# Presentation: 459555

## Slide 1

## What is NAMS?

**The **_**N**_**ASA **_**A**_**ccount **_**M**_**anagement **_**S**_**ystem is NASA’s ****Agency-wide process for requesting and maintaining accounts for all NASA applications and IT systems.**
- Provides a secure, consistent, expedient, and accurate account management environment across the Agency in support of One NASA and HSPD-12
- NAMS will be the only way to obtain access to NASA IT systems and applications
- Integration of systems and applications into NAMS is a phased implementation, so both NAMS and CICO will be used in parallel for a time
- You will continue to use CICO to request physical assets (computers, desk phones, cell phones, etc.)
- Designed as a Web interface system for end users to not only create, but also modify and close existing application accounts
- NAMS is a subsystem within the Agency NASA Integrated Services Environment Project. It is part of the Identity Management System (IdMAX)

## NAMS Roles Defined

**User **
- A User is a NASA-badged employee who requires access to a NASA application and follows the NAMS process to obtain account access and privileges.
**Requester**
- A Requester is the person submitting the request. This can be either the User or any other NASA-badged employee requesting on behalf of a User.
**Sponsor**
- A Sponsor reviews and validates the business justification for a User to have access to the requested application, the duration of the account, and the urgency of the request.
- In general, the Sponsor is the User’s direct supervisor/manager.
**Approver**
- An Approver is a NASA civil servant or NASA-badged contractor with the authority, judgment, and experience to determine whether a request for access to his/her NASA application is warranted based on the NAMS request.

## NAMS Roles Defined (Cont.)

**Provisioner**
- The Provisioner is the Account Administrator for the requested NASA application.
**aAAO**
- The Associate AAO (aAAO) is a NASA civil servant or a NASA-badged contractor who provides assistance and guidance to a User on how to use NAMS. The aAAO is also responsible for Priority and Emergency requests.
**AAO**
- The Account Authorization Official (AAO) is the NASA Center official who coordinates and oversees the implementation and maintenance of NAMS at the Center.

## How does Your Sponsor Decide to Approve a Request?

**Before approving a NAMS User request, ****a Sponsor asks these 4 questions:**
- Do I have a working relationship with the Requester? (Am I familiar with his/her job duties?)
- Does this account request have a valid business justification?
- Is the expiration date valid?
- Are the correct permissions (roles) specified?
**The answer to **_**all**_** of these questions should be **_**YES**_**.**
**If not, the Sponsor will reject the request.**

## Special Circumstances

**What happens when a Sponsor is out of the office?**
- Planned Absence
- If your Sponsor will be on leave or travel and you want to submit a NAMS request during their absence, choose a different Sponsor.
- Unexpected Absence
- Users should call the Help Desk if they submit a NAMS request when you a Sponsor is out of the office unexpectedly. Only NAMS administrators can intercept and cancel a request awaiting approval so the User can submit a new request with a different Sponsor listed.
**Who are the Sponsors for On-site Contractors and Off-site Employees?**
- On-site Contractors: Sponsor is the supervisor of record with a NASA-issued badge. This person can be either a civil servant or a contractor.
- Off-site Employees (non-badged): Sponsor must be a civil servant with a NASA-issued badge.

## NAMS Request Flow	

**Note:***** ****This is based on a generic workflow. Agency-wide and Center request flow may differ.*

## Additional Help	

**NAMS@HQ Web Page  **_**[http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/nams.html](http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/nams.html)**_
- Breaking NAMS News
- NAMS Online Training Module
- FAQ Document
- Instructions for Obtaining a NAMS Account
- Downloadable Copy of This Classroom Presentation
**IT Help Desk**
- Dial 202-358-HELP(4357), Choose option 1
**Additional NAMS Training Resources**
- Schedule of Training Activities at HQ  _[http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/ctc/ctc_nams.html](http://www.hq.nasa.gov/itcd/ctc/ctc_nams.html)_
- Online Training Module in SATERN  _[https://satern.nasa.gov](https://satern.nasa.gov/)_

## Questions?

## Demo:  Initiate Your NAMS Account

## Initiate Your NAMS Account 

- Open a browser and enter the NAMS URL: _[https://nams.nasa.gov](https://nams.nasa.gov/)_
- Click **“instructions for obtaining an account.”**

- Read the “**PIV and NAMS User Instructions**” section and click on the “**Request**” link on line 1.

## Enter your full Legal First Name (no nicknames), your Last Name, and your date of birth in the mm/dd/yyyy format. 

Click “Search”.

- Enter your full Legal First Name (no nicknames), your Last Name, and your date of birth in the mm/dd/yyyy format.
- Click “**Search**”.

- Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued)

## Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued)

- Click “**Login**”.

- 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.
- 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/idm/user)__)_

## Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued)

- Click “**Save**”.

- Upon the first NAMS login,** **the system will require answers to authentication questions to be set.  Click “**Set Answers to Authentication Questions**” to continue.

## A confirmation screen will be displayed to indicate that the answers were saved.

Click “OK”.

- Click “**OK**”.

- Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued)

- The NAMS home menu is now displayed.
- Because the login password sent to you via email is only temporary, you must change your password.  Click “**Update Your Password(s)**”.

## Initiate Your NAMS Account (Continued)

- Click “**Ok**”.  You will be returned to the NAMS Home menu.  The NAMS initiation process is now complete.

- 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 (~!@#$%^&*()_+=-`[]|\:”;<>,.?/).
- Click “**Save**”.