OpenIAM Card Management System (CMS) is the first card management system available through a professional open source model. The CMS is provides a complete solution to manage the issuance and administration of smart cards and physcial access cards. The OpenIAM CMS is fully integrated with rest of the OpenIAM stack and provides organizations with a complete of a users identity including smart cards, certificates, etc. As a result, the OpenIAM CMS minimizes the time and costs associated with deploying and maintaining smart cards and physical access cards, making converged security a reality in a cost effective model.