Indeed Certificate Manager is intended to reduce company expenditures for routine PKI maintenance operations.
- Certificate issue. Indeed CM automatically generates the list of certificates to issue based on PKI usage policy mechanism. All users that fall within a single policy get an identical set of parameters and certificates. The operations of certificate request creation, certificate issue and writing those to smart cards are performed in automated mode.
- The Indeed CM contains a self-service cabinet for common users, implemented as web application. With self-service, the users can issue and update certificates on their own, if this is allowed by the policy. This reduces the workload of IT department.
- Indeed CM can send email notifications of certain system events to the Indeed CM system administrators and users: Say, administrator and/or user receives a notification of the certificate being about to expire. This allows for timely update of the latter, thus avoiding of downtime.
- Indeed CM also allows for unlocking of locked smart card without addressing to administrator. Such unlocking can be performed either before or after user logon, as well as with or without explicit participation of administrator.
- The Indeed CM provides for software interface (API) to integrate to third party systems. The integration expands the Indeed CM capabilities in the sphere of automation of certificate and key media usage processes. For example, Indeed CM can revoke the certificate of dismissed employee upon event from Identity Management class system.
- Accounting of certificates issued by third parties. If the organisation uses certificates issued by third party certification authorities, the Indeed CM allows for adding those certificates to database and provide for timely reminder to administrator and user of certificate being about to expire. This allows to avoid of downtime when working with banks and trade platforms.