User Certifications
User Certifications Overview
A user certification is a pairing between a user and a security requirement, meaning there can be at most one certification for a particular user and requirement at a time.
Certifications are ussually created by admins.
When a user meets a specific requirement, it is placed in the User certifications
section.
A certification may have an expiration date, after which the user is no longer certified until the certification gets updated, i.e., renewed. It depends on the individual requirement whether certifications for that requirement must expire or have no expiration date.
In the User Certification
section, all of the certifications are sorted, showing each user that holds the certification, when it expires, when it was created, when it was last modified and who modified it. Both users and requirements can be searched.
If a user's certification was created with an expiration date, expiration cannot be removed in this section. Users can mark the certifications of a given user as expired at any time.
- You can
Mark as expired
only the user certifications that are not expired. - The expired user certifications will show the date in red color.
User Certifications Open Overlay
To view the user certifications, navigate to the tab. From this point, you have three common workflows to access user certifications.
Workflow via Management User Certifications:
- Navigate to
User Certifications
section. - Search the user certification you would like to view.
- Select the user certification.
- View the options in the top right panel.
Workflow via Vault Users:
- In the , navigate to
Users
section. - Search the user you want to view certifications for.
- Click the user.
- Alternatively, click the
Three dots
on the right then click theOpen Overlay
option. - In the overlay, click the
Certifications
button in the left panel. - Select a certification of the selected user.
- View the user certification options in the top right panel.
Workflow via Management Users:
- In the tab, navigate to
Users
section. - Search the user you would like to view certifications of.
- Select the user.
- Click the
Open Overlay
button in the top right. - In the overlay, click the
Certifications
button in the left panel. - Select a certification of the selected user.
- View the user certification options in the top right panel.
You can also access User Certifications
by right-clicking on the selected user certification.
Certify User(s) for a Certification
To certify user(s) for a certification navigate to tab in User Certifications
section.
- Click the button in the top right.
- In the prompt, type the security requirement(s) that certify the user.
- Type the user(s) name that will satisfy the security requirement.
- Select a certification expiration date.
- Select whether the expiration date will be skipped or attempted to be re-updated.
- Click .
Edit/Renew User Certification
To edit/renew a user certification navigate to tab in User Certifications
section.
- Select the user you want to edit/renew the certification for.
- Click
Edit/Renew
button in the top right. - In the prompt, type the new expiration date.
- Click .
Mark User Certification as Expired
To mark a user certification as expired navigate to tab in User Certifications
section.
- Select the user certification you want to mark as expired.
- Click
Mark as expired
in the top right. - In the prompt, click .
Delete User Certification
To delete a user certification navigate to tab in User Certifications
section.
- Select the user certification you would like to delete.
- Click the
Delete
button in the top right. - In the prompt, click .