[image: Logo, company name Description automatically generated] Reminder: Shadow AI DG and Trusted Transaction Assurance WG begin meeting this week! The first BIT call poll is still open as well. Don’t miss out on the opportunities below to explore these topics in depth, produce Group output, and get involved in the Kantara community. Complete the Group Participation Agreement <https://kantarainitiative.org/gpa-signup/> to stay in the loop! (Reminder: You must complete the Kantara GPA for each Group)! ________________________________________________________________ ShadowAI in the Workplace: The rapid adoption of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and other AI-powered applications has led to a growing phenomenon known as “Shadow AI”, the unsanctioned use of AI tools by employees without the knowledge or approval of their organization. While these tools can significantly enhance productivity, creativity, and efficiency, they also introduce serious risks. Shadow AI will explore the causes, implications, and mitigation strategies related to Shadow AI in enterprise environments. The anticipated output is a report that outlines the risks, organizational vulnerabilities, and practical countermeasures. Meeting Date Set: Thursday, April 9th - 10AM PT/1PM ET Trusted Transaction Assurance: The digital identity landscape is at a pivotal moment. The release of NIST SP 800-63 v4 provides a modern, modular framework for identity proofing, and Kantara's US Assurance Program is poised to develop the corresponding assessment criteria. While these developments are foundational, they leave critical market-level and downstream challenges unaddressed, including persistent market confusion, component integration friction, and the authorization gap. Trusted Transaction will address these challenges directly, creating the market-enabling frameworks necessary to unlock the full potential of a componentized, high-assurance identity ecosystem. Meeting date set: April 9th, 9AM PT/12Noon ET Blinding Identity Taxonomy (BIT): As autonomous systems such as AI-driven analytics and neurotechnology become embedded in operational workflows, governance frameworks must keep pace to prevent re-identification risks. BIT 1.0 provided a taxonomy of PII and quasi-identifiers. However, autonomous systems introduce a new class of risk: they do not just process existing identifiers; they actively generate dynamic, inferred ones. To address this, Kantara Initiative formed the BIT Discussion Group to collectively explore and develop an evolution of the taxonomy as a Kantara-produced Report and Supplement, with a focus on Neural, Cognitive, Affective, Intentional Inference, and Behavioral Identifiers, as well as clearer distinctions between hardware and device usage data. Organizations committed to strong data minimization and re-identification risk controls are encouraged to participate and shape the practical, auditable profiles and schemas needed to meet these emerging challenges. Expected meeting: Week of May 4th (Complete the GPA linked above to receive the Doodle poll and meeting notices!) _________________________________________________________________________ Please share with your networks, and thank you for your involvement with Kantara Initiative! Best, -Amanda -- Amanda Gay | Work Groups and Membership [image: Logo, company name Description automatically generated] Phone: +1 571-475-8895 LinkedIn: @KantaraInitiative