday.com What happens to you Data After you DIE! How do you create a digital will? What are normative social network policies for memorialization? there are whole range of questions about online life and identity. This day will bring together diverse constituents interested the whole range of issues around digital death. 2) 10th Internet Identity Workshop, May 17-19th, Mountain View internetidentityworkshop.com Discount Code: Kantara gets you regular registration rate until midnight Monday May 10th One Day registrations are also available. This event brings together a community of innovators & implementors from large and small companies focused on open standards for distributed user-centric identity online. This promises to be the largest IIW to date. Government implementations, Personal-Data- Stores, Privacy Implications of Social Network Changes, Persona Management, and many other topics will be discussed - see the list of proposed topics here. 3) Computers Freedom and Privacy, June 15-18, San Jose www.cfp2010.org/ Includes an "unconference" afternoon June 16th Smart phones, social networking and the “internet of things” let us integrate the online world and computers more deeply into our lives -- and raise difficult questions, starting with whether we should have to give up our freedom and privacy in to reap the benefits of a constant connection to friends and information. 4) Ping Cloud Identity Summit, July 20-22, Keystone, CO www.cloudidentitysummit.com/ Includes an "unconference" afternoon July 21st Building Credibility in the Cloud. Change is upon us. Enterprise are asking architects to create and enact plans for the future, in a time when protocols are proliferating, services are moving to the cloud and perimeter security has been left behind. It is a time of change. Can the chaos be made to server you rather then the other say around. The best solutions will minimize application change, maximize business flexibility and monetize the benefit of cloud services. Discover them at the Cloud Identity Summit 2010. 5) Privacy Identity and Innovation, August 17-19th, Seattle, WA www.pii2010.com Includes a technology lab for privacy August 19th We realize that pii means different things to different people, and our goal is to find common ground to encourage dialogue and collaboration. Whether you are a privacy rights advocate or you believe privacy is indeed deade, pii2010 will offer a comprehensive look at how information is being created, shared, controlled, collected, stored and secured, how that is likely to change in the future and what it means for individuals, organizations and governments.

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Identity Assurance Framework Version 2.0
by Dervla O'Reilly 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

On behalf of Roger Sullivan, President, Kantara Initiative Kantara Community, We are happy to announce that the Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) Version 2.0 has passed the All-Member Ballot and is now the first official Kantara Initiative Recommendation!. This newly approved first set of Kantara Recommendations on IAF brings an operational framework to the marketplace that is now available for adoption and usage. If you want to get a better understanding of the framework, review the glossary, levels of assurance and overview at the Kantara Initiative site. Congratulations to the Identity Assurance Work Group (IAWG) and it’s members for their diligent work in completing this Recommendation and thanks to everyone who voted. This is a major milestone for Kantara Initiative and, I am sure the first of many groundbreaking and important Recommendations that will be produced by Kantara Initiative in the coming years. Kudos to everyone for their hard work and contributions. We're proud of our team and the great strides they are making. Roger Sullivan President Kantara Initiative ________________________ 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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Cloud Identity Summit - July 20-22 in Keystone, Colorado
by J. Trent Adams 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

All - For those of you interested in how Identity can be leveraged within the context of a "cloud", you might want to check out the Cloud Identity Summit. It's taking place July 20 - 22 in Keystone, Colorado (a hop-skip-and-jump from my home base). http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com/ The Kantara community has been offered a US$200 discount off the regular registration fee. Enter the code "kantara" when registering. A glance through the speakers you'll see some familiar Kantara faces (including Eve Maler and Andrew Nash). There're also some workshops on OpenID, OAuth, and SAML (so there's a little something in there for everyone). Kaliya is also helping to facilitate some open space sessions, so there promises to be a healthy mix of presentations and working sessions. Pasted below is also some more info provided by the organizers. - Trent WHERE CLOUD AND CREDIBILITY INTERSECT ======================================= Like it or not, perimeter security is moving into the industry’s rearview mirror; change is upon us with protocols proliferating and services living in the cloud. As security evolves to meet the demands of the cloud, discover at the Cloud Identity Summit 2010 just how identity is being used to unlock the potential of a borderless world. CLOUD IDENTITY SUMMIT 2010 ========================================== The list of participants says it all: Google, Microsoft, Verisign, SafeNet, PayPal, Cisco, Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Intuit, Bechtel, Accenture, Cloud Security Alliance, OASIS, Red Hat and others. They are all working to make the cloud more secure, more accessible and more trusted through identity. At CIS 2010 you can: * Accelerate your Cloud Strategy * Strengthen awareness of what’s available * Create roadmaps to a secure, identity-aware Cloud * Improve understanding of the issues * Connect with peers, identity visionaries and industry builders Complete agenda: http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com <http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com> PROGRAM AGENDA ================= * Business Case for Extending Internal Identity Management to the Cloud * Understanding the Emerging Cloud Identity Ecosystem * Leveraging Identity to Secure the Cloud * Standardizing Public & Private Cloud Integration * Dissecting Cloud Identity Standards * Privileged Access in the Cloud Best Practice * Planning for Cloud-Based Identity Services * Preparing for 3rd-Party Cloud Identity Providers * Making Cloud Identity Provisioning a Reality * Securing & Personalizing Mashups * Enterprise Identity meets Consumer Identity * Cloud Security Event Monitoring SPECIAL EVENTS: UNCONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS =========================================== While the Summit’s speaker lineup is loaded with heavy hitters., there are additional ways to get even further behind the curtain and deepen your knowledge. Kaliya Hamlin, a widely recognized expert in the field of user-centric identity and unconferences, will facilitate attendee-devised breakout sessions on the second day of the conference. The format has been a proven winner at 10 consecutive Internet Identity Workshop's, an unconference Hamlin founded with Doc Searls and Phil Windley. A major opportunity for attendees to dive into specific topic areas during the first day of the Summit is weaved within four half-day workshops featuring hands-on training by experts from Google, Cisco, Arctec, Axiomatics and PingIdentity Workshop 1: Security In The Cloud Gunnar Peterson, Arctec Group & Christofer Hoff, Cisco Workshop 2: Implementing OpenID, OAuth & OAuth/WRAP for Consumer Identity Chris Messina & Joseph Smarr, Google Workshop 3: Implementing SAML for Secure Single Sign-On Ian Barnett, PingIdentity Security Architect Workshop 4: The Essential XACML Primer Gerry Gebel, Axiomatics JOIN US IN KEYSTONE COLORADO ============================= The Keystone Conference Center and Resort is one of the most popular destinations in the Rocky Mountains for exclusive conferences. Experience all in one place what the Summit and the Rocky Mountains have to offer. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: JULY 20-22, 2010 ============================================================= For details, please visit http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com -- 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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Ludovic Francesconi est absent / is not at the office
by Ludovic Francesconi 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Je serai de retour le.. 26/04/2010... Back to the office on. 26/04/2010.

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Kantara Initiative Webcast: Identity Assurance Frameworks within Federated IAM Systems, May 6, 7-7:45am PDT
by Dervla O'Reilly 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

We invite you to join us for the Kantara Initiative Webcast "Identity Assurance Frameworks within Federated IAM Systems" presented by Joni Brennan, Program Director, Kantara Initiative. The live Webcast is part of the Identity & Access Management Summit and takes place Thursday, May 6, 7-7:45am PDT. Register via the BrightTALK website: http://bit.ly/IAF_Webcast - we encourage you to share with your colleagues. 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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Resignation
by Roger Sullivan 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Colleagues, I informed the Board of Trustees this morning that I will be resigning my position with Oracle at the end of April. Consequently, I will step down as President of Kantara as of that date. Per the Kantara Bylaws, Matthew Gardiner, Kantara Vice President will assume the Presidency. This is a personal decision for which I've been planning for some time. I'm looking forward to spending more time with grandchildren, furniture building, golf, Cape Cod history, etc., etc. It's been a real pleasure and honor to work with you all during my time with Liberty Alliance and Kantara Initiative. I wish you all the best success in the future. Best regards, -- HYPERLINK "http://www.oracle.com/" \nOracle Roger Sullivan | Vice President Phone: +1 781 744 0767 | Mobile: +1 978 828 3520 Oracle Identity Management 10 Van de Graaff Drive | Burlington, MA 01803 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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AUTO: Martin Reilly is on vacation. (returning 21/04/2010)
by Martin Reilly 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Surescripts
by Dervla O'Reilly 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

Please join us in welcoming new member Surescripts. Their primary area of interest is the Healthcare Identity Assurance Work Group. We look forward to Surescript's 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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Kantara Initiative March News Round-Up
by Dervla O'Reilly 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Catch the round up of recent updates from Kantara Initiative: Featuring Paul Trevithick, co-founder and co-chair of the Universal Login Experience (ULX) WG Announcing leadership of Kantara Initiative Work Groups: Consumer Identity WG, P3WG, Healthcare Identity Assurance WG, IdP Selection WG, Telecommunications Identity WG Public workshop: Making the world safe for user-managed access at EIC, May 4, Munich Kantara Initiative’s RSA Security Pre-Conference Workshop, March 1 2010 A round up of work from DG/WGs at the recent Kantara Initiative Conference in Oregon: Concordia, eGov,IdP Selection, ID-WSF Evo, TelCo ID, UMA Identity Assurance, an everyday life issue – articles from the IA WG Chair Concordia DG Authz and LOA Surveys Executive Director Search: Job Description Identity Matters: eGovernment Kantara Initiative’s UMA WG webinar: UMA explained – listen and watch the recording Identity Matters: User Managed Access Announcing Government of Canada Consultation on Cyber Authentication Identity Assurance WG testimony to Health IT Committee and NHIN Industry events – contact Dervla O’Reilly regarding discounted conference rates: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit June 21-23 Maryland, 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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Clique Space - an appeal for business support.
by Owen Thomas 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hello people of the Kantara Initiative general community. I have been lurking here for some time. I have previously contributed. I have also been working on something that I have called Clique Space. My previous contributions to this mailing list have been in relation to this idea. I am now making a similar contribution. Clique Space models the real-time collaborative activity of individuals over any collaborative media one has engaged. While its ultimate implementation and general uptake is very ambitious, its core concept is so simple that I thought there was a buck to be made out of it. With this thought, I registered the concept as a PCT. The PCT will apparently expire in most jurisdictions on 15 July this year. I knew that the idea could never be realised by myself alone, but with a patent, I thought I might be in a position to elicit business support while also giving myself a chance of receiving recognition. Realising that such an ambitious concept may require a lot of work by many individuals, I would be more than willing to discuss an equitable quid-pro-quo that would see me receive some consideration for it as the concepts inventor. Up to now, I haven't been terribly successful at selling this idea possibly because I appear not to be the best at selling things. The PCT expiration date is looming, and I certainly do not have nearly enough available finance to cover national phase registration. So, with this letter, you are observing me as someone doing their utmost to give the idea its best chance of success before it falls out of his grasp and before it loses any prospect of being sellable. I think this concept is particularly versatile and useful; its necessary place in the world of identity management will inevitably become clear to others. So, I here appeal to anyone who reads this letter, and who is in a position particularly to offer financial support to get the patent over the hill of national phase registration, to respond to this email, or to call me directly on +61 401 493 433. I believe that you would not be doing yourself any harm in talking to me about any possibility of engagement. To give you the best idea of what Clique Space is meant to be, you should have a look at the bottom-most link I supply in my email signature below. I have plenty more material that I can share, so I believe I can answer most questions you may have. Thank you for your time and for your consideration, Owen. -- Radical collocation: look, just stop it! You're being ridiculous. www.cliquespace.net Clique Space(TM) Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81335296379 Owen's Garden of Thought: http://owenpaulthomas.blogspot.com/ The Technical Position of the Clique Space Concept: http://telework.ning.com/forum/attachment/download?id=2143918%3AUploadedFil…

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RFP for Kantara Initiative Meeting mid Sept.-mid Nov. 2010
by Dervla O'Reilly 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

On behalf of Roger Sullivan. ********************************** Reporting out of our recent meeting in Portland the directive is that Kantara Initiative will hold our next meeting in Central Europe. We're exploring our options actively right now in looking for sponsors for this upcoming meeting. Meanwhile, members should flag this period on your calendars. We would like to have this meeting in the time frame of mid September to mid November this year. The attached RFP is for a meeting that would accommodate the Board of Trustees (BoT), Leadership Council (LC) as well as several work groups. Please respond directly to me if you might be able to host a meeting or know of a sponsor who could help. 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.org http://www.kantarainitiative.org ________________________ 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.org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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Call for papers: The Sixth ACM Workshop on Digital Identity Management
by Kenji Takahashi 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Dear colleagues, Just an FYI. Kenji -- The Sixth ACM Workshop on Digital Identity Management October 8, 2010, Chicago, IL, USA. Collocated with ACM CCS 2010 http://www2.pflab.ecl.ntt.co.jp/dim2010 http://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2010/ Important dates * Paper submissions due : June 28, 2010 * Notification to the authors : August 6, 2010 * Camera ready papers due : August 16, 2010 (Firm deadline) * DIM Workshop : October 8, 2010 (CCS Conference : October 4 – 10, 2010) The Digital Identity Management Workshop brings together academia and industry to explore all aspects of identity management. Identity management is an endeavor to make identities available to humans, services, and systems in a secure and privacy-protecting manner. Currently we are facing grand challenges, such as financial and ecological crises, which require global collaboration. Best exemplified in the cloud computing and smart grid movement, ICT-enabled infrastructures are playing a crucial role in facilitating global collaboration for economic and ecological advancement. Such infrastructures must incorporate identity management capabilities that allow individuals and organizations to identify and trust each other over networks in a scalable and reliable manner, while striking the best balance between usability, security, and privacy. The goal of this workshop is to share new findings and ideas, discover key issues, and seek opportunities for active collaboration between industry and academia. The workshop seeks submissions from diverse communities, such as open source projects, standardization fora, government organizations, security and privacy experts, software engineers, and corporate & academic researchers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Identity management for cloud computing * Identity management for critical infrastructure (e.g., smart grid) * Identity assurance * Identity governance * Attribute aggregation * Identity in service-oriented architecture (SOA) * Anonymity and pseudonymity * Accountability in identity management * Identity management APIs * Identity management in ubiquitous and mobile computing * Reputation and incentive systems, and reputation management * Privacy-enhanced identity management * Identity solutions for specific areas (e.g., healthcare, government, education, and telecommunications) * Identity-based access control * Identity discovery * Identity theft prevention * User-centric identity management * User experience models and integrity * Standardization of IDM and policies thereof, standards harmonization * Case studies and lessons from large scale deployment * Vulnerabilities, threat analysis and risk assessment of IDM solutions (e.g., threat of malware affecting identity theft) * Analysis of differences between requirements for consumer and enterprise IDM ________________________ Submission Instructions Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers should be at most 10 pages, using at least 10.5-point font and reasonable margins on A4 or US letter-size paper (8.5 inch x 11 inch). Committee members are not required to read the appendices, and so submissions should be intelligible without them. Each submission should start with the title, abstract, and names and contact information of authors. The introduction should give background and summarize the contributions of the paper at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the workshop. _______________________ === Organizing Committee === Co-chairs * Thomas Groß, IBM Research, Switzerland * Kenji Takahashi, NTT, Japan ________________________ === Program Committee === * Gail-Joon Ahn, Arizona State University, USA * Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel, Intel, USA * Hu Bin, Huawei Technologies, USA * Federica Paci, University of Trento, Italy * Jan Camenisch, IBM Research, Switzerland * Marco Casassa Mont, HP Labs, UK * David Chadwick, University of Kent, UK * Chihung Chi, Tsinghua University, China * Hidehito Gomi, Yahoo! Japan Research, Japan * Weili Han, Fudan University, China * Seung-Hyun Kim, ETRI, Korea * Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft, USA * Hyung-Jin Lim, Financial Security Agency, Korea * Howard Lipson, CERT, USA * Paul Madsen, NTT, Canada * Eve Maler, PayPal, USA * Piotr Pacyna, AGH Univ. of Science and Technology, Poland * Andreas Pfitzmann, Dresden Univ. of Technology, Germany * Rakesh Radhakrishnan, Sun Microsystems, USA * Amardeo Sarma, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany * Jörg Schwenk, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany * Diana Smetters, PARC, USA * Anna C. Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State Univ., USA * Tsuyoshi Takagi, Future University - Hakodate, Japan * Peter Weik, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

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Kantara welcomes new member Indiana University
by Dervla O'Reilly 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

Please join us in welcoming new member Indiana University. We look forward to her 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.org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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US Time Change
by J. Trent Adams 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

All - As a reminder, the US shifted it's clocks over the weekend to reflect Daylight Savings Time. I'm guessing that most of you know this already, but I'm also betting that most haven't double-checked their call schedules... ... so, you might want to take this opportunity to double-check your calendar to ensure it accurately reflects the time change. In case it helps, here's a good tool for converting time between locations based on dates: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html 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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Kantara Marketing Committee
by Roger Sullivan 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Colleagues, In recent weeks, some of you have provided feedback on ways we could improve our marketing and public relations, ranging from our core messages to the website and wiki layout. The Trustees have also discussed this at length here in Hillsboro and resolved to form a Marketing subcommittee of those folks with interest, ideas and skills in this area, to carry ideas forward into reality. Please give this consideration. We are interested in having any willing participants - both those currently active in Kantara as well as others with marketing skills who are not yet involved. Please pass the message along to your colleagues and consider helping out. Marketing is critical to Kantara's perception both externally and internally. We have some truly great work going on, and we need to tell both the world and ourselves, all about it. Please express your interest by Monday 21st March so that we can make a start on this exciting and fulfilling endeavor. Thanks Roger Sullivan President -- HYPERLINK "http://www.oracle.com/" \nOracle Roger Sullivan | Vice President Phone: +1 781 744 0767 | Mobile: +1 978 828 3520 Oracle Identity Management 10 Van de Graaff Drive | Burlington, MA 01803 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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The Technical Position of the Clique Space Concept
by Owen Thomas 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hello people. I hope to indulge your interest for a short while on a report I have recently published on my impressions of how Clique Space would fit with other technologies such as OpenID. Please let me know what you think about this document, you'll find it at: http://telework.ning.com/forum/attachment/download?id=2143918%3AUploadedFil… . Thanks, Owen. -- www.cliquespace.net Clique Space(TM) Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81335296379 Owen's Garden of Thought: http://owenpaulthomas.blogspot.com/

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Myisha Frazier-McElveen
by Dervla O'Reilly 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Please join us in welcoming new member Myisha Frazier-McElveen. Myisha's primary area of interests are with the Healthcare Identity Assurance and Identity Assurance WGs. We look forward to her 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.org http://www.kantarainitiative.org

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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 02 Mar '10

02 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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