The Kantara Initiative focuses on evolving identity and access management (IAM) to enhance interactions with consumers, partners, and devices in a borderless and dynamic environment. By utilizing Identity Relationship Management (IRM), it drives new business opportunities and revenue through adaptable and secure frameworks. Kantara also provides verification programs and assurance, collaborating with various stakeholders to build trusted identity systems.

1. Kantara Initiative
The Next Evolution of Identity
and Access Management for the
Internet of Everything

2. Identity Relationship
Management
IRM Landscape

3. The IRM Story

4. Evolution of Identity
Employees
Consumers
Employees &
Partners
Things
Perimeter
Perimeter
Federation
Perimeter-less
Federation
Cloud / SaaS
Perimeter-less
Federation
Cloud
SaaS
Mobility
Attributes
Context
Stateless
Relationships

5. Identity Relationship
Management
l Model for managing a company’s interactions
with current and future customers and
“things” using Identity and Access
Management (IAM).
l IRM rapidly and cost effectively unleashes
new business opportunities that drive next
generation consumer-facing services and top
line revenue.

6. Pillars of Identity Relationship
Management …
CONSUMERS & THINGS over employees
ADAPTABLE over predictable
REVENUE over operating expense
VELOCITY over process and tools
INTERNET SCALE over enterprise scale
DYNAMIC over static intelligence
BORDERLESS over perimeter
MODULAR over monolithic
BUSINESS PILLARS TECHNICAL PILLARS
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7. CONSUMERS & THINGS
over employees only

8. INTERNET SCALE
over enterprise scale

9. ADAPTABLE
over predictable

10. DYNAMIC INTELLIGENCE
over static intelligence

11. TOP LINE REVENUE
over operating expense

12. BORDERLESS
over perimeter

13. VELOCITY
over process and tools

14. MODULAR
over monolithic

15. The Next Generation of
Identity & Access
Management

16. What’s Next?

17. Tell us how you ‘do’ IRM!
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18. About Us
Kantara Initiative Overview

19. Who is Kantara
60+ Leading Organizations,
100’s of Participants, Industry
and Governments:
l Trust
l Privacy
l Security
l Community
Trustees At-Large:
• Government of Canada
• Trans-European Research
Education Networking Association

20. What We Do
The building blocks of
Trusted Identity…

21. So that you can
• INFLUENCE
• CONNECT
• LEARN
• PARTNER
• SHARE
• GROW
We provide
• RULES
• TOOLS
• EXPERTS

22. Trusted Identity
l Kantara Programs verify
l IdPs and Assessors
l Policy, Technology, Privacy
l Reusable program applicable to
l FICAM, FCCX, NSTIC, EU eIDAS,
IDAP, +
l IdPs, RPs, FOs
l Our part in the trust chain

23. Assurance Programs
For FICAM and FCCX

24. FICAM & FCCX
l FICAM – Federal Identity Credential and
Access Management (Policy)
l Connects citizens to public services leveraging
private sector Credential Service Providers
l Kantara Operates Certification Program – Trust
Framework Provider
l FCCX – Federal Cloud Credential eXchange
(Implementation)
l The technical identity hub that operates FICAM
l Kantara Operates Certification Program – Trust
Framework Provider

26. FCCX: A better way
Ci#zens
FCCX
Agencies

27. Trust Framework Model
Registration
Verification
Assessment
Certification
Trust Status
Listing Service
Interested
Parties
Kantara Trust Registry

28. Accredited and Approved
IDPV Component Recognition
Registered Applicant
organizations in
pipeline
Kantara Accredited to LoA 1-4 Kantara Approved to LoA 1-3 non-crpyto
USAA

29. Component Services
Responding to industry
experts Kantara
members developed
the modular component
service approach.
Component Services:
• Identity Proofing /
Verification
• Credential Issuance
and Management
Identity
Proofing &
Verification
Organizational
Trust
Credential &
Token
Management
Credential
Service
Provider

30. MODULAR Assurance

31. CONTEXTUAL Assurance

32. ADAPTABLE Assurance

33. BORDERLESS Assurance

34. Thanks!
Questions?
• Kantara Executive Director: Joni Brennan joni@kantarainitiative.org
• General Inquiries: support@kantarainitiative.org
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