Authentication Events

This section describes the events associated with authentication, and lists the events and related event attributes in the following tables.

User-Authenticated Event

This event is generated when a user logs into ActivID CMS User Portal.

Attributes

The following table describes the related attributes.

User-Authenticated Event Attributes

Field

Value

Description

EventID

50001

Unique event identifier.

Description

<AuthenticateUser>

Describes the event taking place.

Status

<Status>

Status indicating whether the operation was successful, with the following possible values:

  • 0 = Success

  • 1 = Failure

StatusDescription

<ErrorMessage>

The operation status reflected one of the following states:

  • Failed, a detailed error message.

  • Null, if no errors occur.

ClientID

<CardSN>

Serial number of the device for which the event occurred.

OperatorID

null

Not used.

AdditionalInfoNum1

<AuthenticationType>

Indicates the authentication type used to log in:

AdditionalInfoNum2

<LastLoginFlag>

Flag indicating whether this was the last login attempt before the

account is locked, which includes:

  • 0 = No

  • 1 = Yes (at this point the account is now locked).

AdditionalInfoChar1

<UserID>

Uniquely identifies the user in the directory.

AdditionalInfoChar2

<URL>

Indicates the URL of User Portal.

AdditionalInfoChar3

null

Not used.

Operator-Authenticated Event

This event is generated when an operator logs into the ActivID CMS Operator Portal or using either the CCM-API or the REST API.

Attributes

The following table describes the related attributes.

Operator-Authenticated Event Attributes

Field

Value

Description

EventID

50002

Unique event identifier.

Description

<AuthenticateOperator>

Describes the event taking place.

Status

<Status>

Status indicating whether the operation was successful, with the following possible values:

  • 0 = Success

  • 1 = Failure

StatusDescription

<ErrorMessage>

The operation status reflected one of the following states:

  • Failed, a detailed error message.

  • Null, if no errors occur.

ClientID

<CardSN>

Serial number of the device for which the event occurred; null if not applicable.

OperatorID

null

Not used.

AdditionalInfoNum1

<AuthenticationType>

Authentication type used to log in; the only supported type is 0 (zero) which represents PKI-based authentication.

AdditionalInfoNum2

0

Not used.

AdditionalInfoChar1

<OperatorID>

Subject name of the operator’s certificate used to authenticate to ActivID CMS.

AdditionalInfoChar2

<URL>

URL of the ActivID CMS Operator Portal.

AdditionalInfoChar3

<OperatorRole>

Role of the operator; in ActivID CMS, the following types of roles are supported:

  • Administrator

  • Operator

  • Help Desk

This parameter matches one of the roles configured using the ActivID CMS Graphical User Interface (GUI). Null is displayed if the operator is not enrolled in ActivID CMS.