Hot Desk PIN Security

Description

Hot Desk PIN Security ensures that all hot desk users create strong (resistant to guessing) PINs by forcing them to create PINs that adhere to a set of strengthening rules. MiCollab Nupoint UM and MiVoice Business work together to provide user PIN strengthening.

On the next hot desk login after a hot desk user’s Personal Identification Number (PIN) becomes weak or expires, MiVoice Business automatically places a callback to the hot desk user. When the user answers, MiVoice Business makes a call using the Call Coverage Service Interactive Voice Response (IVR) digits to the MiCollab Nupoint UM Voice Mail Hunt Group. When MiCollab Nupoint UM answers the call, it guides the hot desk user through a PIN change process. After the PIN is updated, MiCollab Nupoint UM sends the new PIN (and data such as strength and expiration) information to MiCollab and MiCollab writes it to the user's primary MiVoice Business database. Until this process is complete the hot desk user is placed in call restricted mode. In call restricted mode, users can only place emergency calls and calls to the system attendant; however, they receive all incoming calls. While an internal hot desk user is call restricted mode, PIN RESTRICTED appears on the user’s set display (PIN RESTRICTED mode is very similar to Phone Lock mode). External hot desk users do not receive indication of PIN Restricted mode.

If hot desk users choose not update their PINs, they remain logged in and MiVoice Business applies phone service restrictions.

MiCollab and MiVoice Business must all be configured for Hot Desk PIN Security to work. Each component has its own provisioning for proper integration.

Tools and systems that create strong PINs

PINs created with the following tools and systems are considered strong because they apply the PIN strengthening rules:

Tools and systems that create weak PINs

PINs created with the following tools and systems are considered weak:

MiCollab Nupoint UM PIN Rules

These PIN strengthening rules are implemented by the MiCollab Nupoint UM system:

MiCollab PIN Rules

PIN Security Restricted Service

All features except for the following are disabled for hot desk users who log in with a weak PIN:

NOTE: The HTML branding application overwrites the "PIN Restricted" display message and so should not be provisioned on hot desk devices.

Conditions and Feature Interactions

NOTE: In the future when MiCollab is able to update MiVoice Business backup controllers, the different backup controller handling will be removed.

Programming