Kantara Initiative is increasingly known globally as the 'go to' place for operationalized identity and consent based privacy services. This overview provides viewers an insight into Kantara's aims and objectives, services and members. Join us!

1. An Overview of
Kantara Initiative
Colin Wallis
Executive Director
Kantara Initiative, Inc

2. The world is in the midst of a digital
identity transformation.

3. This transformation is driven by:
Individuals
Business
Government

4. What questions does this transformation
raise?

5. How do we define relationships
between people, devices and services?

6. How can we empower users of mobile
devices and wearables to manage
access and authorization?

7. How do we verify the relationships of
things to introduce more networked
devices and sensors?

8. How can businesses add value and
reach markets in the digital economy?

9. How can governments, industry and
users work together to better manage
data generated by new technologies
and digital services?

10. Answer: Collaborate, innovate and
take action.

11. This is where Kantara comes in.
Kantara Initiative provides a strategic vision in
market adoption and growth of trusted identity
services.
The strategic vision is:
 Operationalized for digital identity
transformation
 Based on privacy and security

12. Kantara’s mission is to:
 Provide an established,
safe, collaborative
environment to develop real-
world innovation needed to
support trusted online
interactions
 Operationalize the strategic
vision for digital identity
transformation, based on the
foundations of trust in
privacy and security.

13. What (and Who) is Kantara?
 Non-profit founded in 2009.
 Comprises 60+ Leading Organizations, hundreds of Participants,
Enterprise & Governments.
 Connects the best of business, Government, Research & Education.
 Develops Innovations and Programs developing trustworthy on-line
experiences.

14. Do you recognize our members?

15. Kantara’s Values
 Trust
Operating trusted accreditation, approval and certification
programs
 Privacy
Engineering and enabling privacy solutions
 Security
Enabling the development of highly secure solutions and
practices
 Community
Bridging technology and policy communities

16. How has Kantara made progress in
its mission?
 Leading the drive for adoption of the User Managed
Access (UMA) protocol which puts control of
information in the hands of the individual
 Accolades! UMA received the 2014 Best Innovation
Security Award from the European Identity & Cloud
Conference
 Launching the Privacy and Identity incubator to fund
a series of applied research pilots improving cyber
identity in real-world situations, together with our
partner Rutgers University’s CCICADA program
 Building an increasingly global Trust Identity
Services community

17. I get the big picture. What does the
day-to-day look like?
The work of Kantara Initiative is organized around two
primary areas:
 Connected Life
 Innovates ideas and tools for trusted identity
services
 Trust Services
 Operationalizes ideas and tools for trusted identity
services

18. Connected Life Groups
Innovates ideas and tools for
trusted identity services
Groups:
 Identity Relationship
Management
 User-Managed Access
 Consent and Information
Sharing
 Identities of Things

19. Trust Services Groups
Operationalizes ideas and tools for trusted identity
services
Groups:
 Identity Assurance
 Health Identity Assurance
 eGovernment
 Federation Interoperability

20. Now what?
Join us in innovating and verifying trusted identity solutions for the world
 Kantara Initiative members include global experts from industry and
government in the fields:
 Identity assurance
 Privacy
 Security
 Policy
 Information systems assessment
 Join. Innovate. Trust. Visit.:
KantaraInitiative.org

21. Join. Innovate. Trust.
General Inquiries: support@kantarainitiative.org