Use Case Scenario: Authenticator Administration

Involved solutions:

• OneSpan Cloud Authentication (OCA)

About this scenario

This scenario simulates common workflows for authenticator administration:

• Query authenticators

• View authenticator details

• Assign authenticators

• Unassign authenticators

It uses a demo site designed for a technical audience to learn how the technology can be used in a realistic scenario.

Before you begin

You must have completed the user login workflow and have signed in as administrative user (see Use case scenario: User login).​

Walkthrough: Authenticator administration

To query the available authenticators

1. Sign in to the OneSpan Cloud Authentication Technical Evaluation website as a registered administrative user (see Use case scenario: User login).

2. Switch to the Admin Board page.

3. Switch to the Authenticator Actions > Query Authenticators tab.

4. (OPTIONAL) Add further query fields to refine the search results.

   If you do not add any query fields, the query lists all existing authenticators.

   For instance, to retrieve only authenticators that are not yet assigned to a user, select assigned in the Add additional fields list and click +. Then select false as the Assignment Status.

5. Click Query Authenticators.

   The demo website submits a message to /authenticators to query the authenticators matching the query fields.

   The query results are displayed.

To view a particular authenticator

1. Sign in to the OneSpan Cloud Authentication Technical Evaluation website as a registered administrative user (see Use case scenario: User login).

2. Switch to the Admin Board page.

3. Switch to the Authenticator Actions > View Authenticator tab.

4. Type the serial number of the authenticator whose details you want to view.

5. Click View Authenticator.

   The demo website submits a message to /authenticators to query the authenticators matching the query fields.

To assign an authenticator to a user

1. Sign in to the OneSpan Cloud Authentication Technical Evaluation website as a registered administrative user (see Use case scenario: User login).

2. Switch to the Admin Board page.

3. Switch to the Authenticator Actions > Assign Authenticator tab.

4. Type the serial number of the authenticator you want to assign.

5. Type the domain and user ID of the user to assign the authenticator to.

6. Click Assign Authenticator.

   The demo website submits a message to /authenticators/{serialNumber}/assign to assign the authenticator.

To unassign an authenticator from a user

1. Sign in to the OneSpan Cloud Authentication Technical Evaluation website as a registered administrative user (see Use case scenario: User login).

2. Switch to the Admin Board page.

3. Switch to the Authenticator Actions > Unassign Authenticator tab.

4. Type the serial number of the authenticator you want to unassign.

5. Click Unassign Authenticator.

   The demo website submits a message to /authenticators/{serialNumber}/unassign to assign the authenticator.

Additional considerations

• At various stages in the demo you can click Populate to fill in dummy data or recover data that you may have changed in previous steps of the workflow.