IT Security Training Prerequisite

NAMS has built-in checks that prevent application access requests from being submitted if the IT Security Training Date and/or the Subscriber Agreement Date fields are not populated. Usually, these fields are automatically populated as part of the badging process. You must take the required IT Security Training in SATERN in order for NAMS to display a valid training date. New hires whose SATERN accounts have not yet been set-up and who need immediate access to an application may obtain training in the User Resource Center. For more information, see this IT Notice: NAMS Upgraded to Release 3.0.

Check In Check Out is Still In Use

Eventually all CICO functionality will be moved into NAMS. In the interim, CICO is still used for Check In's, Check Out's, equipment moves, to request physical assets such as a computer, telephone, or BlackBerry device, and to request access to shared network folders.  

What’s New

PKI Entrust is the newest application to be incorporated into NAMS as of July 28, 2009. An entirely electronic process for requesting and approving new accounts, NAMS is a welcome change to the tedious paper-based procedures it replaces for those seeking a new PKI Entrust account.

NAMS 4.0

NAMS 4.0, released April 13, 2009, is a significant upgrade with performance improvements and new features.  New features you will appreciate include "receipt of an explanation" if an Approver rejects your request or simply fails to respond to it within the allotted time frame. You can now accomplish multiple and different kinds of tasks in the same request: For example, you may request "access" to one application and "a new role" in another application in a single request. Sponsors and Approvers will appreciate being able to quickly see the number and urgency of all requests being asked to review, the ability to easily identify the item(s) at issue in a modification request, and the ability to save and reuse their own comments when responding to requests.