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Message from Kantara Initiative President - Welcome to 2011
by Joni Brennan 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

(Sent on the behalf of Matthew Gardiner (CA), Kantara Initiative President) Welcome to 2011. We hope you are now well rested and ready to push forward in our joint quest to make a more secure and trusted Internet easier for everyone. Going into 2011 the Kantara Initiative, now almost two years old, has some good things going that we need to expand upon as well as some challenges that we as a group all need to do our part to mitigate. On the plus side, the market continues to be our friend. More and more people are recognizing the central role of identity online, in particular with the rise of public clouds. The continued rise of the federated identity model in such programs as NSTIC in the U.S. Government and the Cyber Authentication Program in the Canadian government shows clearly the value of the federated model. Where the Internet is heading comes right through the issues that we at Kantara are leading on and have been for some time – trust, privacy, interoperability – to name a few areas. A bit more practically, we also enter 2011 with a small but committed staff led by Joni that continues to catalyze the organization’s work products. We are very unique as an organization to *not* rely on volunteers for * everything* we do. We however need to continue to be mindful of the balance as ultimately the core work needs to continue to materialize mostly through volunteer efforts. But it is very nice to have a reliable, expert, and readily-enabled staff to push us along and make the work progress more efficiently. Also we have great global participation in Kantara, covering North America, Europe, and Asia (in particular Japan). This is incredibly important for the type of work we do and an important advantage that Kantara has. The Paris meeting in October 2010 was the most recent example of our global perspective and participation in action. I should note that we already have confirmed a meeting in Germany May 16-18 hosted by our colleagues at the Fraunhofer Institute. For those based in North America we are also tentatively planning for a Fall meeting in the Washington D.C. area later in the year. We also have a continually expanding Discussion & Work Group roster, with the most recent additions of the Business Cases for Trusted Federations DG and the European Use Case and Market DG. And finally, in an effort to continue to expand the value of membership and the footprint of Kantara within our members’ own organizations, the Board of Trustees are currently working on a bylaw update that will create 2 new annually elected spots on the board open to all organizational members. You will hear more about this once the bylaw change has been approved and the election process has been kicked off. Start giving some thought as to whether your organization would like to run for one of the two “at-large” Board of Trustees seats. Now to the challenges. Three key ones that I see are financial, people resources, and awareness. Your first response probably is, “doesn’t every organization have these problems”? Of course this is true, but we still need to move the needle on them. Regarding finances, you should know that the Board of Trustees just passed our 2011 budget and it was a tough one. We have cut what we think it is reasonable to cut while staying vibrant, we aren’t funding projects as much as we would like, and we are still spending in deficit (no we aren’t borrowing money, we are spending down our surplus). Obviously, unless you are government, deficit spending can’t go on for long (and it can’t for them either actually) so we need to find more revenue so that we can fund even more projects in 2011 and beyond. We have partly addressed this funding challenge by approving a 10% across the board increase in membership fees for 2011. Obviously for the long term health of the organization we need more paying members (not existing members paying more), more externally funded projects, and more revenue from programs such as the assurance and interoperability certification programs. One action for you to take for 2011 is if you aren’t currently a paying member, please become one. If you are already a paying member, please consider upgrading to the Trustee level. Another action would be to locate finances within your organization that you can bring forward to fund a project though Kantara. FYI, as part of the 2011 budget we did set aside some funds against which the Leadership Council approved projects can seek to get matching funds. On the people resources issue, we need more identity experts of all types participating actively in more Kantara groups. An action you can take right now is to ask one person that isn’t already active in Kantara in your organization to take an active role in one of the existing or new Discussion/Work Groups. On the awareness front, it seems clear that not enough people that should be aware of Kantara are fully aware. In my experience the best way to do this is through speaking and writing with direct tie-backs to the appropriate Kantara activities. An action you can take is to submit a speaking session to your favorite identity-oriented conference on a topic directly related to what you are doing with Kantara. Some people are already doing this today, but all of you should consider yourselves to be Kantara evangelists. I firmly believe that if more people knew about our activities at Kantara, the other two issues of people and financial resources would solve themselves. I look forward to collaborating with you more in 2011! Matthew Gardiner President Kantara Initiative Director, CA Technologies =Joni Joni Brennan IEEE-ISTO Kantara Initiative | Managing Director voice:+1 732-226-4223 email: joni @ ieee-isto.org gtalk: jonibrennan skype: upon request Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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Post NSTIC Stanford event meeting
by Kaliya 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

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FYI - NSTIC Meeting in Silicon Valley on Friday Jan 7
by Joni Brennan 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

This meeting may be of interest to many on this list. If you are planning to attend please do let us know as Kantara would kindly seek a short summary from the meeting. In case you happen to be near Stanford on Friday the 7th, there's a short NSTIC overview meeting: ----- Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and cybersecurity czar Howard Schmidt are slated to head out to Stanford this Friday to offer insight on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. They'll join a slew of industry leaders - including the CEOs from McAfee and TechAmerica, one of the event's hosts - to discuss what's next for the draft proposal the administration released this summer. (Look for a final version of it to arrive early this winter, with the president perhaps receiving the report before President's Day.) ----- For details and to register: http://www.techamerica.org/nstic Best Regards, Joni

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Call for nominations for the Kantara Initiative 2011 IDDY (IDentity Deployment of the Year) Awards
by Dervla O'Reilly 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

The call for nominations for the 2011 IDDY (IDentity Deployment of the Year) Awards is still open! We encourage you to refer partners and organizations that could be good candidates for the award program. Past winners are among the best and brightest in the identity marketplace, and we look forward to honoring this year's recipients at the RSA Conference, February 2011. This fifth year of IDDY Awards will honor deployments and proofs of concept of all identity specifications anyone that utilizes 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., is encouraged to participate. Below you will find documents that outline the judging criteria for the proof of concept (POC) and the deployment categories. The application forms are available as well. IDDYAwards 2011 Identity Deployment Category Judging Criteria final.pdf IDDYAwards 2011 Identity Deployment Nomination Form final.pdf IDDYAwards 2011 POC Emerging Applications Category Criteria final.pdf IDDYAwards 2011 POC Emerging Nomination Form final.pdf Key dates to remember: Applications due: January 5, 2011 by midnight PT---submit to iddy(a)kantarainiative.org Award winners notified by January 17, 2011 IDDY Award presentation February 14, 2011 2009 IDDY Award winners: IDDY Deployment award winners: Google and Plaxo, Signicat, The U.S. Department of Defense. IDDY Proof of Concept (POC) awards: fun communications, Gemalto and Vodafone, NRI and NTT and Oracle. Have questions? Contact – iddy(a)kantarainitiative.org Good luck! ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 415 202 5212 Skype +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Subscribe to the Kantara Initiative newsletter

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Save the date – Next Kantara Meeting May 16-18, 2011 hosted by Fraunhofer FOKUS, Charlottenburg, Berlin
by Dervla O'Reilly 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Save the date for the next Kantara Initiative meeting to be held May 16-18, 2011. Many thanks to our gracious hosts Fraunhofer FOKUS who will host the meeting at their institute in Charlottenburg, Berlin. Kantara is planning a one-day Summit on May 10 at the European Identity Conference in Munich where we expect many members and participants to be in attendance. Contact Dervla O’Reilly if you have questions regarding the meeting and are interested to participate in the May 10 Summit. ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 415 202 5212 Skype +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Subscribe to the Kantara Initiative newsletter

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Kantara Initiative announces 2 new Discussion Groups: EUM & BCTF
by Dervla O'Reilly 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Kantara Initiative is announcing the formation of the 2 new Discussion groups. The Kantara Initiative European Use Case and Market Discussion Group (EUM DG). The purpose of this discussion group is to identify and raise awareness of Use Cases that are of particular importance to Federation and Identity systems in the European Union market. The convener of this group is Serge Ravet. For more information on the European Use Case and Market Discussion Group, please visit the home page here · Join the Group · Review the Charter · Mail list and Archives · Designated IPR Policy options for operation – the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution IPR Policy option The Kantara Initiative Business Cases for Trusted Federation Discussion Group (BCTF DG). The purpose of this discussion group is to identify and raise awareness of Business Cases for the deployment and adoption of Federation models – particularly the Trust Framework model. The convener of this group is Rainer Hoerbe. For more information on the Business Cases for Trusted Federation Discussion Group, please visit the home page here · Join the Group · Review the Charter · Mail list and Archives · Designated IPR Policy options for operation – the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution IPR Policy option ANYONE may participate in a Kantara Initiative Discussion Group (DG) or Work Group (WG). If you or your colleagues would like to join this group, you will simply need to complete the Group Participation Agreement here for either group. Stay tuned for details of kick-off calls for both groups. (NOTE: joining Kantara Initiative as a Member does not automatically enroll you as a Participant in any particular DG or WG — you must specifically join those groups in which you choose to participate): 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 our contact form We look forward to your participation. ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 415 202 5212 Skype +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Subscribe to the Kantara Initiative newsletter

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Identity Collaboration Day, Feb. 14, 2011
by Dervla O'Reilly 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Identity Collaboration Day Across User-Centric, Enterprise and Government Identity Initiatives Monday February 14th, prior to RSA North America Register and get the early-bird rate before Dec. 17 This event is being jointly produced by the Kantara Initiative and IIW producers (Doc Searls, Phil Windley and Kaliya Hamlin) - Identity Commons. Join us in connecting the big enterprise resources with individual contributors (big and small) The focus of this event will be to explore the emerging synergies between the user-centric and enterprise communities. On-going perceptions of a struggle between these two communities have been written about and explored by some of the brightest minds in the identity management and privacy spaces. However, given this event takes place on Valentine’s Day the, Identity Collaboration Day will take the inverse approach and focus on what these groups actually have in common and how we can, and ARE, working together to leverage the sweet spots within both areas of approach. We hope that you’ll join us in working to dispel negative competitive perceptions and work towards harmonized approaches for the good of all! We imagine a whole range of interesting topics that user-centric and enterprise communities contribute to will be put forth. You can see the range of topics covered at the most recent IIW in November here on their wiki. Kantara's current list of working groups is here and latest announcements can be found here. So.... if you are involved in the Identity Commons or Kantara Initiative, OIX, Open ID or Information Cards come and spend a day collaborating together! Like IIW, the agenda will be created live the day of the event by the participants. Ideas for session topics are gathered as attendees register and they will be shared online leading up to the event. Due to the many different activities happening on the Monday before RSA, we have divided the day into 2 distinct sessions – morning and afternoon. Tickets are available for the entire day or for just the Morning or Afternoon session. Agenda creation will happen a second time just after lunch at the beginning of the Afternoon session. The venue is in downtown San Francisco, just a short walking distance, cab or subway ride from the RSA Convention Center. Schedule 8:00 AM Registration - Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30 Agenda Creation Part 1 9:30 - 10:30 Session 1 10:30 - 11:30 Session 2 11:30 -12:30 Session 3 12:30 Lunch & Registration for Afternoon Session We plan to serve a tasty and easily transportable box lunch! 1:30 - 2:00 Agenda Creation Part 2 2:00 - 3:00 Session 4 3:00 - 4:00 Session 5 4:00 - 5:00 Session 6 5:00 - 5:30 Closing 5:30 - 6:30 Social Hour Immediately Following the Closing We look forward to seeing you there. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 415 202 5212 Skype +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Subscribe to the Kantara Initiative newsletter

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2 new reports from the Kantara Initiative Information Sharing Work Group (ISWG)
by Dervla O'Reilly 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

We’re happy to share two new reports created by Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group (ISWG). The first report, The Information Sharing Report, is a Work Group Report of the Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group based on a comprehensive literature review. Research and report by Mark Lizar, with contributions from Joe Andrieu, Judi Clark, and Iain Henderson. A special thanks also to Eve Maler for her contributions. The second report, the Personal RFP Engagement Model Report, is a Work Group Report of the Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group based on Step 3 in the ISWG’s Car Buying Engagement Model. Both reports have been approved by Kantara Initiative’s Leadership Council and can be found on our Reports page. We encourage your participation in the ISWG. Send comments to joe(a)switchbook.com ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 415 202 5212 Skype +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Subscribe to the Kantara Initiative newsletter

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NOTICE: Kantara Initiative SAML 2.0 Interop Test Dates Adjusted - Registration Extended
by Dervla O'Reilly 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Kantara Initiative - SAML 2.0 Interoperability Test Test Plan ver3.3 Hello - This message is serves as notice of the updated SAML 2.0 Interoperability testing schedule. In order to allow more participants the opportunity to register as well as to better leverage resources the SAML 2.0 Interoperability test has been rescheduled to begin January 6th and end February 24th (2011). We continue to accept registrations for the Kantara Initiative Interoperability Certification for SAML 2.0 test event. Registration concludes on Thursday December 30, 2010 To register visit: http://signup.kantarainitiative.org/event/. Registration fees: SAML 2.0 Interop Test Plan ver3.3: $16,000 per product with version Testing Location No travel is required. Participants will test over the internet from their own respective sites and communicate daily via conference calls and mail list server. Schedule August 2: Registration BEGINS December 30: Registration deadline January 6 (2011): SAML 2.0 Tests starts February 24 (2011): Test ends Why Have Your SAML Product Kantara Initiative Interoperability Certified? The SAML standard continues to be one of the most widely adopted identity management standards in the world. With industries from around the globe adopting SAML, the critical identity information that flows over SAML represents millions of identities each year. To ensure that identity information is securely handled, Kantara Initiative full- matrix interoperability certification is mission critical for these industries. There are typically some 6-8 participating products from around the globe participating in each round of testing with some 500 SAML transactions performed. Kantara Initiative selected Drummond Group, the trusted interoperability test lab, as its testing partner. Drummond Group has a proven track record of certification of interoperability of software, having tested hundreds of products from around the globe in a variety of standards. What will be tested? The Kantara Initiative SAML 2.0 test criteria test plan covers the required functionality through documented test steps. Version 3.3 of the test plan was finalized last month and will be used in this year’s test event. It will be similar to last year’s version 3.2.2 but also includes the new eGov 2.0 profile. You can find thetest plan at: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/certification/SAML+2.0+Full… eGov profiles vs. 1.5 and 2.0 will be tested in this upcoming test event. The SAML 2.0 eGovernment Profile 2.0 reflects the features deemed necessary or desirable from software implementations in support of a variety of deployment profiles planned and in use for government identity management. One aspect of this version of the profile that is particularly interesting is the inclusion of Metadata and Trust Management support. Interested or have questions? Please contact KANTARA INITIATIVE: Joni Brennan, email: joni(a)ieee-isto.org or Drummond Group: Joani Hughes, email: Joani(a)drummondgroup.com Best Regards, -- Joni Brennan IEEE-ISTO Kantara Initiative | Managing Director voice:+1 732-226-4223 email: joni @ ieee-isto.org gtalk: jonibrennan skype: upon request Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community(a)kantarainitiative.org http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 415 202 5212 Skype +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Subscribe to the Kantara Initiative newsletter

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Identity Collaboration Day, Feb. 14, 2011
by Dervla O'Reilly 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Identity Collaboration Day Across User-Centric, Enterprise and Government Identity Initiatives Monday February 14th, prior to RSA North America Register and get the early-bird rate before Dec. 17 This event is being jointly produced by the Kantara Initiative and IIW producers (Doc Searls, Phil Windley and Kaliya Hamlin) - Identity Commons. Join us in connecting the big enterprise resources with individual contributors (big and small) The focus of this event will be to explore the emerging synergies between the user-centric and enterprise communities. On-going perceptions of a struggle between these two communities have been written about and explored by some of the brightest minds in the identity management and privacy spaces. However, given this event takes place on Valentine’s Day the, Identity Collaboration Day will take the inverse approach and focus on what these groups actually have in common and how we can, and ARE, working together to leverage the sweet spots within both areas of approach. We hope that you’ll join us in working to dispel negative competitive perceptions and work towards harmonized approaches for the good of all! We imagine a whole range of interesting topics that user-centric and enterprise communities contribute to will be put forth. You can see the range of topics covered at the most recent IIW in November here on their wiki. Kantara's current list of working groups is here and latest announcements can be found here. So.... if you are involved in the Identity Commons or Kantara Initiative, OIX, Open ID or Information Cards come and spend a day collaborating together! Like IIW, the agenda will be created live the day of the event by the participants. Ideas for session topics are gathered as attendees register and they will be shared online leading up to the event. Due to the many different activities happening on the Monday before RSA, we have divided the day into 2 distinct sessions – morning and afternoon. Tickets are available for the entire day or for just the Morning or Afternoon session. Agenda creation will happen a second time just after lunch at the beginning of the Afternoon session. The venue is in downtown San Francisco, just a short walking distance, cab or subway ride from the RSA Convention Center. Schedule 8:00 AM Registration - Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30 Agenda Creation Part 1 9:30 - 10:30 Session 1 10:30 - 11:30 Session 2 11:30 -12:30 Session 3 12:30 Lunch & Registration for Afternoon Session We plan to serve a tasty and easily transportable box lunch! 1:30 - 2:00 Agenda Creation Part 2 2:00 - 3:00 Session 4 3:00 - 4:00 Session 5 4:00 - 5:00 Session 6 5:00 - 5:30 Closing 5:30 - 6:30 Social Hour Immediately Following the Closing We look forward to seeing you there. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 415 948 3650 mobile +1 415 202 5212 Skype +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Subscribe to the Kantara Initiative newsletter

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