User's Manual

Privaris plusID Manager Operators Manual V1.0

Page 14 of 54 07.20.07

1. plusID Device Registration

a. Overview

When a device is connected to the plusID Manager software for the first time the

“Register plusID Device” screen will appear (Figure 3). This screen registers the

device to its user as well as to the issuing organization.

The device is registered to the user by entering the user’s first and last name.

The device is registered (and thereby secured) to the issuing organization by

issuing an Administrator PIN to the device. The Administrator PIN is a security

feature that makes plusID devices unique to each issuing organization, and

prohibits the manipulation of issued plusID devices by outside organizations and

malicious or otherwise non-authorized parties.

Each plusID device is shipped with a factory default Administrator PIN. To

secure a device to the issuing organization, the factory default PIN must be

overwritten with the organization’s Administrator PIN using the “Device

Registration” screen (Figure 3).

! It is highly recommended that each organization select a single Administrator

PIN for all plusID devices. Creation of more than one PIN will result in a

population of devices having different PINs. There is no way to determine

what PIN is on a device other than by trial and error and the number of

attempts is limited. This PIN should be treated as a corporate secret and

guarded in the same manner as other keys/passwords that grant access to

valuable resources. If the Administrator PIN were ever to be compromised,

issued devices would be susceptible to manipulation by outside organizations,

and the security of corporate physical and logical assets would be placed at

risk. (See Section I.6.a. under Getting Started for critical information on

Administrator PIN selection and ramifications).

Figure 3

Device Re

istration Screen