Novell Identity Assurance for HSPD-12 with ActivIdentity

For government agencies seeking to meet HSPD-12 requirements, the Novell® Identity Assurance for HSPD-12 with ActivIdentity offers a fully integrated solution with Novell Identity Manager that meets FIPS 201 workflow, identity management and card life cycle requirements. This solution enables federal employees and contractors physical and logical access to facilities and IT systems using their standard-issue Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card — eliminating the inherent vulnerabilities and administrative overhead of employee identification.

Features and benefits

Enrollment and registration - Agencies can secure, automate and track the processes for a government employee or contractor to request and obtain a PIV card. In addition to managing workflows, the solution sends email notifications to complete the verification and enrollment process.
Card issuance – Once a federal employee or contractor has successfully completed the enrollment and verification process, the solution enables the provisioning of employees by the appropriate physical and logical IT systems. This is based on their role, and the issuance of the PIV Card, including automatically loading on the card all identity credentials such as passwords and PKI certificates.
Card life cycle maintenance – The Novell Identity Assurance solution manages change in user access rights, issuance of temporary card and card termination. If an employee or contractor is terminated, all rights issued with the PIV card are instantly revoked. In addition, role and information changes, such as changes in rank or address are managed by the solution.
Physical and logical access control – Access control policies are enforced based on the federal employee or contractor's identity and authentication credentials. No one can access logical IT systems or physical facilities who does not have these privileges identified on his or her PIV card.
Broad Novell integration – By integrating with Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS™) and Novell Enhanced Smart Card Method, this solution also enables access to all Novell products that leverage NMAS authentication.