Mastering Identity and Access Management in Modern Enterprises
You're not imagining it. The pressure is real. Every day, your organisation grows more complex, with hybrid clouds, remote teams, and evolving threats pushing identity security to the breaking point. A single misconfigured permission could trigger a breach, cascade into compliance fines, and damage your reputation overnight. Meanwhile, you're expected to deliver control, visibility, and governance without slowing innovation. But without a structured, enterprise-grade framework, you're reacting instead of leading. You’re stuck translating technical details into boardroom impact, all while hoping your current approach won’t fail under scrutiny. Mastering Identity and Access Management in Modern Enterprises is not another theoretical overview. It’s a battle-tested, implementation-ready blueprint designed by IAM architects who’ve secured global enterprises across finance, healthcare, and tech. This course delivers what you need most: clarity, control, and career-defining results. You’ll go from overwhelmed to authoritative in under 30 days - building a fully documented, actionable IAM strategy that aligns with zero trust, meets SOC 2 and ISO 27001 requirements, and earns executive confidence. One recent learner, a senior security analyst at a Fortune 500 bank, used the template library to redesign role-based access across 12 cloud environments - reducing privileged accounts by 68% and cutting audit resolution time from weeks to 72 hours. No fluff. No filler. Just the proven methodology you can apply immediately to reduce risk, accelerate compliance, and position yourself as the go-to strategist for identity governance. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details This is a self-paced, on-demand learning experience designed for professionals like you who need real solutions, not schedules. The moment your access is activated, you’ll begin working through step-by-step implementation guides, practical exercises, and expert-reviewed frameworks - on your terms, from any device. Immediate, Lifetime Access
Once enrolled, you gain full, 24/7 online access to all course content. There are no fixed start dates, no deadlines, and no time zones to worry about. Study during early mornings, late nights, or between meetings - your pace, your control. Most learners complete the core implementation track in 4 to 6 weeks while applying each module directly to their current environment. You retain lifetime access to all materials, including every future update. As new regulations emerge, cloud platforms evolve, and zero trust matures, your course content evolves with them - at no extra cost. Mobile-Friendly, Global Accessibility
Access the full curriculum from your laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Whether you’re on-site, remote, or travelling, the platform adapts seamlessly, with responsive design and offline-ready materials for uninterrupted learning. Expert-Led Support & Guidance
Every concept is backed by real-world advice from IAM architects with decades of combined experience securing multinational enterprises. You’ll receive direct access to structured Q&A forums monitored by accredited instructors from The Art of Service, ensuring your implementation questions are answered with precision - not generic support. Validated Certification & Industry Recognition
Upon completion, you’ll earn a professional Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, a globally recognised authority in high-impact technical training. This certification validates your mastery of enterprise-grade IAM frameworks, enhances your LinkedIn profile, and strengthens your credibility with auditors, executives, and hiring managers. No Hidden Fees, No Risk
The price you see is the price you pay - no upsells, no recurring charges, no hidden costs. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal for secure global transactions. If you follow the implementation process and don’t achieve measurable clarity, control, or strategic alignment within 60 days, we offer a full refund. No questions. No hassle. This is a results-driven program, and your success is guaranteed. After Enrollment: What Happens Next
After registration, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details and login information will be delivered separately once your course materials are fully prepared and quality verified - ensuring you receive a flawless, professionally structured learning environment from day one. “Will This Work for Me?” - Confidence You Can Count On
You might be thinking: I’m not an identity architect. My environment is too complex. My org resists change. But this course was built for those exact challenges. This works even if you’re a security generalist stepping into an IAM role, if your company uses a mix of legacy and cloud systems, or if you’ve never led a governance initiative before. The frameworks are modular, adaptable, and field-tested across Azure AD, Okta, AWS IAM, GCP, and hybrid Active Directory environments. One IAM consultant used the role mining templates to standardise access reviews for a healthcare client, reducing privileged user exceptions by 90% and passing their HIPAA audit with zero findings. Another used the audit playbook to defend access control policies during a board-level risk review - earning a promotion two months later. You’re not buying theory. You’re investing in a repeatable, defensible methodology that delivers audit-ready outcomes, executive confidence, and career momentum - or your money back.
Module 1: Foundations of Enterprise Identity Governance - The evolution of identity as the new perimeter
- Core principles of Zero Trust and least privilege access
- Differentiating authentication, authorisation, and accountability
- Understanding identity lifecycle management
- Defining business roles vs technical roles
- Mapping digital identities across on-premise and cloud systems
- Common vulnerabilities in identity provisioning and deprovisioning
- Regulatory drivers: GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, and ISO 27001
- The cost of access creep and orphaned accounts
- Establishing an IAM governance charter
Module 2: IAM Strategy & Organisational Alignment - Building a business case for identity governance
- Aligning IAM with CISO, IT, HR, and compliance teams
- Defining ownership: IAM steering committee structure
- Conducting stakeholder impact assessments
- Creating governance policies for access reviews and attestations
- Developing escalation workflows for policy violations
- Establishing metrics for IAM program success (KPIs and KRIs)
- Integrating IAM into change management processes
- Communicating IAM value to non-technical executives
- Scaling IAM across mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
Module 3: Identity Lifecycle Management - Automating onboarding and offboarding workflows
- Designing request approval hierarchies
- Implementing provisioning templates for common job functions
- Managing temporary and emergency access
- Automated deactivation of inactive accounts
- Handling contractor, vendor, and third-party access
- Integrating HRIS systems with identity stores
- Event-driven identity provisioning triggers
- Tracking identity changes for audit readiness
- Reducing manual intervention through policy-based automation
Module 4: Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control - Designing role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks
- Conducting role mining across heterogeneous systems
- Validating and certifying roles with business owners
- Creating role hierarchies and inheritance models
- Implementing attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies
- Using dynamic attributes like location, device, and time
- Evaluating RBAC vs ABAC for your environment
- Preventing role explosion through role modelling
- Role maintenance and periodic recertification
- Tools for visualising role-to-permission mappings
Module 5: Privileged Access Management (PAM) - Identifying privileged accounts across systems
- Differentiating between human and non-human privileged accounts
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access provisioning
- Password vaulting and rotation strategies
- Session monitoring and recording for admin activity
- Deploying PAM solutions for UNIX, Windows, and cloud platforms
- Securing service accounts and API keys
- Implementing multi-factor authentication for admin sessions
- Reducing standing privileges through just-enough access
- Creating privileged access request workflows
Module 6: Identity Federation & Single Sign-On (SSO) - Implementing SSO across cloud and on-premise applications
- Federation protocols: SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect
- Designing secure identity bridges between domains
- Configuring identity providers (IdPs) and service providers (SPs)
- Managing cross-organisation trust relationships
- Securing federated access with conditional policies
- Handling identity mapping across different directories
- Managing user experience during SSO transitions
- Monitoring federation health and performance
- Disaster recovery planning for IdP outages
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) & Adaptive Access - Implementing MFA without degrading user experience
- Evaluating authenticator types: TOTP, push, biometrics, FIDO2
- Conditional access based on risk signals
- Adaptive authentication using device, location, and behaviour
- Preventing MFA fatigue and push bombing attacks
- Enforcing step-up authentication for high-risk actions
- Managing legacy application access without MFA support
- Integrating MFA with helpdesk and recovery workflows
- Reporting on MFA adoption and compliance gaps
- Creating fallback mechanisms for MFA outages
Module 8: Cloud Identity Management (AWS, Azure, GCP) - Comparing cloud IAM models across major providers
- Managing identities in AWS IAM and Identity Center
- Implementing Azure AD roles and conditional access
- Securing GCP IAM with custom roles and service accounts
- Centralising identity governance across multi-cloud environments
- Managing cross-account and cross-project access
- Automating policy enforcement with Infrastructure as Code
- Monitoring cloud IAM changes with event-driven alerts
- Integrating cloud directories with on-premise AD
- Securing serverless and containerised workloads
Module 9: Identity Analytics & Threat Detection - Collecting and normalising identity log data
- Detecting anomalous login patterns and sequences
- Identifying impossible travel and brute force attacks
- Using UEBA for insider threat detection
- Correlating identity events with EDR and SIEM systems
- Creating custom detection rules for lateral movement
- Alert tuning to reduce false positives
- Automating response playbooks for identity threats
- Measuring detection efficacy with metrics
- Integrating identity telemetry into SOC workflows
Module 10: Access Reviews & Certification Campaigns - Designing periodic access review processes
- Assigning reviewers: managers, data owners, and supervisors
- Automating certification workflows with reminders and escalations
- Handling exceptions and justifications
- Reporting on review completion and compliance status
- Archiving review results for audit purposes
- Conducting on-demand access investigations
- Integrating access reviews with HR offboarding
- Reducing review fatigue through intelligent sampling
- Using analytics to prioritise high-risk certifications
Module 11: Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Tools - Evaluating leading IGA platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada
- Selecting IGA tools based on organisational scale and complexity
- Integrating IGA with HR, ITSM, and cloud platforms
- Customising dashboards for governance visibility
- Setting up automated compliance reporting
- Importing and synchronising identity data sources
- Modelling access policies and attestations
- Managing access requests and approvals
- Testing and validating IGA workflows
- Planning for IGA tool upgrade and migration
Module 12: Integrating IAM with DevOps & CI/CD - Embedding IAM policies into development pipelines
- Managing identities for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
- Securing infrastructure provisioning with least privilege
- Implementing identity-as-code practices
- Validating IAM changes before deployment
- Scanning IaC templates for excessive permissions
- Managing service identities in Kubernetes and serverless
- Using secret management tools (Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Enforcing policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent
- Monitoring drift in cloud identity configurations
Module 13: IAM for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- The evolution of identity as the new perimeter
- Core principles of Zero Trust and least privilege access
- Differentiating authentication, authorisation, and accountability
- Understanding identity lifecycle management
- Defining business roles vs technical roles
- Mapping digital identities across on-premise and cloud systems
- Common vulnerabilities in identity provisioning and deprovisioning
- Regulatory drivers: GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, and ISO 27001
- The cost of access creep and orphaned accounts
- Establishing an IAM governance charter
Module 2: IAM Strategy & Organisational Alignment - Building a business case for identity governance
- Aligning IAM with CISO, IT, HR, and compliance teams
- Defining ownership: IAM steering committee structure
- Conducting stakeholder impact assessments
- Creating governance policies for access reviews and attestations
- Developing escalation workflows for policy violations
- Establishing metrics for IAM program success (KPIs and KRIs)
- Integrating IAM into change management processes
- Communicating IAM value to non-technical executives
- Scaling IAM across mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
Module 3: Identity Lifecycle Management - Automating onboarding and offboarding workflows
- Designing request approval hierarchies
- Implementing provisioning templates for common job functions
- Managing temporary and emergency access
- Automated deactivation of inactive accounts
- Handling contractor, vendor, and third-party access
- Integrating HRIS systems with identity stores
- Event-driven identity provisioning triggers
- Tracking identity changes for audit readiness
- Reducing manual intervention through policy-based automation
Module 4: Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control - Designing role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks
- Conducting role mining across heterogeneous systems
- Validating and certifying roles with business owners
- Creating role hierarchies and inheritance models
- Implementing attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies
- Using dynamic attributes like location, device, and time
- Evaluating RBAC vs ABAC for your environment
- Preventing role explosion through role modelling
- Role maintenance and periodic recertification
- Tools for visualising role-to-permission mappings
Module 5: Privileged Access Management (PAM) - Identifying privileged accounts across systems
- Differentiating between human and non-human privileged accounts
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access provisioning
- Password vaulting and rotation strategies
- Session monitoring and recording for admin activity
- Deploying PAM solutions for UNIX, Windows, and cloud platforms
- Securing service accounts and API keys
- Implementing multi-factor authentication for admin sessions
- Reducing standing privileges through just-enough access
- Creating privileged access request workflows
Module 6: Identity Federation & Single Sign-On (SSO) - Implementing SSO across cloud and on-premise applications
- Federation protocols: SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect
- Designing secure identity bridges between domains
- Configuring identity providers (IdPs) and service providers (SPs)
- Managing cross-organisation trust relationships
- Securing federated access with conditional policies
- Handling identity mapping across different directories
- Managing user experience during SSO transitions
- Monitoring federation health and performance
- Disaster recovery planning for IdP outages
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) & Adaptive Access - Implementing MFA without degrading user experience
- Evaluating authenticator types: TOTP, push, biometrics, FIDO2
- Conditional access based on risk signals
- Adaptive authentication using device, location, and behaviour
- Preventing MFA fatigue and push bombing attacks
- Enforcing step-up authentication for high-risk actions
- Managing legacy application access without MFA support
- Integrating MFA with helpdesk and recovery workflows
- Reporting on MFA adoption and compliance gaps
- Creating fallback mechanisms for MFA outages
Module 8: Cloud Identity Management (AWS, Azure, GCP) - Comparing cloud IAM models across major providers
- Managing identities in AWS IAM and Identity Center
- Implementing Azure AD roles and conditional access
- Securing GCP IAM with custom roles and service accounts
- Centralising identity governance across multi-cloud environments
- Managing cross-account and cross-project access
- Automating policy enforcement with Infrastructure as Code
- Monitoring cloud IAM changes with event-driven alerts
- Integrating cloud directories with on-premise AD
- Securing serverless and containerised workloads
Module 9: Identity Analytics & Threat Detection - Collecting and normalising identity log data
- Detecting anomalous login patterns and sequences
- Identifying impossible travel and brute force attacks
- Using UEBA for insider threat detection
- Correlating identity events with EDR and SIEM systems
- Creating custom detection rules for lateral movement
- Alert tuning to reduce false positives
- Automating response playbooks for identity threats
- Measuring detection efficacy with metrics
- Integrating identity telemetry into SOC workflows
Module 10: Access Reviews & Certification Campaigns - Designing periodic access review processes
- Assigning reviewers: managers, data owners, and supervisors
- Automating certification workflows with reminders and escalations
- Handling exceptions and justifications
- Reporting on review completion and compliance status
- Archiving review results for audit purposes
- Conducting on-demand access investigations
- Integrating access reviews with HR offboarding
- Reducing review fatigue through intelligent sampling
- Using analytics to prioritise high-risk certifications
Module 11: Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Tools - Evaluating leading IGA platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada
- Selecting IGA tools based on organisational scale and complexity
- Integrating IGA with HR, ITSM, and cloud platforms
- Customising dashboards for governance visibility
- Setting up automated compliance reporting
- Importing and synchronising identity data sources
- Modelling access policies and attestations
- Managing access requests and approvals
- Testing and validating IGA workflows
- Planning for IGA tool upgrade and migration
Module 12: Integrating IAM with DevOps & CI/CD - Embedding IAM policies into development pipelines
- Managing identities for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
- Securing infrastructure provisioning with least privilege
- Implementing identity-as-code practices
- Validating IAM changes before deployment
- Scanning IaC templates for excessive permissions
- Managing service identities in Kubernetes and serverless
- Using secret management tools (Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Enforcing policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent
- Monitoring drift in cloud identity configurations
Module 13: IAM for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Automating onboarding and offboarding workflows
- Designing request approval hierarchies
- Implementing provisioning templates for common job functions
- Managing temporary and emergency access
- Automated deactivation of inactive accounts
- Handling contractor, vendor, and third-party access
- Integrating HRIS systems with identity stores
- Event-driven identity provisioning triggers
- Tracking identity changes for audit readiness
- Reducing manual intervention through policy-based automation
Module 4: Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control - Designing role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks
- Conducting role mining across heterogeneous systems
- Validating and certifying roles with business owners
- Creating role hierarchies and inheritance models
- Implementing attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies
- Using dynamic attributes like location, device, and time
- Evaluating RBAC vs ABAC for your environment
- Preventing role explosion through role modelling
- Role maintenance and periodic recertification
- Tools for visualising role-to-permission mappings
Module 5: Privileged Access Management (PAM) - Identifying privileged accounts across systems
- Differentiating between human and non-human privileged accounts
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access provisioning
- Password vaulting and rotation strategies
- Session monitoring and recording for admin activity
- Deploying PAM solutions for UNIX, Windows, and cloud platforms
- Securing service accounts and API keys
- Implementing multi-factor authentication for admin sessions
- Reducing standing privileges through just-enough access
- Creating privileged access request workflows
Module 6: Identity Federation & Single Sign-On (SSO) - Implementing SSO across cloud and on-premise applications
- Federation protocols: SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect
- Designing secure identity bridges between domains
- Configuring identity providers (IdPs) and service providers (SPs)
- Managing cross-organisation trust relationships
- Securing federated access with conditional policies
- Handling identity mapping across different directories
- Managing user experience during SSO transitions
- Monitoring federation health and performance
- Disaster recovery planning for IdP outages
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) & Adaptive Access - Implementing MFA without degrading user experience
- Evaluating authenticator types: TOTP, push, biometrics, FIDO2
- Conditional access based on risk signals
- Adaptive authentication using device, location, and behaviour
- Preventing MFA fatigue and push bombing attacks
- Enforcing step-up authentication for high-risk actions
- Managing legacy application access without MFA support
- Integrating MFA with helpdesk and recovery workflows
- Reporting on MFA adoption and compliance gaps
- Creating fallback mechanisms for MFA outages
Module 8: Cloud Identity Management (AWS, Azure, GCP) - Comparing cloud IAM models across major providers
- Managing identities in AWS IAM and Identity Center
- Implementing Azure AD roles and conditional access
- Securing GCP IAM with custom roles and service accounts
- Centralising identity governance across multi-cloud environments
- Managing cross-account and cross-project access
- Automating policy enforcement with Infrastructure as Code
- Monitoring cloud IAM changes with event-driven alerts
- Integrating cloud directories with on-premise AD
- Securing serverless and containerised workloads
Module 9: Identity Analytics & Threat Detection - Collecting and normalising identity log data
- Detecting anomalous login patterns and sequences
- Identifying impossible travel and brute force attacks
- Using UEBA for insider threat detection
- Correlating identity events with EDR and SIEM systems
- Creating custom detection rules for lateral movement
- Alert tuning to reduce false positives
- Automating response playbooks for identity threats
- Measuring detection efficacy with metrics
- Integrating identity telemetry into SOC workflows
Module 10: Access Reviews & Certification Campaigns - Designing periodic access review processes
- Assigning reviewers: managers, data owners, and supervisors
- Automating certification workflows with reminders and escalations
- Handling exceptions and justifications
- Reporting on review completion and compliance status
- Archiving review results for audit purposes
- Conducting on-demand access investigations
- Integrating access reviews with HR offboarding
- Reducing review fatigue through intelligent sampling
- Using analytics to prioritise high-risk certifications
Module 11: Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Tools - Evaluating leading IGA platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada
- Selecting IGA tools based on organisational scale and complexity
- Integrating IGA with HR, ITSM, and cloud platforms
- Customising dashboards for governance visibility
- Setting up automated compliance reporting
- Importing and synchronising identity data sources
- Modelling access policies and attestations
- Managing access requests and approvals
- Testing and validating IGA workflows
- Planning for IGA tool upgrade and migration
Module 12: Integrating IAM with DevOps & CI/CD - Embedding IAM policies into development pipelines
- Managing identities for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
- Securing infrastructure provisioning with least privilege
- Implementing identity-as-code practices
- Validating IAM changes before deployment
- Scanning IaC templates for excessive permissions
- Managing service identities in Kubernetes and serverless
- Using secret management tools (Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Enforcing policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent
- Monitoring drift in cloud identity configurations
Module 13: IAM for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Identifying privileged accounts across systems
- Differentiating between human and non-human privileged accounts
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access provisioning
- Password vaulting and rotation strategies
- Session monitoring and recording for admin activity
- Deploying PAM solutions for UNIX, Windows, and cloud platforms
- Securing service accounts and API keys
- Implementing multi-factor authentication for admin sessions
- Reducing standing privileges through just-enough access
- Creating privileged access request workflows
Module 6: Identity Federation & Single Sign-On (SSO) - Implementing SSO across cloud and on-premise applications
- Federation protocols: SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect
- Designing secure identity bridges between domains
- Configuring identity providers (IdPs) and service providers (SPs)
- Managing cross-organisation trust relationships
- Securing federated access with conditional policies
- Handling identity mapping across different directories
- Managing user experience during SSO transitions
- Monitoring federation health and performance
- Disaster recovery planning for IdP outages
Module 7: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) & Adaptive Access - Implementing MFA without degrading user experience
- Evaluating authenticator types: TOTP, push, biometrics, FIDO2
- Conditional access based on risk signals
- Adaptive authentication using device, location, and behaviour
- Preventing MFA fatigue and push bombing attacks
- Enforcing step-up authentication for high-risk actions
- Managing legacy application access without MFA support
- Integrating MFA with helpdesk and recovery workflows
- Reporting on MFA adoption and compliance gaps
- Creating fallback mechanisms for MFA outages
Module 8: Cloud Identity Management (AWS, Azure, GCP) - Comparing cloud IAM models across major providers
- Managing identities in AWS IAM and Identity Center
- Implementing Azure AD roles and conditional access
- Securing GCP IAM with custom roles and service accounts
- Centralising identity governance across multi-cloud environments
- Managing cross-account and cross-project access
- Automating policy enforcement with Infrastructure as Code
- Monitoring cloud IAM changes with event-driven alerts
- Integrating cloud directories with on-premise AD
- Securing serverless and containerised workloads
Module 9: Identity Analytics & Threat Detection - Collecting and normalising identity log data
- Detecting anomalous login patterns and sequences
- Identifying impossible travel and brute force attacks
- Using UEBA for insider threat detection
- Correlating identity events with EDR and SIEM systems
- Creating custom detection rules for lateral movement
- Alert tuning to reduce false positives
- Automating response playbooks for identity threats
- Measuring detection efficacy with metrics
- Integrating identity telemetry into SOC workflows
Module 10: Access Reviews & Certification Campaigns - Designing periodic access review processes
- Assigning reviewers: managers, data owners, and supervisors
- Automating certification workflows with reminders and escalations
- Handling exceptions and justifications
- Reporting on review completion and compliance status
- Archiving review results for audit purposes
- Conducting on-demand access investigations
- Integrating access reviews with HR offboarding
- Reducing review fatigue through intelligent sampling
- Using analytics to prioritise high-risk certifications
Module 11: Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Tools - Evaluating leading IGA platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada
- Selecting IGA tools based on organisational scale and complexity
- Integrating IGA with HR, ITSM, and cloud platforms
- Customising dashboards for governance visibility
- Setting up automated compliance reporting
- Importing and synchronising identity data sources
- Modelling access policies and attestations
- Managing access requests and approvals
- Testing and validating IGA workflows
- Planning for IGA tool upgrade and migration
Module 12: Integrating IAM with DevOps & CI/CD - Embedding IAM policies into development pipelines
- Managing identities for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
- Securing infrastructure provisioning with least privilege
- Implementing identity-as-code practices
- Validating IAM changes before deployment
- Scanning IaC templates for excessive permissions
- Managing service identities in Kubernetes and serverless
- Using secret management tools (Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Enforcing policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent
- Monitoring drift in cloud identity configurations
Module 13: IAM for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Implementing MFA without degrading user experience
- Evaluating authenticator types: TOTP, push, biometrics, FIDO2
- Conditional access based on risk signals
- Adaptive authentication using device, location, and behaviour
- Preventing MFA fatigue and push bombing attacks
- Enforcing step-up authentication for high-risk actions
- Managing legacy application access without MFA support
- Integrating MFA with helpdesk and recovery workflows
- Reporting on MFA adoption and compliance gaps
- Creating fallback mechanisms for MFA outages
Module 8: Cloud Identity Management (AWS, Azure, GCP) - Comparing cloud IAM models across major providers
- Managing identities in AWS IAM and Identity Center
- Implementing Azure AD roles and conditional access
- Securing GCP IAM with custom roles and service accounts
- Centralising identity governance across multi-cloud environments
- Managing cross-account and cross-project access
- Automating policy enforcement with Infrastructure as Code
- Monitoring cloud IAM changes with event-driven alerts
- Integrating cloud directories with on-premise AD
- Securing serverless and containerised workloads
Module 9: Identity Analytics & Threat Detection - Collecting and normalising identity log data
- Detecting anomalous login patterns and sequences
- Identifying impossible travel and brute force attacks
- Using UEBA for insider threat detection
- Correlating identity events with EDR and SIEM systems
- Creating custom detection rules for lateral movement
- Alert tuning to reduce false positives
- Automating response playbooks for identity threats
- Measuring detection efficacy with metrics
- Integrating identity telemetry into SOC workflows
Module 10: Access Reviews & Certification Campaigns - Designing periodic access review processes
- Assigning reviewers: managers, data owners, and supervisors
- Automating certification workflows with reminders and escalations
- Handling exceptions and justifications
- Reporting on review completion and compliance status
- Archiving review results for audit purposes
- Conducting on-demand access investigations
- Integrating access reviews with HR offboarding
- Reducing review fatigue through intelligent sampling
- Using analytics to prioritise high-risk certifications
Module 11: Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Tools - Evaluating leading IGA platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada
- Selecting IGA tools based on organisational scale and complexity
- Integrating IGA with HR, ITSM, and cloud platforms
- Customising dashboards for governance visibility
- Setting up automated compliance reporting
- Importing and synchronising identity data sources
- Modelling access policies and attestations
- Managing access requests and approvals
- Testing and validating IGA workflows
- Planning for IGA tool upgrade and migration
Module 12: Integrating IAM with DevOps & CI/CD - Embedding IAM policies into development pipelines
- Managing identities for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
- Securing infrastructure provisioning with least privilege
- Implementing identity-as-code practices
- Validating IAM changes before deployment
- Scanning IaC templates for excessive permissions
- Managing service identities in Kubernetes and serverless
- Using secret management tools (Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Enforcing policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent
- Monitoring drift in cloud identity configurations
Module 13: IAM for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Collecting and normalising identity log data
- Detecting anomalous login patterns and sequences
- Identifying impossible travel and brute force attacks
- Using UEBA for insider threat detection
- Correlating identity events with EDR and SIEM systems
- Creating custom detection rules for lateral movement
- Alert tuning to reduce false positives
- Automating response playbooks for identity threats
- Measuring detection efficacy with metrics
- Integrating identity telemetry into SOC workflows
Module 10: Access Reviews & Certification Campaigns - Designing periodic access review processes
- Assigning reviewers: managers, data owners, and supervisors
- Automating certification workflows with reminders and escalations
- Handling exceptions and justifications
- Reporting on review completion and compliance status
- Archiving review results for audit purposes
- Conducting on-demand access investigations
- Integrating access reviews with HR offboarding
- Reducing review fatigue through intelligent sampling
- Using analytics to prioritise high-risk certifications
Module 11: Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Tools - Evaluating leading IGA platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada
- Selecting IGA tools based on organisational scale and complexity
- Integrating IGA with HR, ITSM, and cloud platforms
- Customising dashboards for governance visibility
- Setting up automated compliance reporting
- Importing and synchronising identity data sources
- Modelling access policies and attestations
- Managing access requests and approvals
- Testing and validating IGA workflows
- Planning for IGA tool upgrade and migration
Module 12: Integrating IAM with DevOps & CI/CD - Embedding IAM policies into development pipelines
- Managing identities for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
- Securing infrastructure provisioning with least privilege
- Implementing identity-as-code practices
- Validating IAM changes before deployment
- Scanning IaC templates for excessive permissions
- Managing service identities in Kubernetes and serverless
- Using secret management tools (Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Enforcing policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent
- Monitoring drift in cloud identity configurations
Module 13: IAM for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Evaluating leading IGA platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada
- Selecting IGA tools based on organisational scale and complexity
- Integrating IGA with HR, ITSM, and cloud platforms
- Customising dashboards for governance visibility
- Setting up automated compliance reporting
- Importing and synchronising identity data sources
- Modelling access policies and attestations
- Managing access requests and approvals
- Testing and validating IGA workflows
- Planning for IGA tool upgrade and migration
Module 12: Integrating IAM with DevOps & CI/CD - Embedding IAM policies into development pipelines
- Managing identities for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
- Securing infrastructure provisioning with least privilege
- Implementing identity-as-code practices
- Validating IAM changes before deployment
- Scanning IaC templates for excessive permissions
- Managing service identities in Kubernetes and serverless
- Using secret management tools (Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Enforcing policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent
- Monitoring drift in cloud identity configurations
Module 13: IAM for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments - Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Designing a unified identity strategy across platforms
- Integrating on-premise Active Directory with cloud directories
- Managing trust relationships between environments
- Synchronising identities with Azure AD Connect and AWS IAM Identity Center
- Handling authentication for brownfield applications
- Centralising policy enforcement across hybrid systems
- Securing identity replication and sync channels
- Planning for identity disaster recovery
- Managing credential rotation in hybrid scenarios
- Monitoring identity health across all environments
Module 14: IAM Compliance & Audit Readiness - Preparing for IAM audits: what examiners look for
- Documenting access control policies and procedures
- Generating reports for user access, roles, and certifications
- Responding to auditor inquiries with evidence
- Mapping IAM controls to NIST, CIS, and ISO frameworks
- Conducting internal IAM compliance assessments
- Reducing audit findings through preventive controls
- Automating evidence collection for recurring audits
- Handling regulatory change management
- Creating audit playbooks for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Module 15: IAM Implementation Roadmap & Project Execution - Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Conducting an IAM maturity assessment
- Defining current state vs future state architecture
- Phasing IAM implementation: quick wins vs long-term strategy
- Running a pilot project to validate your approach
- Managing stakeholder expectations and change resistance
- Tracking progress with Gantt charts and milestones
- Engaging vendors and consultants effectively
- Training super users and administrators
- Measuring adoption and user satisfaction
- Establishing continuous improvement cycles
Module 16: Advanced Topics in Modern IAM - Implementing passwordless authentication strategies
- Using blockchain for decentralised identity (DID)
- Exploring identity metasystems and identity hubs
- Securing machine-to-machine (M2M) identities
- Managing identities in API gateways and microservices
- Applying zero trust to identity and access workflows
- Using AI to automate role discovery and anomaly detection
- Securing IoT device identities at scale
- Understanding sovereign identity and data residency
- Evaluating the future of identity: Web3, digital wallets, and more
Module 17: Hands-On Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal
Module 18: Certification, Career Growth & Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for mastery
- Completing the final assessment and earning your certificate
- How to present your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Updating your resume and LinkedIn with verified skills
- Preparing for IAM-related interviews and promotions
- Joining professional IAM communities and forums
- Continuing education pathways: CISSP, CIAM, CISM
- Staying updated with regulatory and technical changes
- Leveraging your project portfolio for job applications
- Next steps: consulting, leadership, or specialisation
- Project 1: Design an RBAC model for a finance department
- Project 2: Implement a PAM solution for cloud admins
- Project 3: Configure conditional access policies in Azure AD
- Project 4: Run an access certification campaign
- Project 5: Build an IAM dashboard for executive reporting
- Project 6: Automate user provisioning via SCIM
- Project 7: Map IAM controls to ISO 27001 Annex A
- Project 8: Create a disaster recovery plan for identity systems
- Project 9: Develop an insider threat playbook using identity logs
- Project 10: Deliver a board-ready IAM implementation proposal