[cabfpub] Ballot 127 - Verification of Agency in EVG 11.7.2

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OpenTrust votes YES.



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Envoyé : jeudi 10 juillet 2014 20:02
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Objet : Re: [cabfpub] Ballot 127 - Verification of Agency in EVG 11.7.2



This morning during our CABF call Cecilia mentioned that the
cross-reference in this ballot needed to be changed, so here is an updated
version of Ballot 127.  Voting starts today at 2200 UTC.

Cecilia Kam of Symantec made the following motion and Jeremy Rowley of
Digicert and Kirk Hall of Trend Micro have endorsed it:

Reasons for proposed ballot

The EV Guidelines currently allow verification of agency through the
applicant's human resources department by calling an independently
verified telephone number and verifying employment. This process does not
always work smoothly. Often employment verification is outsourced to a
third party service provider, or HR person refuses to answer without
taking specific procedural steps, and CA ends up asking to speak with IT
department or managers within applicant's organization in order to obtain
the needed confirmation.

The proponents of this ballot believe that the proposed modification to
this method of confirmation (contacting others within the applicant's
organization, in addition to HR) is sufficiently trustworthy. This would
still be performed by calling the applicant, at its publicly recognized
phone number, and verifying employment of the applicant representative
(Contract Signer or Certificate Approver) with someone other than the
individual about whom the information is sought.

---MOTION BEGINS---

Subsection (2)(A) of section 11.7.2 of the Extended Validation Guidelines
(Acceptable Methods of Verification - Name, Title and Agency) would be
amended as follows:

(2) Agency: The CA MAY verify the agency of the Contract Signer and the
Certificate Approver by:

(A) Contacting the Applicant[STRIKE--'s Human Resources Department] by
phone or mail[INSERT ,] [STIKE (]at the phone number or address for the
Applicant[STRIKE--'s Place of Business,] [INSERT--obtained and] verified
in accordance with [STRIKE--these Guidelines)] [INSERT—Section 11.4.1 or
11.4.2,] and obtaining confirmation that the Contract Signer and/or the
Certificate Approver, as applicable, is an employee; or
. . .

The resulting subsection 11.7.2(2) would read as follows:

(2) Agency: The CA MAY verify the agency of the Contract Signer and the
Certificate Approver by:

(A) Contacting the Applicant by phone or mail, at the phone number or
address for the Applicant, obtained and verified in accordance with
Section 11.4.1 or 11.4.2, and obtaining confirmation that the Contract
Signer and/or the Certificate Approver, as applicable, is an employee; or

---MOTION ENDS---

The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday,
July 3, 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, July 10, 2014.

Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period
will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday,
July 17, 2014. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this
thread.

A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.


A vote against must indicate a clear 'no' in the response.

A vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear
responses will not be counted.

The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member before
the close of the voting period will be counted.

Voting members are listed here:  <https://cabforum.org/members/>
https://cabforum.org/members/

In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes
cast by members in the CA category and more than one half of the votes
cast by members in the browser category must be in favor. Quorum is
currently six (6) members– at least six members must participate in the
ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or by abstaining for
the vote to be valid.



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