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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 Actions

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.
View User Certifications via Management

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 the Open 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.
View User Certifications via Vault

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.
View User Certifications via Users
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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 Certify User(s) 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 .
Certify User for a security requirement

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 .
Renew User Certification

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 .
Mark User Certification as Expired

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 .
Delete User Certification