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PISCATAWAY, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 09/27/12 -- Kantara Initiative is proud to announce that Zygma LLC is the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor able to perform Kantara Service Assessments at Assurance Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) provides a means to enable relying parties to understand the trustworthiness of electronic identity credentials issued at commonly-agreed levels of assurance. The IAF specifies the verification and proofing checks that Credential Service Providers (CSPs) carry out on entities, the way that CSPs run their services, and how the CSPs themselves are assessed by Accredited Assessors to verify that they are operating their services in conformance with their proclaimed level(s) of assurance and the stated terms of service.

Joni Brennan, Kantara Executive Director, said, "Zygma has been at the heart of the IAF's development, providing service as the principal architect of the IAF, and we are pleased to now welcome Zygma as the latest Kantara-Accredited Assessor." View our Kantara-Accredited Assessors and Approved Services -- http://bit.ly/kantara_assurance

Zygma's Founder and CEO, Richard G. Wilsher, declared: "Zygma is very pleased to have gained Kantara-Accredited Assessor status, accomplished in close association with Scott S. Perry CPA, CISA. Scott is an integral part of Zygma's range of audit services and success in becoming accredited. Given Zygma's deep knowledge of the IAF we now welcome the opportunity to independently assess clients seeking Kantara Approval."

To learn more about Zygma, please visit the company's website -- http://www.zygma.biz

Based on adoption of the IAF, Kantara Initiative has been approved by the US Federal Government Federal Identity Credential and Access Management team as a Trust Framework Provider qualified to operate at Assurance Levels 1, 2 and 3 non-crypto. Kantara-Approved Services are qualified to issue and manage credentials that can interoperate and access US Government on-line services such as National Institute of Health (NIH) research libraries or Veterans Association (VA) benefits. Kantara Initiative also actively works with international governments in regions including North America, Europe and Pan-Asia, to align this program for multi-jurisdictional adoption.

The Kantara Initiative Assurance Review Board (ARB) reviews applicant Assessors to ensure applicants have the skills, knowledge, experience and processes necessary to reliably perform assessments of CSPs on the behalf of Kantara Initiative.

Kantara-Accredited Assessors perform assessments of CSPs based on the IAF's Service Assessment Criteria (SAC) and provide a Kantara Assessment Report (KAR) to the ARB. The ARB uses the KAR report as the basis for a recommendation to the Board of Trustees concerning the grant of Kantara-Approved Service status to a CSP, for its given Credential Service.

Kantara is accepting applications for Assessor Accreditation and Credential Service Approval. Visit our Accreditation and Approval Center for more information. Please address queries regarding your application to staff (at) kantarainitiative.org or via our Contact Us form.

Kantara Initiative is an industry and community organization which enables trust in identity services through our compliance programs, requirements development, and information sharing among communities including: industry, research & education, government agencies and international stakeholders. http://kantarainitiative.org

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