PIN Authentication Policy Items

This section describes the available PIN Authentication policy items that enforce a secondary layer of user authentication on Vocera devices.

PIN authentication acts as a secondary layer of authentication, and it allows control over user access to the Vocera system from supported devices and mobile clients.

You must enable the PIN Authentication policy item to add additional PIN policy items, as described in the following table:

PIN Authentication Policy Items Description

PIN authentication

Enables PIN authentication for users.

PIN expiration

Configures PIN expiration (in days) to allow PINs to expire after the configured number of days. Enabling PIN expiration requires a value to be provided for the number of days before expiration.

You must enable PIN authentication to configure PIN expiration.

The default value is 30 days. To learn how to change the default value, see Editing a Policy Item.

PIN retention

Restricts users from reusing one or more expired PINs; setting PIN retention prevents users from reusing a PIN as long as it is retained.

You must enable PIN expiration to configure PIN Retention.

The default value is 90 days. To learn how to change the default value, see Editing a Policy Item.

PIN expiration warning

Plays a warning message on a Vocera device enabled for PIN authentication.

You can enter a value within the range of one to 1000 days.

The default value for PIN expiration warning is 3 days.

PIN minimum number of characters

Sets a minimum character limit for PIN length. The default character limit is 4 characters. See Editing a Policy Item to learn how to change the default value.

You must enable PIN authentication to configure this policy item.

PIN maximum number of invalid authentications

Sets a maximum limit for unsuccessful PIN login attempts. When the maximum number of login attempts is exceeded, the user's PIN must be updated in the user's account.

You must enable PIN authentication to configure this policy item.

You can enter a value within the range of one to 10.

The default value is 3 invalid attempts. To learn how to change the default value, see Editing a Policy Item.

PIN authentication bypass for Cisco phones

Enables PIN authentication bypass for Cisco phones for a policy while the Cisco Unified Communications Manager adapter has a default user with this policy assigned so that users are not required to login to Vocera Platform from Cisco phones.

This policy applies only to Cisco phones. For detailed configuration information, refer to the Vocera CUCM Adapter documentation available on the Vocera Documentation Portal.

PIN authentication bypass for SpectraLink XML phones

Enables PIN Authentication Bypass for SpectraLink XML phones for a policy while the SpectraLink XML adapter has a default user with this policy assigned so that users are not required to login to Vocera Platform from SpectraLink phones.

This policy applies only to SpectraLink XML phones. For detailed configuration information, refer to the Vocera SpectraLink XML Adapter documentation available on the Vocera Documentation Portal.