PIV Self-Services Use Cases

The following sections describe self-service use cases for PIV Personal Identity Verification (technical standard of "HSPD-12") cards.

Use Case: Self-Service Card Update

The following use case describes the process of self-service card applications update using the ActivID CMS User Portal.

Basic Flow of Events

  • There is no change to the current post-issuance use case in ActivID CMS.

  • The post-issuance requests submitted by the IDPRS may be executed from the ActivID CMS User Portal.

  • The IDPRS will be notified upon execution of the port-issuance request from IDPRS.

Use Case: Self-Service Change PIN/Change Security Questions

This use case describes the process of self-service PIN/Security Question changes using the ActivID CMS User Portal. There is no change to the current change PIN use case in ActivID CMS.

Use Case: Self-Service Card Incident Reporting

This use case describes the process of self-service card incident reporting using the ActivID CMS User Portal. There is no change to the current use case in ActivID CMS. Cardholders can declare a lost, forgotten, stolen or damaged card.

The IDPRS is notified when a smart card incident is triggered by the cardholder.

Use Case: Self-Service Card Activation

The following use case describes the process of self-service card activation using the ActivID CMS User Portal.

Basic Flow of Events

Use Case: Self-Service Card Unlock

This use case describes the self-service card unlock.

Basic Flow of Events

Basic Flow of Events for Self-Service Card Unlock