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NHS Credential Management 3.13.5.0, issued by NHS England, is a single-version security package that replaces the legacy NHS Identity Agent with the new Care Identity Service authentication client known as NHS Smartcard Connect. Built around the CIS2 Authentication framework, the software preserves every capability of its predecessors while removing the dependency on Java applets, thereby enabling Spine-connected clinical and administrative applications to run natively in modern Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome instead of being confined to Internet Explorer or Edge in IE compatibility mode. Once deployed, the client handles smartcard log-on, certificate lifecycle management, and secure token exchange for staff accessing the Spine, Summary Care Record, e-Referral Service, and other national health systems, ensuring that clinicians, pharmacists, and social-care workers can authenticate quickly and move between different workstations without re-entering credentials. The elimination of Java also simplifies endpoint maintenance, reduces browser security warnings, and aligns NHS devices with contemporary Windows patching cycles. Because Smartcard Connect is no longer co-installed with the retired NHS Identity Agent, organisations must migrate every machine that still relies on the legacy stack before Internet Explorer support is finally withdrawn. System administrators typically distribute the 3.13.5.0 package through SCCM or Intune, push the required registry settings to enable CIS2, and validate smartcard readers against the updated middleware before granting user access. NHS Credential Management is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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