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Administering HCL Compass Web
This section discusses how to administer HCL Compass Web.
Configuring strong authentication with smart cards
Smart card authentication is appropriate for deployments where security requirements dictate stronger authentication than using a HCL Compass user name and password.
Prerequisites
You must complete the following steps before you configure and enable smart card support.

Prerequisites for smart card configuration

You must complete the following steps before you configure and enable smart card support.

Obtain and understand your LDAP server registry settings.
Obtain the LDAP user name of the WebSphere® Application Server administrative user.
Configure secure access to HCL Compass Web server. See Configuring secure connections.
Obtain a signer certificate for your organization.
Obtain client certificates for each user who requires smart card access.