CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) Cert Prep: 4 Identity and Access Management

Pass the CompTIA Security+ exam. Study objectives related to the Identity and Access Management domain of the exam.

Pass the CompTIA Security+ exam with our certification prep training. This installment prepares candidates for the fourth domain of the CompTIA Security+ exam: Identity and Access Management. This domain covers everything you need to know to identify your users, verify their identities, limit their access, and manage their accounts on an ongoing basis. The skills taught in this course are vendor-neutral, core principles that any IT security pro should master, regardless of company size or industry.

Instructor Mike Chapple has designed the training around the most recent version of CompTIA Security+, SY0-501, which expands coverage of mobile and cloud technologies. By learning about the topics in this course, you'll be prepared to answer questions from the latest exam—and strengthen your own organization's systems and defenses. To join one of Mike's free study groups, visit certmike.com.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.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you need to know

1. Identification

• Identification, authentication, authorization, and accounting
• Usernames and access cards
• Biometrics

2. Authentication

• Authentication factors
• Multifactor authentication
• Something you have
• Password authentication protocols
• Single sign-on and federation
• RADIUS and TACACS
• Kerberos and LDAP
• SAML
• OAUTH and OpenID Connect
• Certificate-based authentication

3. Authorization

• Understanding authorization
• Mandatory access controls
• Discretionary access controls
• Access control lists
• Advanced authorization concepts
• Database access control

4. Account Management

• Understanding account and privilege management
• Account types
• Account policies
• Password policy
• Managing roles
• Account monitoring
• Provisioning and deprovisioning

Conclusion

• Next steps