Roles in Digital ID

This article describes the roles that are available in the Digital ID module of Nexus Smart ID.

Specific roles for Digital ID

The following roles are available in the Smart ID Digital ID module:

Role	Description	Technical reference
Mobile ID user	Self-service role for persons to activate their own mobile IDs.	PcmRolePersonalMobileUser
Mobile ID administrator	Enables users for self-service and locks profiles.	PcmRolePersonalMobileOfficer
Software token administrator	Enables self-service role for employees, and starts software token requests.	PstmRoleRegistrationOfficer
Software token user	Self-service role for persons to request, recover and revoke their own software tokens.	PstmRoleSelfServiceUser
Virtual smart card user	Self-service role for persons to request, provision certificates, reset PIN and lock their own virtual smart cards.	PcmRoleVSCEntitledUser
Server certificate approver	Approves server and server certificates requests.	ScmRoleApproverOfficer
Server administrator	Manages server and server certificates Server registration Server certificate requests	ScmRoleServerAdministrator
Server certificate registration officer	Manages server certificates	ScmRoleServerRegistrationOfficer

Standard roles in Identity Manager

The standard package of Identity Manager provides a set of predefined standard roles that can be used as is or adapted to your requirements. This table lists the standard roles and what rights they have in Identity Manager Admin and Identity Manager Operator respectively.

Role	Description	Rights	Technical reference
Bootstrap administrator	Does the initial configuration of Identity Manager.	Identity Manager Admin: All Identity Manager: Admin	BaseRoleBootstrapAdmin
Policy administrator	A user in Identity Manager.	Identity Manager Admin: All Identity Manager: No	BaseRolePolicyAdmin
Service administrator	Makes configurations in Identity Manager, such as: Start, restart and stop services Create tenant Configure connector Audit the system log and the process lists Kill processes	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Admin	BaseRoleServiceAdmin
Registration officer	Manages “target” users and identities, who are targets (or objects) of credential management actions.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: All	BaseRoleRegistrationOfficer
Approver	Approves card production.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Open Tasks	BaseRoleOfficer
Card production administrator	Produces cards Repeats production	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Search, Batch Orders	BaseRoleProductionAdmin
Issuing authority	Activates and issues card to requester/user.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Search	BaseRoleIssuingAuthority
User administrator	Manages users and identities Assigns and de-assigns roles to users	Identity Manager Admin: Roles, User Administration Identity Manager: Search	BaseRoleUserAdmin
Helpdesk	Resets passwords Activates and reactivates Identity Manager users	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Search, Open Tasks	BaseRoleHelpdeskOfficer
Self-service user	Registers and deregisters herself in the system Registers security password Resets her own password Changes pin Unblocks pin Renews her own card Locks her own card	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleSelfServiceUser
Self-service visitor	Accepts or denies meeting invitation Invites further participant to an existing meeting	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleSelfServiceVisitor
Batch sync	A role used for automatic batch synchronization of identities with external sources such as Active Directory. This role can not be assigned to persons, but only used for this purpose. For the batch synchronization to work, the following entry must be set in the system.properties file of the Identity Manager main client: batchSync.permissionRole=BaseRoleBatchSync	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleBatchSync
Pre-login user	This role has the permission to execute a process before login, for example, to reset a password.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRolePreloginUser
Data administrator	Creates and manages variables for two data pools in Identity Manager Identifier: to set identifiers like “driving license”. Reasons: to set reasons for use cases like “lock a card object”, “replace card object”.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleDataAdministrator