The article does mix something up though.

ACCS is AVID by another name. The way it is written makes it sound as if there is:
BSI
Kantara
AVID
ACCS

The approved CBs are now only:

Kantara, AVID (using a trade name ACCS) and BSI.
To clarify, NQA made a business decision as did before them that they couldn't support DIATF certifications due to being so oversubscribed for audits in other areas.
Hence, the transfers to Kantara. That is a good news story in itself that Kantara had the auditors that the companies wishing to transfer followed. In other words the NQA auditors who joined us.
We should also not underestimate the power of the message that GDS/DSIT OneLogin certification brings. For a long time there was resistance to certify as it's not normal for that department to enter into certification. The fact they have and the positivity that brings is good for potential public sector and private sector clients wanting the UK certification.
Many of those providers are keen to have certification both sides of the Atlantic and in jurisdictions like EU.
As good a reason as any to make the move to ISO 17065. It lines up with what has been successful in the UK, provides opportunities for interoperability and opens up a multitude of schemes that will have criteria we can control.

Carol

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM Kay Chopard <kay@kantarainitiative.org> wrote:
Including OneLogin for government services. Thanks for noticing and sharing that!



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On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM Andrew Hughes <andrewhughes3000@gmail.com> wrote:
Kantara UK CB has taken on most of the previous customers of NQA.
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On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM <mhaeaking@freeuk.com> wrote:

On a happier note..

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/ofdia-updates-register-of-identity-verification-firms-certified-under-diatf

...most of the certifications have been issued by the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS). Kantara Initiative has issued fourteen certificates. In December 2024, Kantara added three new names to its list, granting DIATF certification to Persona Identities, Konfir and Verify365. It also issued the certificate to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology for the Gov.uk login.

A lone firm, SQR Group Limited, received certification from the British Standards Institution, or BSI Group. AVID Certification Services Ltd., trading as Digital Identity Systems Certification, is also an approved conformity assessment body.

No longer included among approved conformity assessment bodies is National Quality Assurance (NQA),...

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