Resilient Identifiers for Underserved Populations WG Charter Approved

I’m pleased to announce that the Charter for the Resilient Identifiers for Underserved Populations work group(RIUP WG) was approved by the Kantara Initiative Leadership Council earlier this week.

This work group combines the legacy WGs from the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group, which was formed in 2011 to provide a trust registry under the White House’s National Strategy for Trusted Identity in Cyberspace. I was a member of the UX Committee and wrote the User Experience Guidelines and Metrics document for the ID Ecosystem Registry.

The RIUP WG, two groups, Federated Identifiers for a Resilient Ecosystem (FIRE WG) and Healthcare ID Assurance (HIAWG) were combined to address common concerns for underserved people, who are often referred to as “vulnerable populations” by healthcare sector. On the FIRE WG I was honored to be part of the team that wrote the Mobile Authentication Assurance Statement (draft recommendation).

1) WG NAME (and any acronym or abbreviation of the name):Resilient Identifiers for Underserved Populations Work Group (RIUP WG)
(2) PURPOSE: The purpose of the Work Group is to support vulnerable and underserved populations in America. At a high level, these populations include those with physical and cognitive disabilities, or who are homeless, impoverished, senior citizens…