vSEC:CMS for YubiKey
vSEC:CMS will change your views on how to manage the lifecycle of Yubico YubiKeys. The vSEC:CMS for YubiKey is an innovative, easily integrated and cost-effective Smart Card Management System or Credential Management System (SCMS or CMS) that are helping organizations deploy YubiKeys.
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vSEC:CMS Connectors (see figure above)
1. Smart card printer for batch operations
2. User directory for looking up users
3. File and database servers
4. Secure transport of PIN codes
5. Event & log management
6. User photo capture
7. Certificate/PKI services
8. Physical access control systems
9. Hardware security module
10. Secondary/out-of-band communication
11. Key archival & key recovery
12. Credential provider -login screen interface
13. Remote security device management
14. Physical & virtual smart cards/tokens
15. User self-service application
16. Administrative operator console
vSEC:CMS for YubiKey is fully functional with the YubiKey PIV and it streamlines all aspects of a management system by connecting to enterprise directories, certificate authorities, physical access control systems, email servers, log servers, biometric fingerprint readers, PIN mailers etc. With vSEC:CMS for YubiKey organizations can issue YubiKeys to employees, personalize the YubiKey with authentication credentials and manage the lifecycle of the YubiKey – directly from the off-the-shelf product.
We Manage Our YubiKeys Manually – Why Change?
Managing YubiKeys manually results in additional work and increases the possibilities of security breaches. For example, the administration key of the YubiKey will need to be stored in a file that references the user to whom it is issued. This file could be used maliciously by someone to ascertain the key value; consequently, the YubiKey could easily be reset with a new PIN by acquiring knowledge of the administration key. A CMS removes threats like these and provides many other benefits, such as full lifecycle management, a connection to the Certificate Authority, secure PIN unblock procedures, User Self Service and more.
Why Do You Need A CMS?
A CMS is required, for the following reasons::
- To centralize YubiKey personalization, management and revocation tasks into one system
- To reduce costs
- To simplify installation and usage workflows
- To enhance Security
Manage the complete Lifecycle
Manage the complete Lifecycle of the YubiKey from one simple view. Management can be delegated and granular access levels can be set. The Life Cycle
This Is How Easy It Is!
We support many different use cases and the configuration options and feature set is vast. But it’s easy to get started. The most common use case is being able to issue a YubiKey with a Windows logon certificate to a user in a secure way. Follow our guides and this can be accomplished in minutes rather than days. Once you have the initial use case configured you can build from there adding User Self Service, Remote Operators and support for other secure devices including Virtual Smart Cards.
Use Case – Windows Logon
We will guide you through the initial setup all the way to you issuing and managing the lifecycle of your YubiKeys. Follow this guide on our Support Portal: Manage PIV Smart Card Tokens
Note: The PKI used in this example use case will be an MS CA. Other PKIs are also supported.
Unblock YubiKey User PIN
We offer a unique way to increase the security of unblocking the YubiKey User PIN. This is done by encapsulating the PUC (PIN Unblock Code) in a Challenge Response Workflow.
Key Archival and Key Recovery
It is possible for a YubiKey to generate a user key on the YubiKey, which is highly secure, but it is not possible for the key to be recovered if the user misplaces the YubiKey. As a result, for encryption of certificates and keys, YubiKeys are used to store only certificates and keys generated by vSEC:CMS, so the keys can be stored securely in the vSEC:CMS database secured by the Master Key and are recoverable if needed.
Webinar and Instruction Videos
Webinar: Versasec vSEC:CMS + YubiKeys = A new PIV Smart Card Integration (7.13.16)
Reissue Certificate on YubiKey PIV Token
Central Issuance of YubiKey PIV Token
Offline PIN unblock of YubiKey PIV token
Online PIN unblock of Yubi PIV token
Issuance of Yubi PIV Token using vSEC:CMS Credential Provider
Batch Issue YubiKey Tokens Using vSEC:CMS
Product News
vSEC:CMS Version 6.8 is now available. The new version incorporates a variety of enhancements, updates and automated tasks, including the following:
- Adding Thales SafeNet Trusted Access (STA) as a supported identity provider. Enabling customers to efficiently manage their users’ FIDO credentials in STA identity platform as an integrated part of their credential orchestration.
- Looking to deploy FIDO with no need for certificates? Now you can get full enterprise management of lower cost with our added support for management of FIDO only credentials.
- Introducing our first supported FIDO-only (no PKI) credential: Thales SafeNet eToken FIDO.
- Manage phishing-resistant FIDO2 & PKI Thales SafeNet eToken Fusion CC authenticators.
- Introducing credentials supported by Giesecke+Devrient, StarSign series.
- Say hello to our REST API – Adding to our existing line of APIs to bring more options for integrating and automating your credentials lifecycle.
- Simplifying identity enterprise management for our customers in Europe and the Middle East, adding certificate authority integration: EverTrust Horizon.
- Added tools to ease the task of getting prepared for the full enforcement of Microsoft KB5014754. We offer both a method for user self-service certificate renewal and an export for strong certificate mapping.
- Thales and Versasec collaborated on bringing IDPV virtual smart card orchestration. We introduced RFID user identification for loading each users IDPV virtual smart card. Workplaces with shared workstations will greatly benefit from “Tap, PIN, Go” user experience and increased security through PKI authentication!
Evaluation – Download Today!
Register and download vSEC:CMS directly from versasec.com here.
Once downloaded and installed vSEC:CMS is ready for use in Evaluation Mode. During the evaluation, you can configure your environment with up to 5 licenses and your own use cases. Each license manages one credential. Additional licenses can be acquired as a subscription or by perpetual license. Please contact a Versasec reseller or Versasec directly to proceed.
Scalability
The vSEC:CMS scales with your project. With the new load balancing capability, there is no upper limit!
Product Sheet
Download the vSEC:CMS product sheet here.
vSEC:CMS
More information about the complete vSEC:CMS product suite can be found here.
Migrate to vSEC:CMS
vSEC:CMS includes upgrade wizards that enables quick and simple upgrade paths from third party credential management systems.
Check out the details on how to upgrade from:
Resellers
The product can be purchased from authorized vSEC:CMS integrators and resellers, via our partners reseller network or contact Versasec directly to let us help you find the best way forward.
Videos
The vSEC:CMS video content can be found here.
Product Features
The table below highlights the key features in the Versasec credential management product suites.
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NOTE
✔ – The credential is supported by the product.
L – Known limitations – check release notes.
For details about validated middleware/minidrivers check the Versasec support portal or contact us.
vSEC:CMS
Our product suite provides all the software tools to administrate and manage credentials in a secure and convenient way.
Free Product Trial
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New to credential management?
SCMS = Smart Card Management Systems
CMS = Credential Management System
Have a look at the Wikipedia definition of a ‘Smart Card Management System’.
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