Learn the essentials of identity and access management, from multifactor authentication to privilege management. This course will prepare you for the CySA+ (CS0-002) exam.
Identity and access management systems help organizations accomplish several fundamental tasks: identifying users, authenticating them, and ensuring that they can access only the resources and information that they are privy to. In this course—the third installment in the CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep series—instructor Mike Chapple delves into the identity access management portion of domain two of the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) (CS0-002) exam: Software and Systems Security. Mike discusses different means of verifying identity, including biometrics; key authentication techniques, systems, and protocols; authorization and privilege management; the identity management lifecycle; and how to address common security issues in the realm of identity management.We are a CompTIA Partner. As such, we are able to offer CompTIA exam vouchers at a 10% discount. For more information on how to obtain this discount, please download these PDF instructions.
CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 3 Identity and Access Management
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Identity and access management
- What you should know
- Study resources
1. Identity and Access Management
- Identity and access management
- Identification, authentication, and authorization
- Subject/object model
- Provisioning and deprovisioning
- Identity security issues
2. Identification
- User names and access cards
- Biometrics
- Registration and identity proofing
3. Authentication
- Authentication factors
- Multi-factor authentication
- Something you have
- Password authentication protocols
- Single sign-on (SSO) and federation
- RADIUS and TACACS
- Kerberos and LDAP
- SAML
- IDaaS
- Advanced authorization concepts
4. Authorization
- Authorization and privilege management
- Mandatory access controls
- Discretionary access controls
- Access control lists (ACL)
5. Identity Management Life Cycle
- Account and privilege management
- Account policies
- Password policies
- Role management
- Account monitoring
Conclusion
- Next steps
Taught by
Mike Chapple
