External Certificate Authority http://eca.orc.com Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:56:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Attention SPOT Users http://eca.orc.com/2012/04/attention-spot-users/ http://eca.orc.com/2012/04/attention-spot-users/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:07:24 +0000 weinbergm http://eca.orc.com/?p=2312 //

The ORC Difference

ORC was the first company to graduate from the DoDs Interim External Certification Authority (IECA) program to the final ECA program. We are the only authorized vendor to issue every type of certificate sanctioned under the DoD ECA policy. Our Lead Registration Authority “double hats” as our Facility Security Officer (FSO) and has been a client-side certificate expert with ORC for over five years.

ORC’s lineage traces back to the early days of the DoD PKI (CAC) certificate program when the ORC Team hosted and operated the DoD PKI Development and Test Labs. This gives ORC very detailed knowledge in both DoD PKI and DoD ECA PKI in terms of both the history, legacy conditions, and similarities and differences of the two DoD certificate programs.

PKI certificates are now necessary to log in to SPOT-ES.
AKO or Username/Password account users will need to add a PKI certificate to their accounts.
Note: Users without a CAC card will need an AKO account as well as a DoD approved ECA Certificate for SPOT access.
To access SPOT, choose from one or three year Medium Assurance Identity/Encryption Certificates, also referred to as ‘browser based’ or ‘soft’ certificates.
Pricing
One Year $99
Three Year $224
or
Email spot@orc.com to see if your company has a corporate discount.
How do I get an ECA Medium Assurance Identity and Encryption Certificate?
  1. Go to http://eca.orc.com/sw-identity-certificate/ and make an online application. Print your forms.
  2. Attach your Proof of Identity and Citizenship:
    • Two Government-Issued Photo IDs
    • Proof of Organizational Affiliation
    • Approved Citizenship Document (Valid or Expired Passport, Birth Certificate, Naturalization Certificate)
    • Payment information
  3. Complete the Face to Face Identity Proofing:
    • Go to a Notary within your organization or at your local bank;
      Or
    • Visit an ORC Registration Authority at our Fairfax, VA or Chesapeake, VA offices. ORC affiliates in Boxborough, MA, Honolulu, HI, and Atlanta, GA may also be used for identity proofing.
Click if you are a foreign national or a US citizen abroad.
ORC’s Help Desk can provide remote desktop assistance for any issue you may encounter. Please contact ecahelp@orc.com for rapid support.
ORC’s typical certificate issuance time is between 1 to 2 days after all paperwork is received. You will receive a email notification when your certificates have been issued.
If you have any general questions, please contact Vanessa Vincent at 703-246-8531 or vincentv@orc.com.
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JPAS Wednesdays

Due to the demand for Medium Hardware certificates, each Wednesday we will have a limited schedule of same-day issuance at our Fairfax location and Chesapeake Va location. To schedule an issuance time, please email ecahelp@orc.com and include JPAS Wednesdays in the Subject.
PLEASE REMEMBER, you will need to bring the necessary forms of identification as found under Certificate Request Instructions 2. Identity Verification
JPAS logon procedures are being updated to provide additional security and privacy of clearance data and personally identifiable information (PII). These changes are pursuant to Department of Defense (DoD) regulations mandating improved security by restricting access to only users with cryptographic logon. Users will need three items to access JPAS by January 2012.  These three items are:
  1. An active JPAS account;
  2. An approved active PKI Certificate; and
  3. Hardware and Software needed to read the PKI certificate.
ORC is pleased to provide ECA credentials (items 2 and 3) for the JPAS infrastructure. While either type of PKI Certificate (Medium Token or Medium Hardware) is accepted, please be aware that there are a growing number of DoD sites that require Medium Hardware and will not accept Medium Token. To avoid unnecessary costs, we recommend that users who will access additional DoD sites select Medium Hardware.
Please see our pricing page for information on the necessary hardware and software for Medium Hardware and Medium Token certificates.
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