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Kantara Initiative
Kantara Initiative is a global community focused on improving the trustworthy use of identity and personal data through many work and discussion groups, events and reports. It aims to improve confidence in identity solutions across all markets. It builds confidence that assessed services conform against national standards, including the UK government’s DIATF and National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) 800-63 standards for identity privacy and security. Kantara also issues trust marks based on conformance to criteria around identity proofing, credential management and various federated assertion functions.
Kantara Initiative Biometrics News
Kantara to assess digital ID vendor conformance to OpenID specs as Authorized Auditor
The OpenID Foundation has signed an MoU with the Kantara Initiative for the latter to take the role as an…
| Mar 24, 2026 | Kantara publishes Service Assessment Criteria for Identity Assurance FrameworkKantara Initiative has announced the formal publication of the Kantara Identity Assurance Framework: SP 800-63A-4 Service Assessment Criteria (SAC) &… |
| Jan 30, 2026 | GOV.UK One Login regains DIATF certification by Kantara but role questions lingerGOV.UK One Login has regained certification to the UK’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF), after going through an… |
| Jan 2, 2026 | Kantara Initiative seeking public comment on update to Identity Assurance FrameworkThe Kantara Initiative has issued a call for public comment on the draft of its Identity Assurance Framework (KIAF): SP… |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Kantara first accredited to certify UK digital ID providers under DIATFThe Kantara Initiative has cemented its role in the UK’s digital identity ecosystem as the first conformity assessment body (CAB)… |
| Oct 8, 2025 | New policy for digital identity trust framework integrates NIST, PKI frameworksThe CARIN Alliance has announced the publication of what it says is the nation’s first unified digital identity credential trust… |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Yoti certified Orchestration Service Provider for UK digital ID scheme by KantaraYoti has officially become a certified Orchestration Service Provider (OSP) under the UK’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF),… |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Orchestrating Identity certified for UK digital ID scheme by KantaraOnboarding and KYC startup Orchestrating Identity has been double-certified by the Kantara Initiative as both an Identity Service Provider (IDSP) and an Orchestration Service… |
| Jun 3, 2025 | UK startup’s accreditation, £18M One Login contracts to build digital ID trustOnboarding and KYC startup Orchestrating Identity has been double-certified by the Kantara Initiative as both an Identity Service Provider (IDSP)… |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Kantara welcomes Proof executivesThe Kantara Initiative has welcomed a new member of its Board of Directors. Renée Hunter, Proof’s general counsel, corporate secretary… |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Collaboration, standards shepherding decentralized digital ID to productionThe webinar “Road to EIC: Standards in Focus – Shaping the Future of Digital and Decentralized Identities” gathered together some… |
| Feb 3, 2025 | For Kantara, ISO 17065 means more clarity, flexibility in certificationKantara Initiative is transitioning its U.S. operations to the ISO/IEC 17065 standard for conformity assessment. In a video presentation, Kantara’s… |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Deepfake detectives lay out types of deepfakes and common attack pointsThe existence of deepfake detection implies the existence of deepfake detectives. That’s arguably the role of the Kantara DeepfakesIDV discussion… |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Kantara wants comment on privacy recommendations for mobile credentialsKantara Initiative is seeking comment on a new report focused on mobile identity credentials and individual privacy. The U.S.-headquartered nonprofit,… |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inclusion critical in development of digital identifiers, DPI: KantaraA report published by Kantara Initiative, a U.S.-headquartered non-profit that advocates the trustworthy use of digital ID and personal data,… |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Login.gov certified for IAL2 by Kantara with selfie biometrics additionAn identity verification system with selfie biometrics for the U.S. General Services Administration’s Login.gov single-sign on service has been certified… |
| Oct 2, 2024 | New CEO named at Mitek as Iris ID, Dignari and Vouched hire for growthThe search for a new CEO concludes at Mitek as Ed West takes the helm. Kantara recruits a trust framework… |
| Jun 28, 2024 | NextgenID receives IAL3 certification from Kantara InitiativeThe Kantara Initiative has awarded NextgenID the IAL3 (Identity Assurance Level 3) certification for its IAL3 identity proofing and supervised… |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Kantara Initiative launches group devoted to deepfake injection attack threats“It’s probably not as bad as this makes it seem,” says Andrew Hughes, VP of global standards for FaceTec and… |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Effective digital identity requires strong foundations: a call for collaboratorsSeveral of the most influential non-profit organizations in digital identity took the stage at KuppingerCole’s EIC 2024 (European Identity and… |
