Kantara
Initiative
Awards Recognition at Assurance Levels 2 and 3 to Experian
Identity Proofing
Service Component Precise ID
26 July
2012, Piscataway, NJ - Kantara Initiative announces the
Recognition of Experian
Precise ID as an Identity Proofing service component recognized
for performance
of Identity Proofing services at Assurance Levels 2 and 3.
The Kantara
Identity
Assurance Accreditation and Certification Program assesses
applicants against
its strict criteria ensuring, among other things, alignment with
the OMB 04-04
and NIST 800-63 Levels of Assurance and grants successful
candidates of the
program the right to use the Kantara Initiative Mark, a symbol
of trustworthy
identity and credential management services at specified
Assurance Levels.
The market
for high Assurance Level trusted credentials has further been
developed by an
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo issued to U.S. Chief
Information
Officers (CIOs)[1] that requires LoA 1 certified credentials be
implemented for
new government service web sites within 90 days of the first TFP
final approval
or when existing websites are enhanced or upgraded and LoA 2 and
3 non-crypto
certified credentials be adopted for higher value U.S.
Government agency
services within the near term.
Kantara
Initiative has
worked with key market players such as Experian and Symantec to
develop an
approach where the Kantara Accreditation and Assurance program
recognizes
service components such as Identity Proofing and Credential
Management. Few
organizations can perform both services
at high levels of assurance. The
service
component approach allows for components to gain recognition and
visibility for
stand-alone services and for development of interesting and
innovative
partnerships to provide full Credential Provider Services that
offer both
Identity Proofing and Credential Management life-cycle services.
The service
component recognition
is also in line with the White House’s identity-management
initiative to make
online transactions more trusted. This effort, known as the
National Strategy
for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), is aimed at
creating a US
national Internet-identity ecosystem that uses interoperable
technology
standards and policies to authenticate consumers, organizations
and IT infrastructure.
Kantara
Initiative is
receiving applications to Accredit Assessors and Certify
Credential Service
Providers (CSPs), Identity Proofing and Credential Management
service
components to issue and manage trusted credentials for ICAM and
non-ICAM Trust
Framework ecosystems. The
broad and
unique cross section of industry and multi-jurisdictional
stakeholders, within
the Kantara Membership, have the opportunity to create profiles
that add
additional criteria to the core Identity Assurance Framework for
applicability
to their specific communities of trust.
“Experian
has become the leading identity proofing provider in the public
sector,” said
Kerry Williams, group president, Experian Credit Services and
Decision
Analytics. “Our recent wins with large government agencies, our
joint offering
with Symantec and now our FICAM Recognition at Assurance Level 3
through Kantara
prove we are clearly moving ahead of the competition when it
comes to granting
online access to services while simultaneously protecting
individual users’
identities and therefore safeguarding agency and constituent
data.”
“We are pleased to work with
Experian as a
Kantara member and industry leader to build the verified Trust
layer in
Identity Services via a scalable component approach which allows
for innovation
and industry partnerships that enable more trusted services,
interoperability
and efficiency for public and enterprise sector identity
management solutions,”
said Joni Brennan, executive director, Kantara Initiative.
For further
information or
to become Kantara Accredited, CSP Approved or Service Component
Recognized,
please visit our Identity Assurance Accreditation and
Certification center and
contact support@kantarainitaitive.org.
About Kantara Initiative:
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. For more information about
getting involved in
Kantara Initiative, http://kantarainitiative.org
[1] http://www.cio.gov/documents/OMBReqforAcceptingExternally_IssuedIdCred10-6-2011.pdf
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Heather Flanagan
Kantara Initiative
http://www.kantarainitiative.org