Table of Contents
- About Enhanced NetBadge: How It’s Different, When You’ll Use It
- What Do I Need to Do Now to Get Ready? How to Complete Your ID Verification
- Where to Go: Drop-In ID Verification Clinic Locations
- If You Do Not Complete Your ID Verification...
About “Enhanced” NetBadge
How Is Enhanced NetBadge Different?
You’re already familiar with NetBadge—you probably log into it often, as it protects many UVa websites and services, including your email. “Enhanced” NetBadge is a higher-security edition of NetBadge that will look slightly different from the “original” NetBadge and increase protection of your sensitive personal data.
The enhanced version of NetBadge will ask you to supply:
- your University ID number,
- the answer to one of your personal security questions you set during the ID verification process, and
- your UVa computing ID and password or digital certificate, as is required with “regular” NetBadge.
When Will I Use Enhanced NetBadge?
You’ll use your personal security questions and Enhanced NetBadge whenever you access certain University computer systems which require a higher level of security. For example, you’ll use it later this academic year when you access the Student Information System (SIS), and when logging into Employee Self-Service on the Oracle ERP/Integrated System.
In the future, even more University systems which contain sensitive data and require a higher level of identity assurance than username and password alone will likely be protected behind Enhanced NetBadge.
What Do I Need to Do Now to Get Ready?
How to Complete Your ID Verification
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Take your UVa ID card and either a U.S. government-issued photo ID, US Driver's License or any government-issued passport with you when you go to an ID Verification Clinic location.
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When you show your UVa and government-issued photo IDs, you receive a slip of paper with a “PassPhrase” on it, and instructions to visit a URL (http://whois.virginia.edu/idm). Go to this website and enter your PassPhrase, along with your University ID number and other identifying information.
- Then set up your 4 personal security questions and answers. Please take your time and
think carefully as you select these. Be sure to pick questions for which you easily know the answer,
but other persons do not.
Where to Go: Drop-In ID Verification Clinic Locations
Upcoming ID Verification Drop-In Clinic Dates & Locations
ID verification services will be conveniently available at the following dates/locations:
| Drop-In ID Clinic Date | Time | Location | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Dec 1 | 12:00 - 4:30PM | Drop-In ID Clinic: Fontaine Research Park: 400 Ray C. Hunt Dr., Suite 100, Conf Rm A | Faculty/Staff |
| Tue, Dec 8 | 9:00AM-2:00PM | Drop-In ID Clinic: 2410 Old Ivy Rd (Jefferson Quarry Building) 2nd Floor Conference Room | Faculty/Staff |
| Wed, Dec 9 | 9:00AM - 2:30PM | Drop-In ID Clinic: Elson Student Health Center | Faculty/Staff |
| Thu, Dec 10 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM | Drop-In ID Clinic: Elson Student Health Center | Faculty/Staff |
| Tue, Dec 15 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM | Drop-In ID Clinic: Mechanical Engineering (MECH) Room 215 | Faculty/Staff |
| Wed, Dec 16 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM | Drop-In ID Clinic: Mechanical Engineering (MECH) Room 215 | Faculty/Staff |
| Fri, Jan 15 | 2:00PM-5:00PM | Drop-In ID Clinic: Fontaine Research Park: 545 Ray C Hunt Drive, Rm 2318 (Enter thru Health South Bldg 515, turn right thru double sliding glass doors, take elevator to 2nd floor, left off elevator to end of hall.) | Faculty/Staff |
| TBD: Drop-In ID Clinic North Grounds Area (at Darden) | |||
| TBD: Drop-In ID Clinic Dept of Medicine location or Health Sciences Library | |||
| Additional dates and locations for Drop-In ID Clinics are coming soon. (Don't delay - most clinics have already occurred, or are on the above schedule.) | |||
| *Subject to early closing when vaccines are in short supply | |||
ID verification is also available (only if you are completely unable to attend any of the drop-in clinics) during normal business hours:
- Academic employees and students: Please attend a scheduled drop-in ID Verification clinic to complete the process.
- Health System employees and students: Please come during a scheduled drop-in ID Verification clinic to complete the process in the Health Sciences Library during clinic hours.
- Commerce and Nursing School employees and students: Contact your LSP.
- Facilities Management employees: Contact your Information Systems Dept for location and instructions.
Also see ID Verification: What to Bring and What to Expect.
If You Do Not Complete Your ID Verification...
Why ID Proofing Is Important
For the past several years, UVa has made a concerted, multi-year effort to reduce reliance on Social Security numbers (SSNs), better protecting the sensitive data of students, faculty, and staff.
If you do not complete your ID verification process, anytime you log into a system behind the enhanced version of NetBadge, you will have to provide your SSN as your personal security question.
ID proofing essentially helps UVa validate your identity without using your SSN, strengthening the protection of your sensitive personal data. So, please help us protect your personal data and minimize the use of SSNs by setting other security questions for yourself as soon as possible! Current state law requires that we stop using Social Security numbers for this purpose by June 30, 2010, so don’t wait.
Special Note: Currently Away from Grounds?
If you received an email from ITC directing you to this page, but you are currently away from Grounds and are unable to go in person to complete your ID verification:
- Please reply to the email you receive and let ITC know when you will be back on Grounds.
- If you are unable to come on one of the above dates for ID Clinics, another option is to schedule an appointment with the ITC Accounts Office to have the verification completed there.
ITC encourages you do this as quickly as possible after you return to UVa to ensure uninterrupted access to systems protected by Enhanced NetBadge.