Identity and Access Management for CompTIA Security+
User account and access management is a foundational concept that is critical to an organization's overall information security health. This course teaches you the different concepts and technologies associated with identity and access management.
What you'll learn
Organizations are constantly faced with the ongoing threat of breaches and data comprise from both internal and external threats. In this course, Identity and Access Management for CompTIA Security+, you'll learn the critical foundational concepts that form the building blocks of every company's information security posture. First, you'll explore the various methods of identification, authentication, and authorization, including the technologies that enable secure access to resources both locally and remotely. Next, you'll delve into the various technologies that enable identity and access management, including physical controls, group policy based controls, and biometric controls. Finally, you'll learn user account and access best practices, including various account types, account maintenance, and policy enforcement. By the end of this course, you'll have a better understanding of user account and access management, and you'll be able to take this knowledge into the Security+ exam.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- Access Control Methods 1m
- Mandatory Access Control 1m
- Discretionary Access Control 1m
- Rule-based and Role-based Access Control 2m
- Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) 3m
- Smart Cards and Proximity Cards 2m
- Biometric Factors 2m
- Facial Recognition 3m
- TOTP 2m
- HTOP 1m
- PIV and CAC 2m
- Port Security and 802.1x 4m
- Database Encryption 1m
- Module Review 1m
- Introduction 1m
- User Accounts 1m
- Account Management 2m
- Privileged Accounts 1m
- Least Privilege 1m
- Onboarding/offboarding 1m
- Permissions Auditing and Review 1m
- Time of Day Restrictions 1m
- Recertification 2m
- Standard Naming Conventions 1m
- User Access Best Practices 2m
- Credential Management 1m
- Group Policy 2m
- Password Complexity 1m
- Expiration 3m
- Recovery 2m
- Disablement 1m
- Lockout 1m
- Password History 2m
- Password Reuse 1m
About the author
Chris is a professional information technologist, trainer, manager and lifelong learner. He is married with 3 beautiful children and interested in martial arts, working out, spending time with family and friends and being creative whenever possible. He has created a number of IT Certification training courses over the past 10 years and really enjoys helping people advance their careers through training and personal development.