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Reinventing the Web, One Site at a Time: New label helps people make smarter decisions about information we share online
by Dervla O'Reilly 02 May '12

02 May '12

Reinventing the Web, One Site at a Time: New label helps people make smarter decisions about information we share online May 2, 2012 Mountain View, California – At this week’s Internet Identity Workshop, Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group (http://InformationSharingWorkGroup.org) released a proposed Standard Information Sharing Label designed to help people understand how the information we share online gets used. The label replaces confusing legalese typically buried in multi-page Terms of Service agreements with clear, simple language about who is requesting what information, for what purpose. The label can be used by any website with minimal effort and at no cost. The team has launched a Kickstarter project to fund the graphic design of the new label and seeks feedback and input in its weekly conference calls. Website Terms of Service (TOS) agreements often go unread as website visitors ignore links and “click-through” without actually reading the fine print. As a result, most people have no idea what they are agreeing to. Typically these agreements are isolated from the primary user experience and filled with complex language and details that most people don’t understand. However, with the rise of privacy risks from sharing personal information online, people are increasingly concerned about how their information is used. The Standard Information Sharing Label works in conjunction with existing practices to give individuals a clear, unambiguous picture of what is happening with the information they are about to share. Using a consistent design across all websites makes it easier for individuals to understand before they share, just like the USDA Nutrition Facts label helps consumers understand their nutritional options before they buy packaged foods. The Working Draft of the proposed specification can be found at http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/infosharing/Standard+Inform… The group has produced a short video and launched a Kickstarter project to promote and finance the graphic design of the Standard Label. The video and information for backing the project can be found at http://standardlabel.org The Information Sharing Work Group formed in April of 2009 to create a way to use contract law to make it easier and safer for people to share information online. Focusing on the narrow use case of information individuals voluntarily give to websites, the group’s approach avoids both the challenge of “solving” online privacy and the herculean task of standardizing general Terms of Service agreements. Bootstrapping a contractual Data Transaction agreement at the point of sharing is simpler and easier to understand, allowing both individuals and organizations to agree on the essential details for any online exchange. The Standard Information Sharing Label is the visible portion of that new framework and the first component to be released for public comment. The Work Group is co-Chaired by Iain Henderson and Joe Andrieu. Kantara Initiative (http://kantarainitiative.org) is an industry and community organization which enables trust in identity services through our compliance programs, requirements development, and information sharing among communities including: industry, research & education, government agencies and international stakeholders. Contact: Joe Andrieu +1(805)705-8651 joe(a)switchbook.com ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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See presentations and videos from Kantara Summit and Workshop in Munich, April 2012
by Dervla O'Reilly 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

See a round up of presentations and videos from Munich Kantara Summit at EIC – April 17, 2012 Mapping The Identity Ecosystem: A multi-national perspective – Christine Runnegar, Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC - slides Trust Frameworks: Tools to build the Identity Ecosystem – It takes a village! – Joni Brennan, Executive Director, Kantara Initiative - slides eGov SAML 2: Verifying Interoperability in eGovernment Scenarios – Colin Wallis, Authentication Standards Manager, DIA New Zealand Government - slides Managing Profiles – David Simonsen, WAYF - slides Federation Interoperability, SAML2INT, Listing Service – John Bradley, Identity Domain Expert - slides OpenID Connect Deployment Verification Tool Demo – Roland Hedberg, Umeå University, Sweden, GEANT3, Terena - slides Edentity presenting “Experience of Federating Personal Data with User-Managed Access – Kevin Cox - link to preso UMA Interop – Mario Hoffmann, Fraunhofer AISEC - slides Kantara Workshop, Garching, Munich – hosted by Fraunhofer AISEC – April 13-14, 2012 Fraunhofer AISEC – introduction and overview - slides Demo 1: Mikael Ates, Entr’ouvert – Authentic 2 - slides Demo 2: Mikael Ates, Entr’ouvert – roleID Project; European Collaborative Project - slides Demo 3: Mario Hoffmann, Fraunhofer AISEC – Location Aware Recommendation Service - demo slides Demo 4: David Simonsen, WAYF – Calculating the Economic Benefit of ID Federation – demo recording Kantara: Building a Healthy ID Ecosystem - slides UMA Interop – Mario Hoffmanm, Fraunhofer AISEC - demo video ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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Kantara Initiative announces Electrosoft as the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor
by Dervla O'Reilly 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

April 18, 2012, Piscataway, NJ – Kantara Initiative is proud to announce that Electrosoft is the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor able to perform Kantara Service Assessments at Assurance Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) provides a means to enable relying parties to understand the trustworthiness of electronic identity credentials issued at commonly agreed levels of assurance. The IAF specifies the verification and proofing checks that Credential Service Providers (CSPs) carry out on entities, the way that CSPs run their services, and how the CSPs, themselves, are assessed by accredited assessors to verify they are operating their services in conformance with their proclaimed level(s) of assurance and the stated terms of service. Joni Brennan, Kantara Executive Director said, “Kantara Initiative is dedicated to enabling verified trust in identity services via our CSP Approval Program. We are pleased to welcome Electrosoft as the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor.” View our Kantara-Accredited Assessors and Approved Services. “Electrosoft is excited to be part of the Kantara Initiative and a Kantara-Accredited Assessor. We are already engaged in one of the first Kantara assessments and view this as a core business offering. We have established ourselves as thought leaders and subject matter experts in the Identity Management arena. Our employees were part of the core team that authored FIPS 201, Personal Identity Verification for Federal Employees and Contractors, in support of NIST and are named authors on related NIST guidelines” said Electrosoft President Sarbari Gupta. “By choosing Electrosoft, an organization can be assured that world-class subject matter experts in the identity management space are involved and can quickly understand and assess the target system against the appropriate requirements.” To learn more about Electrosoft, please visit the company’s website. Based on adoption of the IAF, Kantara Initiative has been approved by the US Federal Government Federal Identity Credential and Access Management team as a Trust Framework Provider qualified to operate at Assurance Levels 1, 2 and 3 non-crypto. Kantara-Approved Services are qualified to issue and manage credentials that can interoperate and access US Government on-line services such as National Institute of Health (NIH) research libraries or Veterans Association (VA) benefits. Kantara Initiative also actively works with international governments in regions including North America, Europe and Pan-Asia, to align this program for multi-jurisdictional adoption. The Kantara Initiative Assurance Review Board (ARB) reviews applicant Assessors to ensure applicants have the skills, knowledge, experience and processes necessary to reliably perform assessments of CSPs on the behalf of Kantara Initiative. Kantara-Accredited Assessors perform assessments of CSPs based on the IAF’s Service Assessment Criteria (SAC) and provide a Kantara Assessment Report (KAR) to the ARB. The ARB uses the KAR report as the basis for a recommendation to the Board of Trustees concerning the grant of Kantara-Approved Service status to a CSP, for its given Credential Service. Kantara is accepting applications for Assessor Accreditation and Credential Service Approval. Visit our Accreditation and Approval Center for more information. Please address queries regarding your application to staff (at) kantarainitiative.org or via our Contact Us form. Kantara Initiative is an industry and community organization which enables trust in identity services through our compliance programs, requirements development, and information sharing among communities including: industry, research & education, government agencies and international stakeholders. ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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Kantara Initiative F2F Workshop - dial-in access
by Dervla O'Reilly 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

We look forward to our F2F workshop this week in Munich. For those who are unable to attend in person, can you let us know if you wish to dial-in remotely? Agenda: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/Kantara+Initiative+Confe… Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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Kantara Initiative Summit, April 17 at EIC Munich
by Dervla O'Reilly 09 Apr '12

09 Apr '12

Trust Frameworks, Deployment Interoperability and eGovernment multi-national scenarios & User Managed Access (UMA) Interop produced by Kantara Initiative Details: What: Kantara Initiative Summit When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 8:00am-1:30pm, Room Galerie Where: Dolce Ballhaus Forum, Andreas-Danzer-Weg, 85716 Unterschleißheim, Munich, Germany (at the European Identity Conference 2012) Description: 2012 brings new opportunities for identity services in the eGovernment and private markets. Gain “state-of-identity” insights through a series of presentations of common scenarios from diverse market leaders. We will focus on Trust Framework Model, deployment interoperability, and what your organization can do to get involved. We also look forward some open-time Q&A as well as learning more about the experiences the attendees would like to share. The User Managed Access (UMA) Interop will show some UMA real-world implementations including: SMARTAM.org and Fraunhofer AISEC. We are also looking forward to hearing feedback and questions from the audience as input to the discussions. Register: Register for the Kantara Summit via EIC Conference. 40 persons max. capacity. Agenda: Time Topic 8:00-8:15 Breakfast 8:15-8:30 Welcome – Joni Brennan, Executive Director, Kantara Initiative 8:30-9:15 Session 1 • Mapping The Identity Ecosystem: A multi-national perspective – Christine Runnegar, Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC 9:15-10:00 Session 2 • Trust Frameworks: Tools to build the Identity Ecosystem – It takes a village! – Joni Brennan, Executive Director, Kantara Initiative • Let’s talk Interoperability – Deployment versus Full Matrix Connecting the dots – Joni Brennan, Executive Director, Kantara Initiative 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:00 Session 3 • eGov SAML 2: Verifying Interoperability in eGovernment Scenarios – Colin Wallis, Authentication Standards Manager, DIA New Zealand Government 11:00-11:45 Session 4 • Federation Interoperability, SAML2INT, Listing Service – John Bradley, Identity Domain Expert - also joined by Kevin Cox, Edentity presenting "Experience of Federating Personal Data with User-Managed Access" 11:45-12:00 Break 12:00-1:30 Session 5 • UMA Interop - Maciej Machulak (15mins Summary / Q&A) The User-Managed Access (UMA) group has produced a draft technical specification that has been implemented by several organizations so far. This morning, we have been performing UMA interop testing among some UMA implementations. This session will share UMA's latest status, the nature of its integration with OAuth and OpenID Connect, and the progress on these implementations. During lunch, we invite you to visit with the interop testers to see their applications at work. So far, the following implementers are planning to participate: SMARTAM.org and Fraunhofer AISEC. • OpenID Connect Deployment Verification Tool Demo - Roland Hedberg, Umeå University, Sweden, GEANT3, Terena (30mins Overview, Demo / Q&A) A session to discuss current positive feedback from implementers which supports the testing tool as extremely helpful for continuous verification of development work. A natural next-step after running interoperability workshops is to provide implementers of standards tools that allow continuous verification of the correctness of development code. This session will explain how Kantaras/Geant3s OpenID Connect test facility is one such tool to enable continuous development improvement and heightened interoperability. • Closing Remarks – Joni Brennan, Executive Director, Kantara Initiative (30mins / Q&A) 13:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00 Opening Keynotes at main Conference

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Colin Soutar
by Dervla O'Reilly 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Please join us in welcoming Colin Soutar at Member Level Individual Contributor (IC) as a new Kantara Initiative member. We look forward to his participation and involvement. Regards, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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Join Kantara’s Workshop in Munich next week – April 13 & 14
by Dervla O'Reilly 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Join us next week in Munich for the Kantara Spring Workshop, April 13-14, 2012. The event is kindly hosted by Fraunhofer AISEC in Garching, just outside Munich, Germany. The focus for the workshop is; Strategic planning, Interoperability, eGovernment, NSTIC and more. Kantara’s Board of Trustees and Working/Discussion Groups will meet to focus on forward planning and future goals. We hope you can join us in Munich. Contact dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org if any questions. Registration: http://kantaramunichmtg.eventbrite.com/ Agenda: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/Kantara+Initiative+Confe… Please Note: Non-member Independents/Contributors/Students who register by the early-bird deadline are entitled to credit their meeting registration towards an Individual Contributor level membership. ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Exostar
by Dervla O'Reilly 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

Please join us in welcoming Exostar at Member Level M1 as a new Kantara Initiative member. We look forward to their participation and involvement. Regards, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member UnboundID Corp
by Dervla O'Reilly 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Please join us in welcoming UnboundID Corp at Member Level M0 as a new Kantara Initiative member. We look forward to their participation and involvement. Regards, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Learn more about Kantara Initiative membership: http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/membership/

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Don't Forget - Register for the Kantara F2F April 13-14 and Summit co-located with EIC April 17
by Joni Brennan 23 Mar '12

23 Mar '12

Hello Kantara Community and Friends, *Don't forget to register* for the Kantara F2F Meeting April 13-14 Munich, Germany, hosted by Fraunhofer SIT. Also Kantara Initiative is excited to bring you our Kantara Summit as part of the European Identity Conference (EIC) April 17. Details are below. We hope you'll join us for either or both events! Co-located with the European Identity Conference (EIC), join us for our 2-day Kantara Initiative face-to-face meeting in Garching, just outside Munich, Germany. The Board of Trustees (BoT), Leadership Council (LC), Discussion Groups (DGs) and Working Groups (WGs) will meet over concurrent tracks. Light breakfast, breaks and lunch will be provided. *When: *April 13-14, 2012 *Where: *Garching, just outside Munich, Germany, Hosted by Fraunhofer SIT *Agenda: * http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/x/BQDF *Venue Details:* http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/x/BYB8Aw *Social Event:* Friday April 13 - Stay tuned for details *Day Trip: *Sunday, April 15 - Stay tuned for details *Related: *Kantara EIC Summit April 17 - http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/x/DoN8Aw Also, please don't hesitate to use any of the links above to tell your respective communities about these events via twitter and social networking. Best Regards, =Joni Joni Brennan Kantara Initiative | Executive Director IEEE-ISTO voice:+1 732-226-4223 email: joni @ ieee-isto.org YouTube: Kantara Initiative - The Bridge to Assurance Communities http://youtu.be/AHFqMUe04lQ

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