New Kantara Initiative Work Group Anticipated in Fall 2025
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Kantara Initiative is excited to announce that a new Work Group (WG), Trusted Transaction Assurance Work Group, is coming soon!
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:
- Persistent Market Confusion: Relying Parties (e.g., banks, healthcare providers) are confronted with a confusing array of certifications (FRTE, RIVTD, etc.) and vendor claims of “NIST compliance” that are difficult to verify and translate into practical risk management decisions.
- Component Integration Friction: Credential Service Providers (CSPs) lack a streamlined way to discover, integrate, and demonstrate compliance for best-in-class, pre-certified identity components (e.g., document liveness, biometric matching), leading to costly and redundant monolithic assessments.
- The Authorization Gap: A verified identity at enrollment is not the same as an authorized action later. The industry lacks a standardized, high-assurance method for binding a verified identity to a specific digital event, such as signing a mortgage, granting durable consent for care, or approving a wire transfer. This gap is a primary vector for sophisticated fraud and critical errors.
This working group will address these challenges directly, creating the market-enabling frameworks necessary to unlock the full potential of a componentized, high-assurance identity ecosystem.
We are currently gathering participant interest and soliciting comments on the charter. A planning session will be scheduled in the coming weeks to finalize the Trusted Transaction Assurance charter (draft charter), including the purpose and outputs.
To participate or submit a comment:
If you are interested in participating in the planning session (and/or the WG after the launch) or submitting a comment on the charter, please complete this submission form. Kantara staff will then get in touch with you regarding potential planning session dates and next steps.
More information on forming and participating in Kantara Initiative Work Groups can be found in the Kantara Initiative Operating Procedures, Article 4.