Version 6.5: Upgrade Users to Operator Roles In 2-Steps
Date: 2022-11-16
Author: Anders Adolfsson, Product Manager
Operator Roles in Versasec Credential Management are privileged accounts having access to powerful management operations. To protect these high-access and high-risk accounts, our software implements a crypto-key pair authentication process for these users. The enforcing of hardware credentials for all operations and admin tasks ensures a complete cryptographic proof audit trail and access and permission architecture.
In Version 6.5, a regular user in Versasec Credential Management can be quickly upgraded to an Operator Role, skipping the manual revocation, retiring, and reissuing process. The process is streamlined with seemingly two steps.
Step 1. An existing Operator with sufficient permissions initiates a migration for the credential of the User who is migrating to Operator. Migration involves changing from the current credential User template to a credential Operator template. See this guide for the migration process: https://support.versasec.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021961099-Migrate-Credential-Template
Step 2. The User in the User Application navigates to the Upgrade screen, and then a message saying “Update Card Template to,” then can click “Update.”
With Version 6.5 of Versasec Credential Management, the opposite has also been facilitated. Operator Roles can be changed to User roles using the same steps.
This is a useful feature in situations where a remote office loses its current Operator and a new Operator is needed. Where we have seen this use case be particularly helpful has been when customers migrate from other credential management systems (CMS). Other CMS’s are typically only protected by user directory group memberships or attributes. Once a credential has been migrated into Versasec’s software, for example, from Microsoft FIM/MIM, an administrator selects a User and can automatically initiate the change of role to Operator.
Versasec Products
Versasec Credential Management encompasses innovative, powerful and cost-effective software products, available on-prem and Saas, built to be easily integrated, empowering organizations to deploy and manage credentials. Versasec integrates with identity industry leaders bringing you the highest number of supported credentials for the automation, & configuration of your IAM security. Versasec serves your budget, compliance, and IT preferences, performing at the security core of your organization. Through Versasec’s products, organizations have reached new levels of security, unleashing the full power of public key cryptography, like digital signature, code signing, ensuring authenticity, confidentiality, and integrity.
Connect With Us
We invite you to learn more about Versasec credential management, and our cloud solution.
Download a free evaluation and see how our award-winning software can serve your organization. Or contact us for a demo, we’d be happy to connect with you!
vSEC:CMS
Our product suite provides all the software tools to administrate and manage credentials in a secure and convenient way.
Free Product Trial
Versasec provides enabling IT security products centered on the usage of security devices such as smart cards. Our solutions enable customers to securely authenticate, issue and manage user credentials more cost effectively. Get a free product trial.
Job Openings
We are always looking for new exceptional persons to join our team! Find out more about our job openings.