Mastering Identity and Access Management A Complete Guide with Practical Self-Assessment Tools
You're under pressure. Systems are growing, compliance demands are tightening, and a single access misstep could trigger a breach, audit failure, or regulatory fine. You need clarity, not confusion. You need a framework that transforms IAM from an abstract risk into a strategic asset. The reality? Most professionals drown in fragmented documentation, generic templates, and theoretical models with no real-world applicability. They remain stuck-overwhelmed, underprepared, and unable to communicate IAM value to leadership. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Mastering Identity and Access Management A Complete Guide with Practical Self-Assessment Tools is your blueprint for turning chaos into control. This course delivers a structured 30-day roadmap to build, assess, and present a fully operational IAM strategy-with a board-ready compliance package and risk mitigation plan tailored to your environment. One recent learner, Priya M., Senior Security Analyst at a global fintech firm, used this course to audit her organisation’s access sprawl. In just 22 days, she mapped excessive privileges across 17 critical systems, reduced standing administrative access by 64%, and presented a remediation roadmap that secured executive funding for IAM automation. This isn’t theory. It’s a field-tested system built for real complexity, real timelines, and real business outcomes. You’ll gain confidence through structured self-assessment tools, decision matrices, and policy templates used by enterprise IAM architects. No more guessing. No more patchwork solutions. You’ll move from reactive firefighting to proactive governance, with documented control frameworks that align technical implementation to business risk. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Fully Self-Paced, On-Demand Learning for Maximum Flexibility
This course is designed for busy professionals who need control over their development path. You progress at your own pace with immediate online access and no fixed schedules. Most learners complete the core program in 25 to 35 hours, applying concepts in parallel with their current role. You can begin seeing practical results within the first week-applying access review templates, defining role-based access controls, and running gap assessments against industry benchmarks. Lifetime Access with Continuous Updates
Enroll once, learn forever. You receive lifetime access to all course materials, including all future updates at no additional cost. As regulations evolve and new IAM standards emerge, your content automatically reflects current best practices. - Access is available 24/7 from any device, including mobile and tablet
- All materials are optimised for offline reading and secure download
- Progress tracking ensures you never lose your place
Expert Guidance & Structured Support
While the course is self-directed, you are not alone. You will have access to direct instructor guidance through a monitored support channel. Questions are reviewed regularly by IAM-certified practitioners with real-world implementation experience across finance, healthcare, and government sectors. Your learning path includes embedded checkpoints and self-validation tools to ensure you’re applying concepts correctly-no waiting for feedback to confirm you’re on the right track. Certificate of Completion Issued by The Art of Service
Upon finishing the course and passing the final self-assessment, you will receive a verifiable Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service. This credential is recognised globally by IT governance teams, cybersecurity hiring managers, and audit departments. The certificate validates your ability to deploy IAM frameworks, conduct access risk assessments, and document compliance alignment-all with practical tools you keep and use beyond the course. Transparent, One-Time Pricing-No Hidden Fees
The course fee is straightforward with no recurring charges, upsells, or hidden costs. You pay once and gain full access to every module, tool, and template. Payment is accepted via Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal-securely processed with industry-standard encryption. Risk-Free Enrollment with Our Satisfaction Guarantee
We eliminate your risk with a full satisfaction guarantee. If the course doesn’t meet your expectations, you can request a refund at any time within 60 days of enrollment, no questions asked. You’ll receive a confirmation email upon registration, followed by a separate message with your access details once your course materials are prepared-ensuring a smooth, error-free setup. This Works Even If…
You’re new to IAM, work in a highly regulated environment, or manage legacy systems with fragmented identity data. The course includes role-specific examples for: - IT security officers implementing Zero Trust initiatives
- Compliance leads preparing for SOX or GDPR audits
- Cloud architects designing federated access across hybrid environments
- System administrators reducing privilege creep in active directories
Fictional but realistic case files from healthcare, manufacturing, and SaaS organisations demonstrate how the tools adapt to real complexity. You’ll see exactly how to customise access policies, define separation of duties, and generate audit evidence. This course delivers practical, measurable ROI-whether you’re defending against breaches, streamlining operations, or advancing your career. You gain confidence through structure, not spectacle.
Module 1: Foundations of Identity and Access Management - Understanding identity as a security perimeter
- Core principles: authentication, authorisation, accountability
- Difference between identity management and access management
- Evolution of IAM from mainframes to cloud-native systems
- Common IAM security failures and real-world breach case studies
- Key components: users, roles, resources, policies
- Defining static versus dynamic access controls
- Principle of least privilege: implementation strategies
- Need-to-know access: practical interpretation
- Role-based access control (RBAC) fundamentals
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) overview
- Relationship between identities and entitlements
- Understanding orphaned accounts and access drift
- Overview of identity lifecycle stages
- Managing joined, active, suspended, and terminated states
Module 2: IAM Governance and Regulatory Compliance - Mapping IAM to compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, PCI DSS
- Regulatory requirements for access logging and reporting
- Establishing an IAM policy governance board
- Defining roles and responsibilities: IAM owner, approver, reviewer
- Drafting an enterprise IAM policy document
- Creating access request and approval workflows
- Periodic access review cycles and certification mandates
- Documenting segregation of duties (SoD) rules
- Identifying high-risk role combinations
- Designing conflict resolution processes for SoD violations
- Integrating IAM compliance into internal audit plans
- Preparing for regulatory access audits
- Generating audit-ready access reports
- Proving compliance to external auditors
- Using IAM controls as evidence in compliance submissions
Module 3: Identity Lifecycle Management - Automating user onboarding workflows
- Standardising provisioning across systems
- Integrating HR data sources with identity stores
- Synchronising employee status changes (promotion, transfer, exit)
- Designing deprovisioning playbooks
- Preventing lingering access after role changes
- Implementing re-provisioning controls for returning staff
- Managing contingent workers and contractors
- Setting time-bound access for temporary roles
- Automating access expiry and renewal alerts
- Using service accounts responsibly
- Identifying and auditing machine identities
- Governance of privileged service accounts
- Integrating identity lifecycle with ticketing systems
- Tracking provisioning exceptions and justifications
Module 4: Access Control Models and Framework Design - Comparing RBAC, ABAC, PBAC and ReBAC models
- When to use hierarchical, flat, or matrix-based roles
- Designing role taxonomies for scalability
- Naming conventions for roles and entitlements
- Defining role ownership and accountability
- Creating role libraries for common job functions
- Merging roles without creating privilege bloat
- Designing access bundles for SaaS applications
- Implementing attribute-driven access policies
- Using environment, location, and time as access controls
- Implementing context-aware authorisation logic
- Mapping business processes to access requirements
- Creating access matrices by department and system
- Using role mining to identify access patterns
- Validating role designs with business stakeholders
Module 5: Privileged Access Management (PAM) - Defining privileged accounts: admin, root, service, break-glass
- Risks associated with standing privileges
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access principles
- Implementing time-limited privilege elevation
- Break-glass account management procedures
- Secure storage of privileged credentials
- Password vaulting and rotation automation
- Session monitoring and recording for privileged access
- Approving privilege requests with workflow controls
- Justifying elevated access with business purpose
- Integrating PAM with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Monitoring for anomalous privileged behaviour
- Setting up alerts for unauthorised privilege use
- Conducting regular PAM access reviews
- Reducing privilege sprawl in Windows and Unix environments
Module 6: Identity Federation and Single Sign-On (SSO) - Understanding federation protocols: SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0
- Role of identity providers (IdP) and service providers (SP)
- Implementing enterprise SSO across cloud and on-prem systems
- Selecting between cloud-based and on-premises IdPs
- Defining identity claims and attribute mapping
- Configuring multi-tenant identity architectures
- Managing user consent and data sharing policies
- Securing federation endpoints against token replay
- Preventing identity spoofing in federated models
- Integrating B2B partners with federated access
- Creating guest user access workflows
- Managing identity delegation securely
- Implementing step-up authentication for sensitive systems
- Handling federation failure and fallback mechanisms
- Testing SSO integration reliability and failover
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Adaptive Authentication - Types of authentication factors: knowledge, possession, inherence
- Implementing SMS, TOTP, and push-based MFA
- Evaluating hardware tokens and FIDO2/WebAuthn standards
- Phishing-resistant authentication methods
- Deploying MFA across workforce, partners, and customers
- Handling MFA exceptions for legacy systems
- Creating bypass procedures for emergency access
- Monitoring MFA enrollment rates and coverage
- Addressing user resistance to MFA adoption
- Implementing risk-based adaptive authentication
- Using device trust and geolocation for access decisions
- Setting thresholds for step-up authentication
- Integrating MFA with conditional access policies
- Analysing MFA success and failure logs
- Securing recovery methods for lost devices
Module 8: Access Governance and Review Processes - Designing periodic access certification campaigns
- Selecting appropriate reviewers: managers, data owners, system admins
- Automating access review notifications and reminders
- Creating escalation paths for overdue reviews
- Handling exceptions and temporary approvals
- Documenting review justifications
- Tracking attestation completeness metrics
- Generating compliance evidence for auditors
- Integrating access reviews with GRC platforms
- Running targeted reviews for high-risk systems
- Conducting post-incident access investigations
- Analysing certification trends over time
- Reducing reviewer fatigue with intelligent grouping
- Using predictive analytics to prioritise reviews
- Automating remediation of revoked access
Module 9: IAM Integration with Cloud and Hybrid Environments - Extending IAM controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Synchronising identities across on-prem Active Directory and cloud directories
- Managing cloud identity federation with corporate IdPs
- Enforcing consistent access policies across hybrid workloads
- Configuring cross-account access securely
- Implementing workload identity federation for serverless applications
- Managing service account access in Kubernetes
- Securing CI/CD pipeline identities
- Applying least privilege to cloud roles
- Monitoring cloud IAM policy changes
- Responding to overly permissive cloud access
- Using cloud-native IAM analytics and logging
- Integrating cloud access reviews with central governance
- Designing cloud landing zone IAM policies
- Managing cross-cloud identity consistency
Module 10: IAM in DevOps and Application Security - Embedding IAM into CI/CD pipelines
- Managing developer access to environments
- Securing service accounts in application code
- Using secrets management tools (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Rotating API keys and tokens automatically
- Implementing OAuth scopes for microservices
- Designing zero-trust access for APIs
- Validating identity tokens in backend services
- Preventing hardcoded credentials in repositories
- Enforcing access controls in containerised applications
- Managing developer onboarding with self-service portals
- Controlling access to testing and staging systems
- Defining change control for IAM configurations
- Tracking infrastructure-as-code IAM changes
- Performing peer reviews of access policies
Module 11: Identity Analytics and Threat Detection - Using logs to detect access anomalies
- Establishing baselines for normal user behaviour
- Identifying impossible travel and unusual login times
- Detecting privilege escalation attempts
- Monitoring for duplicate or conflicting roles
- Analysing failed authentication patterns
- Correlating access events with threat intelligence feeds
- Using UEBA to flag compromised accounts
- Identifying dormant accounts with sudden activity
- Tracking lateral movement indicators
- Generating risk scores for user accounts
- Visualising access risk across the organisation
- Integrating IAM data with SIEM platforms
- Creating automated alerts for high-risk access
- Documenting incident response playbooks for IAM events
Module 12: Self-Assessment Tools and Implementation Roadmaps - Using the IAM Maturity Assessment Matrix
- Evaluating current state against industry benchmarks
- Identifying critical gaps in access controls
- Prioritising remediation by risk and impact
- Creating a 90-day IAM improvement plan
- Setting measurable objectives and KPIs
- Building business cases for IAM investment
- Securing leadership buy-in with risk-based messaging
- Aligning IAM initiatives with digital transformation goals
- Estimating resource requirements and timelines
- Selecting tools based on organisational scale
- Phasing IAM implementation to minimise disruption
- Communicating changes to end users and IT teams
- Measuring adoption and policy compliance rates
- Conducting post-implementation reviews
Module 13: Certification Projects and Documentation - Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion
Module 14: Career Advancement and Ongoing Learning - Positioning your skills in IAM job markets
- Updating your resume with IAM project experience
- Using the certificate on LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Preparing for IAM-focused interview questions
- Understanding career paths: IAM analyst, architect, officer
- Mapping course skills to CISSP, CISM, CIAM domains
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Staying current with NIST, ISO, and CIS IAM guidelines
- Following industry trends in passwordless and identity fabric
- Contributing to internal IAM improvement initiatives
- Presenting findings to leadership and audit committees
- Expanding into Zero Trust and identity-centric security
- Accessing curated reading lists and regulatory updates
- Re-evaluating your organisation’s IAM posture annually
- Using self-assessment tools for continuous improvement
- Understanding identity as a security perimeter
- Core principles: authentication, authorisation, accountability
- Difference between identity management and access management
- Evolution of IAM from mainframes to cloud-native systems
- Common IAM security failures and real-world breach case studies
- Key components: users, roles, resources, policies
- Defining static versus dynamic access controls
- Principle of least privilege: implementation strategies
- Need-to-know access: practical interpretation
- Role-based access control (RBAC) fundamentals
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) overview
- Relationship between identities and entitlements
- Understanding orphaned accounts and access drift
- Overview of identity lifecycle stages
- Managing joined, active, suspended, and terminated states
Module 2: IAM Governance and Regulatory Compliance - Mapping IAM to compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, PCI DSS
- Regulatory requirements for access logging and reporting
- Establishing an IAM policy governance board
- Defining roles and responsibilities: IAM owner, approver, reviewer
- Drafting an enterprise IAM policy document
- Creating access request and approval workflows
- Periodic access review cycles and certification mandates
- Documenting segregation of duties (SoD) rules
- Identifying high-risk role combinations
- Designing conflict resolution processes for SoD violations
- Integrating IAM compliance into internal audit plans
- Preparing for regulatory access audits
- Generating audit-ready access reports
- Proving compliance to external auditors
- Using IAM controls as evidence in compliance submissions
Module 3: Identity Lifecycle Management - Automating user onboarding workflows
- Standardising provisioning across systems
- Integrating HR data sources with identity stores
- Synchronising employee status changes (promotion, transfer, exit)
- Designing deprovisioning playbooks
- Preventing lingering access after role changes
- Implementing re-provisioning controls for returning staff
- Managing contingent workers and contractors
- Setting time-bound access for temporary roles
- Automating access expiry and renewal alerts
- Using service accounts responsibly
- Identifying and auditing machine identities
- Governance of privileged service accounts
- Integrating identity lifecycle with ticketing systems
- Tracking provisioning exceptions and justifications
Module 4: Access Control Models and Framework Design - Comparing RBAC, ABAC, PBAC and ReBAC models
- When to use hierarchical, flat, or matrix-based roles
- Designing role taxonomies for scalability
- Naming conventions for roles and entitlements
- Defining role ownership and accountability
- Creating role libraries for common job functions
- Merging roles without creating privilege bloat
- Designing access bundles for SaaS applications
- Implementing attribute-driven access policies
- Using environment, location, and time as access controls
- Implementing context-aware authorisation logic
- Mapping business processes to access requirements
- Creating access matrices by department and system
- Using role mining to identify access patterns
- Validating role designs with business stakeholders
Module 5: Privileged Access Management (PAM) - Defining privileged accounts: admin, root, service, break-glass
- Risks associated with standing privileges
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access principles
- Implementing time-limited privilege elevation
- Break-glass account management procedures
- Secure storage of privileged credentials
- Password vaulting and rotation automation
- Session monitoring and recording for privileged access
- Approving privilege requests with workflow controls
- Justifying elevated access with business purpose
- Integrating PAM with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Monitoring for anomalous privileged behaviour
- Setting up alerts for unauthorised privilege use
- Conducting regular PAM access reviews
- Reducing privilege sprawl in Windows and Unix environments
Module 6: Identity Federation and Single Sign-On (SSO) - Understanding federation protocols: SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0
- Role of identity providers (IdP) and service providers (SP)
- Implementing enterprise SSO across cloud and on-prem systems
- Selecting between cloud-based and on-premises IdPs
- Defining identity claims and attribute mapping
- Configuring multi-tenant identity architectures
- Managing user consent and data sharing policies
- Securing federation endpoints against token replay
- Preventing identity spoofing in federated models
- Integrating B2B partners with federated access
- Creating guest user access workflows
- Managing identity delegation securely
- Implementing step-up authentication for sensitive systems
- Handling federation failure and fallback mechanisms
- Testing SSO integration reliability and failover
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Adaptive Authentication - Types of authentication factors: knowledge, possession, inherence
- Implementing SMS, TOTP, and push-based MFA
- Evaluating hardware tokens and FIDO2/WebAuthn standards
- Phishing-resistant authentication methods
- Deploying MFA across workforce, partners, and customers
- Handling MFA exceptions for legacy systems
- Creating bypass procedures for emergency access
- Monitoring MFA enrollment rates and coverage
- Addressing user resistance to MFA adoption
- Implementing risk-based adaptive authentication
- Using device trust and geolocation for access decisions
- Setting thresholds for step-up authentication
- Integrating MFA with conditional access policies
- Analysing MFA success and failure logs
- Securing recovery methods for lost devices
Module 8: Access Governance and Review Processes - Designing periodic access certification campaigns
- Selecting appropriate reviewers: managers, data owners, system admins
- Automating access review notifications and reminders
- Creating escalation paths for overdue reviews
- Handling exceptions and temporary approvals
- Documenting review justifications
- Tracking attestation completeness metrics
- Generating compliance evidence for auditors
- Integrating access reviews with GRC platforms
- Running targeted reviews for high-risk systems
- Conducting post-incident access investigations
- Analysing certification trends over time
- Reducing reviewer fatigue with intelligent grouping
- Using predictive analytics to prioritise reviews
- Automating remediation of revoked access
Module 9: IAM Integration with Cloud and Hybrid Environments - Extending IAM controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Synchronising identities across on-prem Active Directory and cloud directories
- Managing cloud identity federation with corporate IdPs
- Enforcing consistent access policies across hybrid workloads
- Configuring cross-account access securely
- Implementing workload identity federation for serverless applications
- Managing service account access in Kubernetes
- Securing CI/CD pipeline identities
- Applying least privilege to cloud roles
- Monitoring cloud IAM policy changes
- Responding to overly permissive cloud access
- Using cloud-native IAM analytics and logging
- Integrating cloud access reviews with central governance
- Designing cloud landing zone IAM policies
- Managing cross-cloud identity consistency
Module 10: IAM in DevOps and Application Security - Embedding IAM into CI/CD pipelines
- Managing developer access to environments
- Securing service accounts in application code
- Using secrets management tools (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Rotating API keys and tokens automatically
- Implementing OAuth scopes for microservices
- Designing zero-trust access for APIs
- Validating identity tokens in backend services
- Preventing hardcoded credentials in repositories
- Enforcing access controls in containerised applications
- Managing developer onboarding with self-service portals
- Controlling access to testing and staging systems
- Defining change control for IAM configurations
- Tracking infrastructure-as-code IAM changes
- Performing peer reviews of access policies
Module 11: Identity Analytics and Threat Detection - Using logs to detect access anomalies
- Establishing baselines for normal user behaviour
- Identifying impossible travel and unusual login times
- Detecting privilege escalation attempts
- Monitoring for duplicate or conflicting roles
- Analysing failed authentication patterns
- Correlating access events with threat intelligence feeds
- Using UEBA to flag compromised accounts
- Identifying dormant accounts with sudden activity
- Tracking lateral movement indicators
- Generating risk scores for user accounts
- Visualising access risk across the organisation
- Integrating IAM data with SIEM platforms
- Creating automated alerts for high-risk access
- Documenting incident response playbooks for IAM events
Module 12: Self-Assessment Tools and Implementation Roadmaps - Using the IAM Maturity Assessment Matrix
- Evaluating current state against industry benchmarks
- Identifying critical gaps in access controls
- Prioritising remediation by risk and impact
- Creating a 90-day IAM improvement plan
- Setting measurable objectives and KPIs
- Building business cases for IAM investment
- Securing leadership buy-in with risk-based messaging
- Aligning IAM initiatives with digital transformation goals
- Estimating resource requirements and timelines
- Selecting tools based on organisational scale
- Phasing IAM implementation to minimise disruption
- Communicating changes to end users and IT teams
- Measuring adoption and policy compliance rates
- Conducting post-implementation reviews
Module 13: Certification Projects and Documentation - Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion
Module 14: Career Advancement and Ongoing Learning - Positioning your skills in IAM job markets
- Updating your resume with IAM project experience
- Using the certificate on LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Preparing for IAM-focused interview questions
- Understanding career paths: IAM analyst, architect, officer
- Mapping course skills to CISSP, CISM, CIAM domains
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Staying current with NIST, ISO, and CIS IAM guidelines
- Following industry trends in passwordless and identity fabric
- Contributing to internal IAM improvement initiatives
- Presenting findings to leadership and audit committees
- Expanding into Zero Trust and identity-centric security
- Accessing curated reading lists and regulatory updates
- Re-evaluating your organisation’s IAM posture annually
- Using self-assessment tools for continuous improvement
- Automating user onboarding workflows
- Standardising provisioning across systems
- Integrating HR data sources with identity stores
- Synchronising employee status changes (promotion, transfer, exit)
- Designing deprovisioning playbooks
- Preventing lingering access after role changes
- Implementing re-provisioning controls for returning staff
- Managing contingent workers and contractors
- Setting time-bound access for temporary roles
- Automating access expiry and renewal alerts
- Using service accounts responsibly
- Identifying and auditing machine identities
- Governance of privileged service accounts
- Integrating identity lifecycle with ticketing systems
- Tracking provisioning exceptions and justifications
Module 4: Access Control Models and Framework Design - Comparing RBAC, ABAC, PBAC and ReBAC models
- When to use hierarchical, flat, or matrix-based roles
- Designing role taxonomies for scalability
- Naming conventions for roles and entitlements
- Defining role ownership and accountability
- Creating role libraries for common job functions
- Merging roles without creating privilege bloat
- Designing access bundles for SaaS applications
- Implementing attribute-driven access policies
- Using environment, location, and time as access controls
- Implementing context-aware authorisation logic
- Mapping business processes to access requirements
- Creating access matrices by department and system
- Using role mining to identify access patterns
- Validating role designs with business stakeholders
Module 5: Privileged Access Management (PAM) - Defining privileged accounts: admin, root, service, break-glass
- Risks associated with standing privileges
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access principles
- Implementing time-limited privilege elevation
- Break-glass account management procedures
- Secure storage of privileged credentials
- Password vaulting and rotation automation
- Session monitoring and recording for privileged access
- Approving privilege requests with workflow controls
- Justifying elevated access with business purpose
- Integrating PAM with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Monitoring for anomalous privileged behaviour
- Setting up alerts for unauthorised privilege use
- Conducting regular PAM access reviews
- Reducing privilege sprawl in Windows and Unix environments
Module 6: Identity Federation and Single Sign-On (SSO) - Understanding federation protocols: SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0
- Role of identity providers (IdP) and service providers (SP)
- Implementing enterprise SSO across cloud and on-prem systems
- Selecting between cloud-based and on-premises IdPs
- Defining identity claims and attribute mapping
- Configuring multi-tenant identity architectures
- Managing user consent and data sharing policies
- Securing federation endpoints against token replay
- Preventing identity spoofing in federated models
- Integrating B2B partners with federated access
- Creating guest user access workflows
- Managing identity delegation securely
- Implementing step-up authentication for sensitive systems
- Handling federation failure and fallback mechanisms
- Testing SSO integration reliability and failover
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Adaptive Authentication - Types of authentication factors: knowledge, possession, inherence
- Implementing SMS, TOTP, and push-based MFA
- Evaluating hardware tokens and FIDO2/WebAuthn standards
- Phishing-resistant authentication methods
- Deploying MFA across workforce, partners, and customers
- Handling MFA exceptions for legacy systems
- Creating bypass procedures for emergency access
- Monitoring MFA enrollment rates and coverage
- Addressing user resistance to MFA adoption
- Implementing risk-based adaptive authentication
- Using device trust and geolocation for access decisions
- Setting thresholds for step-up authentication
- Integrating MFA with conditional access policies
- Analysing MFA success and failure logs
- Securing recovery methods for lost devices
Module 8: Access Governance and Review Processes - Designing periodic access certification campaigns
- Selecting appropriate reviewers: managers, data owners, system admins
- Automating access review notifications and reminders
- Creating escalation paths for overdue reviews
- Handling exceptions and temporary approvals
- Documenting review justifications
- Tracking attestation completeness metrics
- Generating compliance evidence for auditors
- Integrating access reviews with GRC platforms
- Running targeted reviews for high-risk systems
- Conducting post-incident access investigations
- Analysing certification trends over time
- Reducing reviewer fatigue with intelligent grouping
- Using predictive analytics to prioritise reviews
- Automating remediation of revoked access
Module 9: IAM Integration with Cloud and Hybrid Environments - Extending IAM controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Synchronising identities across on-prem Active Directory and cloud directories
- Managing cloud identity federation with corporate IdPs
- Enforcing consistent access policies across hybrid workloads
- Configuring cross-account access securely
- Implementing workload identity federation for serverless applications
- Managing service account access in Kubernetes
- Securing CI/CD pipeline identities
- Applying least privilege to cloud roles
- Monitoring cloud IAM policy changes
- Responding to overly permissive cloud access
- Using cloud-native IAM analytics and logging
- Integrating cloud access reviews with central governance
- Designing cloud landing zone IAM policies
- Managing cross-cloud identity consistency
Module 10: IAM in DevOps and Application Security - Embedding IAM into CI/CD pipelines
- Managing developer access to environments
- Securing service accounts in application code
- Using secrets management tools (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Rotating API keys and tokens automatically
- Implementing OAuth scopes for microservices
- Designing zero-trust access for APIs
- Validating identity tokens in backend services
- Preventing hardcoded credentials in repositories
- Enforcing access controls in containerised applications
- Managing developer onboarding with self-service portals
- Controlling access to testing and staging systems
- Defining change control for IAM configurations
- Tracking infrastructure-as-code IAM changes
- Performing peer reviews of access policies
Module 11: Identity Analytics and Threat Detection - Using logs to detect access anomalies
- Establishing baselines for normal user behaviour
- Identifying impossible travel and unusual login times
- Detecting privilege escalation attempts
- Monitoring for duplicate or conflicting roles
- Analysing failed authentication patterns
- Correlating access events with threat intelligence feeds
- Using UEBA to flag compromised accounts
- Identifying dormant accounts with sudden activity
- Tracking lateral movement indicators
- Generating risk scores for user accounts
- Visualising access risk across the organisation
- Integrating IAM data with SIEM platforms
- Creating automated alerts for high-risk access
- Documenting incident response playbooks for IAM events
Module 12: Self-Assessment Tools and Implementation Roadmaps - Using the IAM Maturity Assessment Matrix
- Evaluating current state against industry benchmarks
- Identifying critical gaps in access controls
- Prioritising remediation by risk and impact
- Creating a 90-day IAM improvement plan
- Setting measurable objectives and KPIs
- Building business cases for IAM investment
- Securing leadership buy-in with risk-based messaging
- Aligning IAM initiatives with digital transformation goals
- Estimating resource requirements and timelines
- Selecting tools based on organisational scale
- Phasing IAM implementation to minimise disruption
- Communicating changes to end users and IT teams
- Measuring adoption and policy compliance rates
- Conducting post-implementation reviews
Module 13: Certification Projects and Documentation - Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion
Module 14: Career Advancement and Ongoing Learning - Positioning your skills in IAM job markets
- Updating your resume with IAM project experience
- Using the certificate on LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Preparing for IAM-focused interview questions
- Understanding career paths: IAM analyst, architect, officer
- Mapping course skills to CISSP, CISM, CIAM domains
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Staying current with NIST, ISO, and CIS IAM guidelines
- Following industry trends in passwordless and identity fabric
- Contributing to internal IAM improvement initiatives
- Presenting findings to leadership and audit committees
- Expanding into Zero Trust and identity-centric security
- Accessing curated reading lists and regulatory updates
- Re-evaluating your organisation’s IAM posture annually
- Using self-assessment tools for continuous improvement
- Defining privileged accounts: admin, root, service, break-glass
- Risks associated with standing privileges
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access principles
- Implementing time-limited privilege elevation
- Break-glass account management procedures
- Secure storage of privileged credentials
- Password vaulting and rotation automation
- Session monitoring and recording for privileged access
- Approving privilege requests with workflow controls
- Justifying elevated access with business purpose
- Integrating PAM with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Monitoring for anomalous privileged behaviour
- Setting up alerts for unauthorised privilege use
- Conducting regular PAM access reviews
- Reducing privilege sprawl in Windows and Unix environments
Module 6: Identity Federation and Single Sign-On (SSO) - Understanding federation protocols: SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0
- Role of identity providers (IdP) and service providers (SP)
- Implementing enterprise SSO across cloud and on-prem systems
- Selecting between cloud-based and on-premises IdPs
- Defining identity claims and attribute mapping
- Configuring multi-tenant identity architectures
- Managing user consent and data sharing policies
- Securing federation endpoints against token replay
- Preventing identity spoofing in federated models
- Integrating B2B partners with federated access
- Creating guest user access workflows
- Managing identity delegation securely
- Implementing step-up authentication for sensitive systems
- Handling federation failure and fallback mechanisms
- Testing SSO integration reliability and failover
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Adaptive Authentication - Types of authentication factors: knowledge, possession, inherence
- Implementing SMS, TOTP, and push-based MFA
- Evaluating hardware tokens and FIDO2/WebAuthn standards
- Phishing-resistant authentication methods
- Deploying MFA across workforce, partners, and customers
- Handling MFA exceptions for legacy systems
- Creating bypass procedures for emergency access
- Monitoring MFA enrollment rates and coverage
- Addressing user resistance to MFA adoption
- Implementing risk-based adaptive authentication
- Using device trust and geolocation for access decisions
- Setting thresholds for step-up authentication
- Integrating MFA with conditional access policies
- Analysing MFA success and failure logs
- Securing recovery methods for lost devices
Module 8: Access Governance and Review Processes - Designing periodic access certification campaigns
- Selecting appropriate reviewers: managers, data owners, system admins
- Automating access review notifications and reminders
- Creating escalation paths for overdue reviews
- Handling exceptions and temporary approvals
- Documenting review justifications
- Tracking attestation completeness metrics
- Generating compliance evidence for auditors
- Integrating access reviews with GRC platforms
- Running targeted reviews for high-risk systems
- Conducting post-incident access investigations
- Analysing certification trends over time
- Reducing reviewer fatigue with intelligent grouping
- Using predictive analytics to prioritise reviews
- Automating remediation of revoked access
Module 9: IAM Integration with Cloud and Hybrid Environments - Extending IAM controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Synchronising identities across on-prem Active Directory and cloud directories
- Managing cloud identity federation with corporate IdPs
- Enforcing consistent access policies across hybrid workloads
- Configuring cross-account access securely
- Implementing workload identity federation for serverless applications
- Managing service account access in Kubernetes
- Securing CI/CD pipeline identities
- Applying least privilege to cloud roles
- Monitoring cloud IAM policy changes
- Responding to overly permissive cloud access
- Using cloud-native IAM analytics and logging
- Integrating cloud access reviews with central governance
- Designing cloud landing zone IAM policies
- Managing cross-cloud identity consistency
Module 10: IAM in DevOps and Application Security - Embedding IAM into CI/CD pipelines
- Managing developer access to environments
- Securing service accounts in application code
- Using secrets management tools (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Rotating API keys and tokens automatically
- Implementing OAuth scopes for microservices
- Designing zero-trust access for APIs
- Validating identity tokens in backend services
- Preventing hardcoded credentials in repositories
- Enforcing access controls in containerised applications
- Managing developer onboarding with self-service portals
- Controlling access to testing and staging systems
- Defining change control for IAM configurations
- Tracking infrastructure-as-code IAM changes
- Performing peer reviews of access policies
Module 11: Identity Analytics and Threat Detection - Using logs to detect access anomalies
- Establishing baselines for normal user behaviour
- Identifying impossible travel and unusual login times
- Detecting privilege escalation attempts
- Monitoring for duplicate or conflicting roles
- Analysing failed authentication patterns
- Correlating access events with threat intelligence feeds
- Using UEBA to flag compromised accounts
- Identifying dormant accounts with sudden activity
- Tracking lateral movement indicators
- Generating risk scores for user accounts
- Visualising access risk across the organisation
- Integrating IAM data with SIEM platforms
- Creating automated alerts for high-risk access
- Documenting incident response playbooks for IAM events
Module 12: Self-Assessment Tools and Implementation Roadmaps - Using the IAM Maturity Assessment Matrix
- Evaluating current state against industry benchmarks
- Identifying critical gaps in access controls
- Prioritising remediation by risk and impact
- Creating a 90-day IAM improvement plan
- Setting measurable objectives and KPIs
- Building business cases for IAM investment
- Securing leadership buy-in with risk-based messaging
- Aligning IAM initiatives with digital transformation goals
- Estimating resource requirements and timelines
- Selecting tools based on organisational scale
- Phasing IAM implementation to minimise disruption
- Communicating changes to end users and IT teams
- Measuring adoption and policy compliance rates
- Conducting post-implementation reviews
Module 13: Certification Projects and Documentation - Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion
Module 14: Career Advancement and Ongoing Learning - Positioning your skills in IAM job markets
- Updating your resume with IAM project experience
- Using the certificate on LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Preparing for IAM-focused interview questions
- Understanding career paths: IAM analyst, architect, officer
- Mapping course skills to CISSP, CISM, CIAM domains
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Staying current with NIST, ISO, and CIS IAM guidelines
- Following industry trends in passwordless and identity fabric
- Contributing to internal IAM improvement initiatives
- Presenting findings to leadership and audit committees
- Expanding into Zero Trust and identity-centric security
- Accessing curated reading lists and regulatory updates
- Re-evaluating your organisation’s IAM posture annually
- Using self-assessment tools for continuous improvement
- Types of authentication factors: knowledge, possession, inherence
- Implementing SMS, TOTP, and push-based MFA
- Evaluating hardware tokens and FIDO2/WebAuthn standards
- Phishing-resistant authentication methods
- Deploying MFA across workforce, partners, and customers
- Handling MFA exceptions for legacy systems
- Creating bypass procedures for emergency access
- Monitoring MFA enrollment rates and coverage
- Addressing user resistance to MFA adoption
- Implementing risk-based adaptive authentication
- Using device trust and geolocation for access decisions
- Setting thresholds for step-up authentication
- Integrating MFA with conditional access policies
- Analysing MFA success and failure logs
- Securing recovery methods for lost devices
Module 8: Access Governance and Review Processes - Designing periodic access certification campaigns
- Selecting appropriate reviewers: managers, data owners, system admins
- Automating access review notifications and reminders
- Creating escalation paths for overdue reviews
- Handling exceptions and temporary approvals
- Documenting review justifications
- Tracking attestation completeness metrics
- Generating compliance evidence for auditors
- Integrating access reviews with GRC platforms
- Running targeted reviews for high-risk systems
- Conducting post-incident access investigations
- Analysing certification trends over time
- Reducing reviewer fatigue with intelligent grouping
- Using predictive analytics to prioritise reviews
- Automating remediation of revoked access
Module 9: IAM Integration with Cloud and Hybrid Environments - Extending IAM controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Synchronising identities across on-prem Active Directory and cloud directories
- Managing cloud identity federation with corporate IdPs
- Enforcing consistent access policies across hybrid workloads
- Configuring cross-account access securely
- Implementing workload identity federation for serverless applications
- Managing service account access in Kubernetes
- Securing CI/CD pipeline identities
- Applying least privilege to cloud roles
- Monitoring cloud IAM policy changes
- Responding to overly permissive cloud access
- Using cloud-native IAM analytics and logging
- Integrating cloud access reviews with central governance
- Designing cloud landing zone IAM policies
- Managing cross-cloud identity consistency
Module 10: IAM in DevOps and Application Security - Embedding IAM into CI/CD pipelines
- Managing developer access to environments
- Securing service accounts in application code
- Using secrets management tools (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Rotating API keys and tokens automatically
- Implementing OAuth scopes for microservices
- Designing zero-trust access for APIs
- Validating identity tokens in backend services
- Preventing hardcoded credentials in repositories
- Enforcing access controls in containerised applications
- Managing developer onboarding with self-service portals
- Controlling access to testing and staging systems
- Defining change control for IAM configurations
- Tracking infrastructure-as-code IAM changes
- Performing peer reviews of access policies
Module 11: Identity Analytics and Threat Detection - Using logs to detect access anomalies
- Establishing baselines for normal user behaviour
- Identifying impossible travel and unusual login times
- Detecting privilege escalation attempts
- Monitoring for duplicate or conflicting roles
- Analysing failed authentication patterns
- Correlating access events with threat intelligence feeds
- Using UEBA to flag compromised accounts
- Identifying dormant accounts with sudden activity
- Tracking lateral movement indicators
- Generating risk scores for user accounts
- Visualising access risk across the organisation
- Integrating IAM data with SIEM platforms
- Creating automated alerts for high-risk access
- Documenting incident response playbooks for IAM events
Module 12: Self-Assessment Tools and Implementation Roadmaps - Using the IAM Maturity Assessment Matrix
- Evaluating current state against industry benchmarks
- Identifying critical gaps in access controls
- Prioritising remediation by risk and impact
- Creating a 90-day IAM improvement plan
- Setting measurable objectives and KPIs
- Building business cases for IAM investment
- Securing leadership buy-in with risk-based messaging
- Aligning IAM initiatives with digital transformation goals
- Estimating resource requirements and timelines
- Selecting tools based on organisational scale
- Phasing IAM implementation to minimise disruption
- Communicating changes to end users and IT teams
- Measuring adoption and policy compliance rates
- Conducting post-implementation reviews
Module 13: Certification Projects and Documentation - Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion
Module 14: Career Advancement and Ongoing Learning - Positioning your skills in IAM job markets
- Updating your resume with IAM project experience
- Using the certificate on LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Preparing for IAM-focused interview questions
- Understanding career paths: IAM analyst, architect, officer
- Mapping course skills to CISSP, CISM, CIAM domains
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Staying current with NIST, ISO, and CIS IAM guidelines
- Following industry trends in passwordless and identity fabric
- Contributing to internal IAM improvement initiatives
- Presenting findings to leadership and audit committees
- Expanding into Zero Trust and identity-centric security
- Accessing curated reading lists and regulatory updates
- Re-evaluating your organisation’s IAM posture annually
- Using self-assessment tools for continuous improvement
- Extending IAM controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Synchronising identities across on-prem Active Directory and cloud directories
- Managing cloud identity federation with corporate IdPs
- Enforcing consistent access policies across hybrid workloads
- Configuring cross-account access securely
- Implementing workload identity federation for serverless applications
- Managing service account access in Kubernetes
- Securing CI/CD pipeline identities
- Applying least privilege to cloud roles
- Monitoring cloud IAM policy changes
- Responding to overly permissive cloud access
- Using cloud-native IAM analytics and logging
- Integrating cloud access reviews with central governance
- Designing cloud landing zone IAM policies
- Managing cross-cloud identity consistency
Module 10: IAM in DevOps and Application Security - Embedding IAM into CI/CD pipelines
- Managing developer access to environments
- Securing service accounts in application code
- Using secrets management tools (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Rotating API keys and tokens automatically
- Implementing OAuth scopes for microservices
- Designing zero-trust access for APIs
- Validating identity tokens in backend services
- Preventing hardcoded credentials in repositories
- Enforcing access controls in containerised applications
- Managing developer onboarding with self-service portals
- Controlling access to testing and staging systems
- Defining change control for IAM configurations
- Tracking infrastructure-as-code IAM changes
- Performing peer reviews of access policies
Module 11: Identity Analytics and Threat Detection - Using logs to detect access anomalies
- Establishing baselines for normal user behaviour
- Identifying impossible travel and unusual login times
- Detecting privilege escalation attempts
- Monitoring for duplicate or conflicting roles
- Analysing failed authentication patterns
- Correlating access events with threat intelligence feeds
- Using UEBA to flag compromised accounts
- Identifying dormant accounts with sudden activity
- Tracking lateral movement indicators
- Generating risk scores for user accounts
- Visualising access risk across the organisation
- Integrating IAM data with SIEM platforms
- Creating automated alerts for high-risk access
- Documenting incident response playbooks for IAM events
Module 12: Self-Assessment Tools and Implementation Roadmaps - Using the IAM Maturity Assessment Matrix
- Evaluating current state against industry benchmarks
- Identifying critical gaps in access controls
- Prioritising remediation by risk and impact
- Creating a 90-day IAM improvement plan
- Setting measurable objectives and KPIs
- Building business cases for IAM investment
- Securing leadership buy-in with risk-based messaging
- Aligning IAM initiatives with digital transformation goals
- Estimating resource requirements and timelines
- Selecting tools based on organisational scale
- Phasing IAM implementation to minimise disruption
- Communicating changes to end users and IT teams
- Measuring adoption and policy compliance rates
- Conducting post-implementation reviews
Module 13: Certification Projects and Documentation - Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion
Module 14: Career Advancement and Ongoing Learning - Positioning your skills in IAM job markets
- Updating your resume with IAM project experience
- Using the certificate on LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Preparing for IAM-focused interview questions
- Understanding career paths: IAM analyst, architect, officer
- Mapping course skills to CISSP, CISM, CIAM domains
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Staying current with NIST, ISO, and CIS IAM guidelines
- Following industry trends in passwordless and identity fabric
- Contributing to internal IAM improvement initiatives
- Presenting findings to leadership and audit committees
- Expanding into Zero Trust and identity-centric security
- Accessing curated reading lists and regulatory updates
- Re-evaluating your organisation’s IAM posture annually
- Using self-assessment tools for continuous improvement
- Using logs to detect access anomalies
- Establishing baselines for normal user behaviour
- Identifying impossible travel and unusual login times
- Detecting privilege escalation attempts
- Monitoring for duplicate or conflicting roles
- Analysing failed authentication patterns
- Correlating access events with threat intelligence feeds
- Using UEBA to flag compromised accounts
- Identifying dormant accounts with sudden activity
- Tracking lateral movement indicators
- Generating risk scores for user accounts
- Visualising access risk across the organisation
- Integrating IAM data with SIEM platforms
- Creating automated alerts for high-risk access
- Documenting incident response playbooks for IAM events
Module 12: Self-Assessment Tools and Implementation Roadmaps - Using the IAM Maturity Assessment Matrix
- Evaluating current state against industry benchmarks
- Identifying critical gaps in access controls
- Prioritising remediation by risk and impact
- Creating a 90-day IAM improvement plan
- Setting measurable objectives and KPIs
- Building business cases for IAM investment
- Securing leadership buy-in with risk-based messaging
- Aligning IAM initiatives with digital transformation goals
- Estimating resource requirements and timelines
- Selecting tools based on organisational scale
- Phasing IAM implementation to minimise disruption
- Communicating changes to end users and IT teams
- Measuring adoption and policy compliance rates
- Conducting post-implementation reviews
Module 13: Certification Projects and Documentation - Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion
Module 14: Career Advancement and Ongoing Learning - Positioning your skills in IAM job markets
- Updating your resume with IAM project experience
- Using the certificate on LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Preparing for IAM-focused interview questions
- Understanding career paths: IAM analyst, architect, officer
- Mapping course skills to CISSP, CISM, CIAM domains
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Staying current with NIST, ISO, and CIS IAM guidelines
- Following industry trends in passwordless and identity fabric
- Contributing to internal IAM improvement initiatives
- Presenting findings to leadership and audit committees
- Expanding into Zero Trust and identity-centric security
- Accessing curated reading lists and regulatory updates
- Re-evaluating your organisation’s IAM posture annually
- Using self-assessment tools for continuous improvement
- Creating an enterprise Role Catalogue
- Drafting an Access Control Policy document
- Developing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) procedure
- Building a Periodic Access Review schedule
- Designing a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule set
- Mapping IAM controls to compliance requirements
- Generating system-specific access matrices
- Documenting identity lifecycle workflows
- Producing an IAM implementation playbook
- Writing executive summaries for board reporting
- Compiling audit-ready evidence packages
- Creating user communication templates
- Developing exception approval forms
- Finalising your personalised IAM toolkit
- Submitting for Certificate of Completion