Have you adopted both the HID Crescendo 2300 Smart Card and the HID FIDO Security Key and are using that with HID’s Workforce ID Digital Credential Manager?

You might be thinking, what are some of the ways that these devices can be integrated with this software when implementing that within your business?

Take for example, if you are ABC Company making fingerprint readers and need support for logical computer access and physical access (converged access) for going into your building. You would want a solution that allows you to cover all your employees, is easy to operate and allows them some level of control.

If you are looking to use the HID Crescendo 2300 Smart Card with HID Workforce ID Credential Manager then you are in luck as it has compatibility with your existing PACS technology with FIPS 201 certification for use with PIV/CIV standards. All of your data is secured via AES-128 data encryption meaning that it is safe from any potential interlopers who may want to capture your data transfer. This means that you can save money from needing to update your entire system with a new physical access system. Beyond that, you can also include SEOS, MIFARE Plus and MIFARE DESFire emulation with this smart card for enhanced levels of security.

The HID Crescendo 2300 Smart Card could be used as a form of ID for John Doe to access the office building while logging onto his workstation at his desk. This means that you will not need to purchase two separate smart cards for physical and logical access saving you both time and money. The Crescendo 2300 Smart Card is also dual-interface meaning that you could utilize the contactless interface meaning that it does not require you to insert it into your smart card reader, it can utilize smart card readers such as:

The HID Crescendo FIDO Security Key is used to login to your various online and native desktop applications and is a tremendous force in MFA technology. They support cloud applications such as the Google Suite and DropBox Business for login purposes while using Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat for document signing housed on your native workstation.

John Doe could also manage his own credentials (hardware) from this online portal to allow for security administrators and support to focus on their own needs. So, if he were to be issued multiple HID Crescendo FIDO Security Keys then he could input that into the Workforce ID Digital Credential Manager. This could be tied to workstations with Active Directory or a hybrid Azure Active Directory system.

Both of these solutions are very secure and robust and are the stepping stone for the year free of HID Workforce ID Digital Credential Manager as you will need to purchase either 100 HID Crescendo 2300 Smart Cards or 100 HID Crescendo FIDO Security Keys in order to receive a year free subscription of the Workforce ID Digital Credential Manager.

The Workforce ID Digital Credential Manager and this certificate authority is able to manage all the credentials of the employees that you manage. So, if John Doe who is a marketing manager has a smart card that he uses to login to his laptop at work while also having an HID Crescendo FIDO Security Key to utilize MFA (multi-factor authentication) for his online accounts at home that he needs for Salesforce. ABC Company could manage those hardware devices (Device Name, Serial Number and Status) from this online portal. The software can support much more than one of your employees but can take care of your entire organization in one online portal up to 1 million users and more. Workforce ID Digital Credential Manager is extremely flexible and can cover businesses in a wide variety of industries. It can do so from the day that John Doe is onboarded with company-issued technology to the day that he retires with the hardware in his possession.

All of his logins into WorkforceID Digital Credential Manager using both the HID Crescendo FIDO Security Key and the HID Crescendo 2300 Smart Card can be tracked through reporting features that are available via the online portal. If any of these were lost or stolen, John Doe could utilize the Report Incident feature to let the System Administrator know and to permanently revoke his credentials for that device meaning that he will no longer be able to use the device at work even if he were to find it. In a nutshell, he would need to be given a new device.

Another feature with Acknowledgements allows for badges to be returned to ABC Company whether that be for a visitor which comes with Visitor Management. We speak more on the Visitor Management side of Workforce ID in our blog titled “How Workforce ID Visitor Management Can COMPLETELY Handle Your Visitors and Employees?”

You can also go through the process of being issued a certificate for the specific hardware device that you need such as the HID Crescendo 2300 Smart Card and the HID Crescendo FIDO Security Key. You will need a PIN to protect the device. The Crescendo 2300 Smart Card or the HID Crescendo FIDO Security Key will now be considered active within the WorkforceID DCM. The Crescendo 2300 Smart Card will now work as a certificate that can be used in conjunction with a PIN number for logging into your accounts.

With all of these login methods in place, John Doe has completely eliminated his need for a password to login to his laptop and online accounts! It supports his desire to work remotely from home by being able login to his VPN while keeping his company and their assets secure from the potential for hackers to take advantage of this freedom.

So, by committing to this software for the long-term, you have the ability to keep your credentials up-to-date while having HID take care of the maintenance of it. The benefits of using cloud-based software! Certificates will be issued without the need for your intervention as well, so you can simply cruise along as the software will take care of you.

For more information on implementing both the HID Crescendo Key and the Crescendo 2300 Smart Card into your business, please visit https://www.txsystems.com/hid-crescendo-2300-workforce-id-dcm

From here, you can also email Tx Systems at sales@txsystems.com or call us at 858-622-2004 for more information to try 1 year free of HID Workforce ID Digital Credential Manager!