HHSIdentity Program Benefits

Program Benefits

• Increase Ease of Use
  • Reduce the number of accounts and passwords required to access systems
  • Provide a single HHS-wide identity and electronic credential that can be trusted by applications at the appropriate level
  • Leverage HSPD-12 PIV card for simplified sign-on
  • Provide capability to map and reuse existing credentials assigned to users
  • Provide a common and simplified method for requesting and granting access to applications
• Enable Business Process Improvements
  • Meet GPEA requirements and improve security by replacing “wet” or manual signatures with digital signatures
  • Provide shareable IAM services to reduce the complexity and time required to modify existing or implement new applications
  • Improve business agility to react to changing business and compliance requirements by tracking and automating access control decisions
• Improve Security
  • PKI-enable a central authentication service so that application owners do not need to individually bear the expense of improving authentication security
  • Provide robust identity auditing capabilities and access control models to reduce the manual effort required to complete FISMA and SAS70 audits
  • Provide a standardized and automatable process that enables business process and application owners to control access applications and services
  • Automate the removal or disablement of the HHS-wide identity and associated attributes from applications when a user relationship to HHS terminates
• Improve Efficiency
  • Securely share identities, credentials and related attributes across OPDIV boundaries
  • Reduce redundant effort of application owners to identify and credential users by creating a virtual, secure and accurate repository of identity credentials and information
  • Quickly add or modify system access through an automatable workflow and common interface for Administrative Officers, supervisors, or users
  • Reduce support costs by reducing the number of accounts and passwords a user must manage

For more information about the HHSIdentity Program, please send an e-mail to:

hhsidentity@hhs.gov