1. NAMS Account Activation Training

2. 2 What is NAMS? The NASA Account Management System is NASA’s centralized process for requesting and maintaining accounts for NASA IT systems and applications. – Provides a secure, consistent, expedient, and accurate account management environment across the Agency in support of One NASA and HSPD-12 – NAMS will eventually be the only way to obtain access to NASA IT systems and applications o You will continue to use CICO to request physical assets (computers, desk phones, cell phones, etc.) o Integration of systems and applications into NAMS is a phased implementation, so both NAMS and CICO will be used in parallel for a time – Designed as a Web interface system for end users to not only create, but also modify and close existing accounts

3. 3 Your NAMS Role - Sponsor Sponsors validate and review the business justification for User requests All NAMS User requests will go through a Sponsor The Sponsor will be responsible for managing the following: – New Access requests – Modify Access requests – Close Access requests – Account Disposition

4. 4 Your NAMS Responsibilities Account Requests – Must have a working relationship and be familiar with the User’s job duties – All account requests must have a valid business justification to be approved – Check for accuracy of request including: detailed and correct justification, correct Account Expiration (maximum 1 year), and correct access permissions if available – Also have the ability to create an account request on the User’s behalf Note: Sponsors cannot assign themselves as their own Sponsors as NAMS will reject the request

5. 5 Your NAMS Responsibilities (Cont.) Account Modification – Can be submitted by either the User or the Sponsor – Expiration date and User’s access permissions can be modified – Business justification to explain why the change is required must be provided Account Closing – Email notification will be sent out 30 days prior to account expiration to both User and Sponsor – No action needed if account is intended to expire – Upon account expiration, Sponsor will once again be notified – Accounts can be closed at any time

6. 6 Your NAMS Responsibilities (Cont.) Account Disposition – Responsible for the life cycle of the User account – Some files may require archiving – check with the Application Owner or Provisioner – Can also occur when User management is transferred to a new Sponsor

7. 7 NAMS Request Flow

8. 8 Additional Help NAMS@HQ Web Page – http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/nams.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/nams.html NAMS Online Training Module – http://hspd12nasatest.kas.ksc.nasa.gov/NAMStest/master.html http://hspd12nasatest.kas.ksc.nasa.gov/NAMStest/master.html Additional NAMS Training Resources – http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/ctc/ctc_nams.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/ctc/ctc_nams.html NAMS Helpdesk – Dial 202-358-HELP(4357), Choose option 1

9. 9 Questions?

10. 10 Demo: Initiate Your NAMS Account

11. 11 Initiate Your NAMS Account 1. Open a browser and enter the NAMS URL: https://nams.nasa.gov https://nams.nasa.gov 2. Click “instructions for obtaining an account.” 3. Read the “PIV and NAMS User Instructions” section and click on the “Request” link on line 1.

12. 12 6. Verify your credentials are correct and click “Send Credentials”. If your credentials are not correct, re-enter your information and search again. If you cannot find your credentials, click “Cancel” and contact the NAMS helpdesk at 202-358-4357, choose option 1. 4. Enter your full Legal First Name (no nicknames), your Last Name, and your date of birth in the mm/dd/yyyy format. 5. Click “Search”. Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued)

13. 13 9. On the NAMS login screen, enter the provided User ID in the “User ID” field and the temporary password in the “Password” field. 10. Click “Login”. Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued) 7. Once the credentials are sent, NAMS will confirm the submission. You will receive separate emails, one with your NAMS User ID, and another with your NAMS temporary password. 8. Make note of your NAMS User ID and NAMS temporary password, and proceed to the NAMS login screen. (https://nams.nasa.gov)https://nams.nasa.gov

14. 14 12. Provide answers to all authentication questions. Answers are not case sensitive. 13. Click “Save”. Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued) 11. Upon the first NAMS login, the system will require answers to authentication questions to be set. Click “Set Answers to Authentication Questions” to continue.

15. 15 14. A confirmation screen will be displayed to indicate that the answers were saved. 15. Click “OK”. Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued) 16. The NAMS home menu is now displayed. 17. Because the login password sent to you via email is only temporary, you must change your password. Click “Update Your Password(s)”.

16. 16 19. The Change Password Results page is now displayed verifying the password has been changed. 20. Click “Ok”. You will be returned to the NAMS Home menu. The NAMS initiation process is now complete. Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued) 18. Type your new password in the “Password” field. Retype your new password in the “Confirm Password” field. The new password must follow these rules: Minimum 8 characters, 1 numeric character, 1 uppercase character, and 1 special character (~!@#$%^&*()_+=- `[]|\:”;<>,.?/). 19. Click “Save”.