John Peart

John works in the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes.

Building trust through independent, accredited conformity assessment

Conformity assessment you can trust

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has granted accreditation to Kantara Initiative; making it the first UKAS-accredited conformity assessment body (CAB) certifying under the UK government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework.  

“Must” and “could” in the trust framework and whether the rules apply to your service

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If a Part or Section in the trust framework applies to your role, then all of the rules in that Part or Section apply to your service. Your service must conform with all of the “must” rules, and service providers can choose whether or not to implement any “could” rules.

You should plan to renew your certification sooner than you think

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You can avoid your service falling off the GOV.UK register by asking your conformity assessment body to complete your recertification process up to 60 days early. You won't lose the remaining time on your current certificate if you do this, and it will help you to avoid any unnecessary disruption.

What happens when you apply to join the register of digital identity and attribute services

Getting onto the GOV.UK register of digital identity and attribute services is not an automatic process. It can take up to 20 working days for your service to appear on the register.