Authentication, Authorization, & Identity Engineering

Anyone who uses a computer on a daily basis needs to have an account. For organizations of any size, those accounts need to be properly secured and managed using a well-designed identity management program. This course will go into detail about various authentication types and authorization mechanisms that are used to grant needed access to an organization's resources. In addition, we'll look at how to securely set up and identity management system - from creation of accounts, to integrating with other systems, all the way through logging and monitoring. We'll also go over the identity and access management lifecycle, and how it plays a critical part in securing the authentication and authorization systems for any organization.