About ActivID Credential Management System

HID^® ActivID^® Credential Management System (CMS) enables organizations to issue an authentication credential that goes beyond perimeter security. A smart card, smart token or virtual smart card can be used to secure access to individual workstations and servers within the firewall, as well as securing access to the VPN and applications. The high assurance credential can also be used to encrypt data, hard drives, documents and emails, and for digital signatures.

ActivID CMS is a solution for issuing and managing high-assurance credentials. The solution manages authentication devices (for example, smart cards, smart USB keys, virtual smart cards, mobile devices) and credentials they contain throughout their entire lifecycle.

Providing a full-featured Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) registration authority and credential manager for most leading PKI products, ActivID CMS enables the secure deployment and management of authentication devices that contain the following credentials:

• PKI certificates,

• One-time passwords (OTPs),

• Static passwords,

• Biometric data, and

• Demographic data.

ActivID CMS is a Web-based management system that can be integrated with existing provisioning systems and their components, including:

• Network access control systems,

• Physical access control systems,

• Enterprise database and directory infrastructures, and

• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).