Mastering Identity Governance with SailPoint IdentityIQ
The pressure is real. Every unauthorised access attempt, untracked privilege shift, or compliance gap threatens your organisation’s security posture and regulatory standing. You’re expected to enforce control at scale, yet you’re navigating a patchwork of tools, policies, and incomplete workflows. The reality? Manual processes slow down audits, increase risk, and expose your enterprise to breaches that could have been prevented. You're not alone. Security leaders like you are being asked to do more with tighter budgets and faster timelines. The difference between falling behind and stepping forward as a strategic enabler? Mastering Identity Governance with SailPoint IdentityIQ. This course is not just another technical deep-dive. It’s your blueprint for transforming identity governance from a reactive compliance chore into a proactive, board-level advantage. It equips you to move from confusion to confidence - implementing a scalable IdentityIQ framework in under 60 days, complete with policy models, role-based access strategies, and automated certification workflows that pass audit scrutiny with ease. One past learner, Priya M., Senior IAM Specialist at a Fortune 500 financial institution, used this methodology to reduce her organisation’s access certification cycle time from 45 days to just 8. Her team eliminated over 12,000 dormant accounts and reduced privileged user risks by 64%, earning direct recognition from the CISO. She attributes her success to the structured, executable path laid out in this course. You don’t need more theory. You need a proven system that works in complex, real-world environments - whether you’re starting from zero or optimising an existing deployment. This course gives you that system. No vague promises. Just a repeatable, step-by-step roadmap to build and maintain a governed identity ecosystem using SailPoint IdentityIQ, with measurable outcomes from day one. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details This is a premium, self-paced learning experience designed for busy professionals who demand precision, flexibility, and results. Once enrolled, you gain immediate online access to all course materials, structured to fit seamlessly into your schedule without disrupting your operational responsibilities. The course is fully on-demand, with no fixed dates, no mandatory live sessions, and no time pressure. Most learners complete the core content in 6 to 8 weeks, dedicating 4 to 5 hours per week. However, many report implementing critical identity policies and designing certification campaigns within the first two weeks - delivering tangible value long before completion. Lifetime Access & Future-Proof Learning
You receive lifetime access to all course content, including future updates at no additional cost. As IdentityIQ evolves and new compliance standards emerge, your training evolves with them. This ensures your knowledge remains current, relevant, and aligned with industry best practices - protecting your investment for years to come. Global, Mobile-Friendly Access
Access your course anytime, anywhere, from any device. Whether you're reviewing policy templates on your phone during a commute or mapping out role mining strategies from your tablet at home, the interface is fully responsive and designed for productivity on the go. 24/7 global access means your learning journey never stops. Instructor Support & Expert Guidance
You're not learning in isolation. This course includes direct access to our expert instructors - seasoned SailPoint consultants with over a decade of enterprise deployment experience. Submit questions through the secure learning portal and receive detailed, role-specific guidance within 48 business hours. Whether you're troubleshooting a complex reconciliation rule or refining your segregation of duties matrix, expert support is built in. Certificate of Completion - Trusted Globally
Upon successful completion, you will earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service. This globally recognised credential validates your mastery of IdentityIQ-powered identity governance. It’s shareable on LinkedIn, verifiable by employers, and signals to hiring managers that you’ve mastered the architecture, design, and operational execution of enterprise identity programs. Transparent Pricing, No Hidden Fees
The course pricing is straightforward and all-inclusive. There are no hidden charges, no recurring fees, and no surprise costs. What you see is exactly what you get - a complete, high-impact learning path with full access and support. Secure Payment Options
We accept all major payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. Transactions are processed through a secure, encrypted gateway to protect your financial information. 100% Satisfaction Guarantee - Zero Risk
We are so confident in the value of this course that we offer a full money-back guarantee. If you complete the first two modules and feel the content isn’t meeting your expectations, simply request a refund. You walk away with no loss, no questions asked. That’s our commitment to your success. Enrollment Confirmation & Access
After enrollment, you will receive a confirmation email acknowledging your registration. Your access details and login instructions will be sent separately once your course materials are fully prepared and activated. This ensures a smooth, error-free onboarding experience. “Will This Work For Me?” - Addressing Your Biggest Concern
You might be thinking: “My environment is unique. We have legacy systems, custom workflows, and strict regulatory constraints.” That’s exactly why this course was designed. It works even if you’re not starting from scratch. It works even if you have existing IAM tools that aren’t delivering results. It works even if you’re the sole identity practitioner in your organisation. With role-specific frameworks for IAM architects, security analysts, compliance officers, and IT risk managers, the methodology is adaptable across industries and maturity levels. Past learners have successfully applied these strategies in healthcare, finance, government, and cloud-native tech firms - proving it’s not about where you start, but how you apply the system. This course doesn’t just teach you IdentityIQ - it equips you to lead identity governance initiatives with authority, precision, and measurable impact. The risk is on us. Your success is guaranteed.
Module 1: Foundations of Identity Governance - Understanding the core principles of identity governance
- The evolution from manual access reviews to automated governance
- Key challenges in modern identity management
- Differentiating identity governance from identity and access management (IAM)
- The business impact of poor identity governance
- Regulatory drivers: SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and PCI-DSS
- Defining roles, responsibilities, and governance models
- Establishing an Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) strategy
- Identifying stakeholders across business, IT, and security
- Aligning identity governance with enterprise risk management
- Common pitfalls in IGA implementations and how to avoid them
- Mapping identity risks to business outcomes
- Creating a governance charter and executive sponsorship plan
- Using maturity models to assess your current state
- Developing a phased roadmap for IGA adoption
- Building the business case for IdentityIQ
Module 2: Introduction to SailPoint IdentityIQ - Overview of the SailPoint IdentityIQ platform architecture
- Core components: Identity Warehouse, Policy Engine, Workflows, and Reporting
- Understanding the role of connectors and source systems
- Deploying IdentityIQ in cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments
- Navigating the IdentityIQ user interface
- Exploring administrative consoles and user dashboards
- Configuring the initial system settings
- Setting up logging, monitoring, and audit trails
- Understanding IdentityIQ licensing and editions
- Integration patterns with HR systems, directories, and applications
- Defining identity attributes and identity models
- Working with identity lifecycles in IdentityIQ
- Configuring basic authentication and authorisation for administrators
- Setting up multi-tenancy for large organisations
- Managing failover and disaster recovery planning
- Best practices for initial environment setup
Module 3: Identity Source Integration and Provisioning - Configuring identity sources: HR, Active Directory, LDAP
- Understanding correlation and reconciliation processes
- Building attribute mapping rules for source systems
- Using the IdentityIQ Connector Framework
- Setting up flat file, JDBC, and web service connectors
- Importing user data from SAP, Workday, and Oracle HCM
- Handling duplicate identities and merging records
- Reconciling identity data across multiple sources
- Configuring application-based provisioning
- Designing provisioning workflows for target systems
- Testing provisioning accuracy and error handling
- Mapping source attributes to target entitlements
- Setting up password management and self-service reset
- Deploying Just-In-Time (JIT) provisioning for cloud apps
- Automating deprovisioning based on lifecycle events
- Using transformation rules to normalise identity data
Module 4: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with IdentityIQ - Principles of role-based access control
- Differentiating roles, entitlements, and access profiles
- Designing top-down vs bottom-up role strategies
- Using role mining to discover existing access patterns
- Configuring the Role Miner in IdentityIQ
- Interpreting role mining reports and clusters
- Validating and approving discovered roles
- Creating business-aligned roles based on job functions
- Defining role hierarchies and inheritance
- Managing role ownership and certification
- Assigning users to roles based on policies
- Automating role assignment through HR integrations
- Setting up role composition rules
- Enforcing role exclusivity and segregation of duties
- Documenting roles for audit and compliance
- Optimising role structures for scalability
Module 5: Access Certification and Attestation - The importance of periodic access reviews
- Designing certification campaigns for compliance
- Configuring certification policies in IdentityIQ
- Defining certification owners and approvers
- Setting up manager, application, and peer certifications
- Customising certification templates and questions
- Automating certification scheduling and reminders
- Handling exceptions and delegation workflows
- Managing re-certification cycles for high-risk users
- Generating certification reports and audit trails
- Integrating certifications with ticketing systems
- Reducing certification fatigue through smart sampling
- Using risk-based certification prioritisation
- Configuring automated remediation for expired access
- Creating dashboards for certification health monitoring
- Measuring certification completion rates and trends
Module 6: Policy and Compliance Enforcement - Types of access policies: entitlement, role, and user
- Configuring real-time policy violation detection
- Creating custom policy rules using SPL
- Setting up violation notifications and escalation paths
- Defining risk scores for policy violations
- Linking policy violations to access remediation workflows
- Using embedded analytics to visualise policy risks
- Generating compliance reports for auditors
- Mapping policies to regulatory controls
- Enforcing segregation of duties (SoD) in financial systems
- Preventing privilege creep through role restrictions
- Creating inactive account policies
- Monitoring excessive or redundant entitlements
- Setting up privileged access policies
- Tracking policy violation trends over time
- Exporting policy audit logs for regulatory submissions
Module 7: Workflow Automation and Orchestration - Introduction to IdentityIQ workflow engine
- Designing approval, notification, and remediation workflows
- Using workflow templates and custom processes
- Configuring dynamic approvers based on attributes
- Setting up conditional branching in workflows
- Integrating workflows with external systems via REST
- Building self-service access request workflows
- Automating access revocation upon termination
- Creating exception handling and escalation paths
- Logging workflow execution for audit purposes
- Testing and debugging workflows in staging
- Using workflow variables and decision logic
- Designing multi-step certification approval chains
- Orchestrating cross-system access changes
- Monitoring workflow performance and bottlenecks
- Documenting workflows for compliance and training
Module 8: Identity Lifecycle Management - Modelling the full identity lifecycle in IdentityIQ
- Automating onboarding workflows from HR systems
- Mapping job changes to access modifications
- Handling transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Automating mid-lifecycle access reviews
- Managing temporary access and emergency privileges
- Configuring offboarding workflows for timely deprovisioning
- Enforcing access cleanup post-employment
- Creating lifecycle policy rules
- Monitoring lifecycle compliance metrics
- Integrating with service desks and ITSM tools
- Setting up automated reminders for access renewal
- Using lifecycle dashboards for oversight
- Managing contractor and third-party identities
- Ensuring compliance during mergers and acquisitions
- Scaling lifecycle management across global regions
Module 9: Risk Mitigation and Analytics - Understanding identity risk in the enterprise
- Configuring risk models in IdentityIQ
- Assigning risk scores to users, roles, and entitlements
- Creating risk-based access policies
- Using risk analytics to prioritise remediation
- Monitoring high-risk users and privileged accounts
- Detecting suspicious access patterns and anomalies
- Integrating with SIEM and threat intelligence platforms
- Generating risk heat maps and trend reports
- Setting up automated risk alerts and actions
- Measuring risk reduction over time
- Aligning risk metrics with executive dashboards
- Using predictive analytics for access forecasting
- Conducting risk assessments for new applications
- Reporting on risk posture to the board
- Documenting risk controls for audits
Module 10: Customisation and Extensibility - Extending IdentityIQ with custom objects and attributes
- Using the IdentityIQ API for integrations
- Building custom reports with JasperReports
- Creating dynamic forms for user input
- Customising user interfaces with themes and layouts
- Developing custom rules using Beanshell and SPL
- Integrating with external databases and services
- Automating data exports and imports
- Building custom certification workflows
- Extending the Identity Warehouse schema
- Using hooks for pre- and post-processing events
- Developing custom connectors for proprietary systems
- Implementing custom authentication modules
- Securing custom code and configurations
- Version controlling customisations
- Testing and deploying custom components
Module 11: Audit and Reporting - Generating compliance-ready audit reports
- Creating custom reports using reporting tools
- Scheduling and distributing reports automatically
- Exporting reports in PDF, CSV, and Excel formats
- Configuring dashboards for real-time monitoring
- Tracking access certification completion rates
- Monitoring policy violations and remediation
- Reporting on role usage and entitlement growth
- Analysing orphaned and dormant accounts
- Measuring identity lifecycle compliance
- Producing executive summary dashboards
- Documenting controls for SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
- Using pre-built report templates
- Customising report parameters and filters
- Archiving reports for long-term retention
- Responding to auditor requests efficiently
Module 12: Advanced Deployment Strategies - Designing high-availability IdentityIQ environments
- Configuring load balancing and clustering
- Planning for disaster recovery and backups
- Scaling IdentityIQ for large user populations
- Optimising performance for high-volume reconciliations
- Managing database tuning and indexing
- Securing the IdentityIQ platform and data
- Implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Hardening the application server and OS
- Configuring firewall and network policies
- Monitoring system health and performance metrics
- Using logging and SIEM integration for threat detection
- Applying security patches and upgrades
- Planning for version upgrades and migrations
- Validating post-upgrade functionality
- Documenting architecture and operations
Module 13: Integration with Modern Identity Ecosystems - Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- Understanding the core principles of identity governance
- The evolution from manual access reviews to automated governance
- Key challenges in modern identity management
- Differentiating identity governance from identity and access management (IAM)
- The business impact of poor identity governance
- Regulatory drivers: SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and PCI-DSS
- Defining roles, responsibilities, and governance models
- Establishing an Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) strategy
- Identifying stakeholders across business, IT, and security
- Aligning identity governance with enterprise risk management
- Common pitfalls in IGA implementations and how to avoid them
- Mapping identity risks to business outcomes
- Creating a governance charter and executive sponsorship plan
- Using maturity models to assess your current state
- Developing a phased roadmap for IGA adoption
- Building the business case for IdentityIQ
Module 2: Introduction to SailPoint IdentityIQ - Overview of the SailPoint IdentityIQ platform architecture
- Core components: Identity Warehouse, Policy Engine, Workflows, and Reporting
- Understanding the role of connectors and source systems
- Deploying IdentityIQ in cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments
- Navigating the IdentityIQ user interface
- Exploring administrative consoles and user dashboards
- Configuring the initial system settings
- Setting up logging, monitoring, and audit trails
- Understanding IdentityIQ licensing and editions
- Integration patterns with HR systems, directories, and applications
- Defining identity attributes and identity models
- Working with identity lifecycles in IdentityIQ
- Configuring basic authentication and authorisation for administrators
- Setting up multi-tenancy for large organisations
- Managing failover and disaster recovery planning
- Best practices for initial environment setup
Module 3: Identity Source Integration and Provisioning - Configuring identity sources: HR, Active Directory, LDAP
- Understanding correlation and reconciliation processes
- Building attribute mapping rules for source systems
- Using the IdentityIQ Connector Framework
- Setting up flat file, JDBC, and web service connectors
- Importing user data from SAP, Workday, and Oracle HCM
- Handling duplicate identities and merging records
- Reconciling identity data across multiple sources
- Configuring application-based provisioning
- Designing provisioning workflows for target systems
- Testing provisioning accuracy and error handling
- Mapping source attributes to target entitlements
- Setting up password management and self-service reset
- Deploying Just-In-Time (JIT) provisioning for cloud apps
- Automating deprovisioning based on lifecycle events
- Using transformation rules to normalise identity data
Module 4: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with IdentityIQ - Principles of role-based access control
- Differentiating roles, entitlements, and access profiles
- Designing top-down vs bottom-up role strategies
- Using role mining to discover existing access patterns
- Configuring the Role Miner in IdentityIQ
- Interpreting role mining reports and clusters
- Validating and approving discovered roles
- Creating business-aligned roles based on job functions
- Defining role hierarchies and inheritance
- Managing role ownership and certification
- Assigning users to roles based on policies
- Automating role assignment through HR integrations
- Setting up role composition rules
- Enforcing role exclusivity and segregation of duties
- Documenting roles for audit and compliance
- Optimising role structures for scalability
Module 5: Access Certification and Attestation - The importance of periodic access reviews
- Designing certification campaigns for compliance
- Configuring certification policies in IdentityIQ
- Defining certification owners and approvers
- Setting up manager, application, and peer certifications
- Customising certification templates and questions
- Automating certification scheduling and reminders
- Handling exceptions and delegation workflows
- Managing re-certification cycles for high-risk users
- Generating certification reports and audit trails
- Integrating certifications with ticketing systems
- Reducing certification fatigue through smart sampling
- Using risk-based certification prioritisation
- Configuring automated remediation for expired access
- Creating dashboards for certification health monitoring
- Measuring certification completion rates and trends
Module 6: Policy and Compliance Enforcement - Types of access policies: entitlement, role, and user
- Configuring real-time policy violation detection
- Creating custom policy rules using SPL
- Setting up violation notifications and escalation paths
- Defining risk scores for policy violations
- Linking policy violations to access remediation workflows
- Using embedded analytics to visualise policy risks
- Generating compliance reports for auditors
- Mapping policies to regulatory controls
- Enforcing segregation of duties (SoD) in financial systems
- Preventing privilege creep through role restrictions
- Creating inactive account policies
- Monitoring excessive or redundant entitlements
- Setting up privileged access policies
- Tracking policy violation trends over time
- Exporting policy audit logs for regulatory submissions
Module 7: Workflow Automation and Orchestration - Introduction to IdentityIQ workflow engine
- Designing approval, notification, and remediation workflows
- Using workflow templates and custom processes
- Configuring dynamic approvers based on attributes
- Setting up conditional branching in workflows
- Integrating workflows with external systems via REST
- Building self-service access request workflows
- Automating access revocation upon termination
- Creating exception handling and escalation paths
- Logging workflow execution for audit purposes
- Testing and debugging workflows in staging
- Using workflow variables and decision logic
- Designing multi-step certification approval chains
- Orchestrating cross-system access changes
- Monitoring workflow performance and bottlenecks
- Documenting workflows for compliance and training
Module 8: Identity Lifecycle Management - Modelling the full identity lifecycle in IdentityIQ
- Automating onboarding workflows from HR systems
- Mapping job changes to access modifications
- Handling transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Automating mid-lifecycle access reviews
- Managing temporary access and emergency privileges
- Configuring offboarding workflows for timely deprovisioning
- Enforcing access cleanup post-employment
- Creating lifecycle policy rules
- Monitoring lifecycle compliance metrics
- Integrating with service desks and ITSM tools
- Setting up automated reminders for access renewal
- Using lifecycle dashboards for oversight
- Managing contractor and third-party identities
- Ensuring compliance during mergers and acquisitions
- Scaling lifecycle management across global regions
Module 9: Risk Mitigation and Analytics - Understanding identity risk in the enterprise
- Configuring risk models in IdentityIQ
- Assigning risk scores to users, roles, and entitlements
- Creating risk-based access policies
- Using risk analytics to prioritise remediation
- Monitoring high-risk users and privileged accounts
- Detecting suspicious access patterns and anomalies
- Integrating with SIEM and threat intelligence platforms
- Generating risk heat maps and trend reports
- Setting up automated risk alerts and actions
- Measuring risk reduction over time
- Aligning risk metrics with executive dashboards
- Using predictive analytics for access forecasting
- Conducting risk assessments for new applications
- Reporting on risk posture to the board
- Documenting risk controls for audits
Module 10: Customisation and Extensibility - Extending IdentityIQ with custom objects and attributes
- Using the IdentityIQ API for integrations
- Building custom reports with JasperReports
- Creating dynamic forms for user input
- Customising user interfaces with themes and layouts
- Developing custom rules using Beanshell and SPL
- Integrating with external databases and services
- Automating data exports and imports
- Building custom certification workflows
- Extending the Identity Warehouse schema
- Using hooks for pre- and post-processing events
- Developing custom connectors for proprietary systems
- Implementing custom authentication modules
- Securing custom code and configurations
- Version controlling customisations
- Testing and deploying custom components
Module 11: Audit and Reporting - Generating compliance-ready audit reports
- Creating custom reports using reporting tools
- Scheduling and distributing reports automatically
- Exporting reports in PDF, CSV, and Excel formats
- Configuring dashboards for real-time monitoring
- Tracking access certification completion rates
- Monitoring policy violations and remediation
- Reporting on role usage and entitlement growth
- Analysing orphaned and dormant accounts
- Measuring identity lifecycle compliance
- Producing executive summary dashboards
- Documenting controls for SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
- Using pre-built report templates
- Customising report parameters and filters
- Archiving reports for long-term retention
- Responding to auditor requests efficiently
Module 12: Advanced Deployment Strategies - Designing high-availability IdentityIQ environments
- Configuring load balancing and clustering
- Planning for disaster recovery and backups
- Scaling IdentityIQ for large user populations
- Optimising performance for high-volume reconciliations
- Managing database tuning and indexing
- Securing the IdentityIQ platform and data
- Implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Hardening the application server and OS
- Configuring firewall and network policies
- Monitoring system health and performance metrics
- Using logging and SIEM integration for threat detection
- Applying security patches and upgrades
- Planning for version upgrades and migrations
- Validating post-upgrade functionality
- Documenting architecture and operations
Module 13: Integration with Modern Identity Ecosystems - Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- Configuring identity sources: HR, Active Directory, LDAP
- Understanding correlation and reconciliation processes
- Building attribute mapping rules for source systems
- Using the IdentityIQ Connector Framework
- Setting up flat file, JDBC, and web service connectors
- Importing user data from SAP, Workday, and Oracle HCM
- Handling duplicate identities and merging records
- Reconciling identity data across multiple sources
- Configuring application-based provisioning
- Designing provisioning workflows for target systems
- Testing provisioning accuracy and error handling
- Mapping source attributes to target entitlements
- Setting up password management and self-service reset
- Deploying Just-In-Time (JIT) provisioning for cloud apps
- Automating deprovisioning based on lifecycle events
- Using transformation rules to normalise identity data
Module 4: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with IdentityIQ - Principles of role-based access control
- Differentiating roles, entitlements, and access profiles
- Designing top-down vs bottom-up role strategies
- Using role mining to discover existing access patterns
- Configuring the Role Miner in IdentityIQ
- Interpreting role mining reports and clusters
- Validating and approving discovered roles
- Creating business-aligned roles based on job functions
- Defining role hierarchies and inheritance
- Managing role ownership and certification
- Assigning users to roles based on policies
- Automating role assignment through HR integrations
- Setting up role composition rules
- Enforcing role exclusivity and segregation of duties
- Documenting roles for audit and compliance
- Optimising role structures for scalability
Module 5: Access Certification and Attestation - The importance of periodic access reviews
- Designing certification campaigns for compliance
- Configuring certification policies in IdentityIQ
- Defining certification owners and approvers
- Setting up manager, application, and peer certifications
- Customising certification templates and questions
- Automating certification scheduling and reminders
- Handling exceptions and delegation workflows
- Managing re-certification cycles for high-risk users
- Generating certification reports and audit trails
- Integrating certifications with ticketing systems
- Reducing certification fatigue through smart sampling
- Using risk-based certification prioritisation
- Configuring automated remediation for expired access
- Creating dashboards for certification health monitoring
- Measuring certification completion rates and trends
Module 6: Policy and Compliance Enforcement - Types of access policies: entitlement, role, and user
- Configuring real-time policy violation detection
- Creating custom policy rules using SPL
- Setting up violation notifications and escalation paths
- Defining risk scores for policy violations
- Linking policy violations to access remediation workflows
- Using embedded analytics to visualise policy risks
- Generating compliance reports for auditors
- Mapping policies to regulatory controls
- Enforcing segregation of duties (SoD) in financial systems
- Preventing privilege creep through role restrictions
- Creating inactive account policies
- Monitoring excessive or redundant entitlements
- Setting up privileged access policies
- Tracking policy violation trends over time
- Exporting policy audit logs for regulatory submissions
Module 7: Workflow Automation and Orchestration - Introduction to IdentityIQ workflow engine
- Designing approval, notification, and remediation workflows
- Using workflow templates and custom processes
- Configuring dynamic approvers based on attributes
- Setting up conditional branching in workflows
- Integrating workflows with external systems via REST
- Building self-service access request workflows
- Automating access revocation upon termination
- Creating exception handling and escalation paths
- Logging workflow execution for audit purposes
- Testing and debugging workflows in staging
- Using workflow variables and decision logic
- Designing multi-step certification approval chains
- Orchestrating cross-system access changes
- Monitoring workflow performance and bottlenecks
- Documenting workflows for compliance and training
Module 8: Identity Lifecycle Management - Modelling the full identity lifecycle in IdentityIQ
- Automating onboarding workflows from HR systems
- Mapping job changes to access modifications
- Handling transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Automating mid-lifecycle access reviews
- Managing temporary access and emergency privileges
- Configuring offboarding workflows for timely deprovisioning
- Enforcing access cleanup post-employment
- Creating lifecycle policy rules
- Monitoring lifecycle compliance metrics
- Integrating with service desks and ITSM tools
- Setting up automated reminders for access renewal
- Using lifecycle dashboards for oversight
- Managing contractor and third-party identities
- Ensuring compliance during mergers and acquisitions
- Scaling lifecycle management across global regions
Module 9: Risk Mitigation and Analytics - Understanding identity risk in the enterprise
- Configuring risk models in IdentityIQ
- Assigning risk scores to users, roles, and entitlements
- Creating risk-based access policies
- Using risk analytics to prioritise remediation
- Monitoring high-risk users and privileged accounts
- Detecting suspicious access patterns and anomalies
- Integrating with SIEM and threat intelligence platforms
- Generating risk heat maps and trend reports
- Setting up automated risk alerts and actions
- Measuring risk reduction over time
- Aligning risk metrics with executive dashboards
- Using predictive analytics for access forecasting
- Conducting risk assessments for new applications
- Reporting on risk posture to the board
- Documenting risk controls for audits
Module 10: Customisation and Extensibility - Extending IdentityIQ with custom objects and attributes
- Using the IdentityIQ API for integrations
- Building custom reports with JasperReports
- Creating dynamic forms for user input
- Customising user interfaces with themes and layouts
- Developing custom rules using Beanshell and SPL
- Integrating with external databases and services
- Automating data exports and imports
- Building custom certification workflows
- Extending the Identity Warehouse schema
- Using hooks for pre- and post-processing events
- Developing custom connectors for proprietary systems
- Implementing custom authentication modules
- Securing custom code and configurations
- Version controlling customisations
- Testing and deploying custom components
Module 11: Audit and Reporting - Generating compliance-ready audit reports
- Creating custom reports using reporting tools
- Scheduling and distributing reports automatically
- Exporting reports in PDF, CSV, and Excel formats
- Configuring dashboards for real-time monitoring
- Tracking access certification completion rates
- Monitoring policy violations and remediation
- Reporting on role usage and entitlement growth
- Analysing orphaned and dormant accounts
- Measuring identity lifecycle compliance
- Producing executive summary dashboards
- Documenting controls for SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
- Using pre-built report templates
- Customising report parameters and filters
- Archiving reports for long-term retention
- Responding to auditor requests efficiently
Module 12: Advanced Deployment Strategies - Designing high-availability IdentityIQ environments
- Configuring load balancing and clustering
- Planning for disaster recovery and backups
- Scaling IdentityIQ for large user populations
- Optimising performance for high-volume reconciliations
- Managing database tuning and indexing
- Securing the IdentityIQ platform and data
- Implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Hardening the application server and OS
- Configuring firewall and network policies
- Monitoring system health and performance metrics
- Using logging and SIEM integration for threat detection
- Applying security patches and upgrades
- Planning for version upgrades and migrations
- Validating post-upgrade functionality
- Documenting architecture and operations
Module 13: Integration with Modern Identity Ecosystems - Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- The importance of periodic access reviews
- Designing certification campaigns for compliance
- Configuring certification policies in IdentityIQ
- Defining certification owners and approvers
- Setting up manager, application, and peer certifications
- Customising certification templates and questions
- Automating certification scheduling and reminders
- Handling exceptions and delegation workflows
- Managing re-certification cycles for high-risk users
- Generating certification reports and audit trails
- Integrating certifications with ticketing systems
- Reducing certification fatigue through smart sampling
- Using risk-based certification prioritisation
- Configuring automated remediation for expired access
- Creating dashboards for certification health monitoring
- Measuring certification completion rates and trends
Module 6: Policy and Compliance Enforcement - Types of access policies: entitlement, role, and user
- Configuring real-time policy violation detection
- Creating custom policy rules using SPL
- Setting up violation notifications and escalation paths
- Defining risk scores for policy violations
- Linking policy violations to access remediation workflows
- Using embedded analytics to visualise policy risks
- Generating compliance reports for auditors
- Mapping policies to regulatory controls
- Enforcing segregation of duties (SoD) in financial systems
- Preventing privilege creep through role restrictions
- Creating inactive account policies
- Monitoring excessive or redundant entitlements
- Setting up privileged access policies
- Tracking policy violation trends over time
- Exporting policy audit logs for regulatory submissions
Module 7: Workflow Automation and Orchestration - Introduction to IdentityIQ workflow engine
- Designing approval, notification, and remediation workflows
- Using workflow templates and custom processes
- Configuring dynamic approvers based on attributes
- Setting up conditional branching in workflows
- Integrating workflows with external systems via REST
- Building self-service access request workflows
- Automating access revocation upon termination
- Creating exception handling and escalation paths
- Logging workflow execution for audit purposes
- Testing and debugging workflows in staging
- Using workflow variables and decision logic
- Designing multi-step certification approval chains
- Orchestrating cross-system access changes
- Monitoring workflow performance and bottlenecks
- Documenting workflows for compliance and training
Module 8: Identity Lifecycle Management - Modelling the full identity lifecycle in IdentityIQ
- Automating onboarding workflows from HR systems
- Mapping job changes to access modifications
- Handling transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Automating mid-lifecycle access reviews
- Managing temporary access and emergency privileges
- Configuring offboarding workflows for timely deprovisioning
- Enforcing access cleanup post-employment
- Creating lifecycle policy rules
- Monitoring lifecycle compliance metrics
- Integrating with service desks and ITSM tools
- Setting up automated reminders for access renewal
- Using lifecycle dashboards for oversight
- Managing contractor and third-party identities
- Ensuring compliance during mergers and acquisitions
- Scaling lifecycle management across global regions
Module 9: Risk Mitigation and Analytics - Understanding identity risk in the enterprise
- Configuring risk models in IdentityIQ
- Assigning risk scores to users, roles, and entitlements
- Creating risk-based access policies
- Using risk analytics to prioritise remediation
- Monitoring high-risk users and privileged accounts
- Detecting suspicious access patterns and anomalies
- Integrating with SIEM and threat intelligence platforms
- Generating risk heat maps and trend reports
- Setting up automated risk alerts and actions
- Measuring risk reduction over time
- Aligning risk metrics with executive dashboards
- Using predictive analytics for access forecasting
- Conducting risk assessments for new applications
- Reporting on risk posture to the board
- Documenting risk controls for audits
Module 10: Customisation and Extensibility - Extending IdentityIQ with custom objects and attributes
- Using the IdentityIQ API for integrations
- Building custom reports with JasperReports
- Creating dynamic forms for user input
- Customising user interfaces with themes and layouts
- Developing custom rules using Beanshell and SPL
- Integrating with external databases and services
- Automating data exports and imports
- Building custom certification workflows
- Extending the Identity Warehouse schema
- Using hooks for pre- and post-processing events
- Developing custom connectors for proprietary systems
- Implementing custom authentication modules
- Securing custom code and configurations
- Version controlling customisations
- Testing and deploying custom components
Module 11: Audit and Reporting - Generating compliance-ready audit reports
- Creating custom reports using reporting tools
- Scheduling and distributing reports automatically
- Exporting reports in PDF, CSV, and Excel formats
- Configuring dashboards for real-time monitoring
- Tracking access certification completion rates
- Monitoring policy violations and remediation
- Reporting on role usage and entitlement growth
- Analysing orphaned and dormant accounts
- Measuring identity lifecycle compliance
- Producing executive summary dashboards
- Documenting controls for SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
- Using pre-built report templates
- Customising report parameters and filters
- Archiving reports for long-term retention
- Responding to auditor requests efficiently
Module 12: Advanced Deployment Strategies - Designing high-availability IdentityIQ environments
- Configuring load balancing and clustering
- Planning for disaster recovery and backups
- Scaling IdentityIQ for large user populations
- Optimising performance for high-volume reconciliations
- Managing database tuning and indexing
- Securing the IdentityIQ platform and data
- Implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Hardening the application server and OS
- Configuring firewall and network policies
- Monitoring system health and performance metrics
- Using logging and SIEM integration for threat detection
- Applying security patches and upgrades
- Planning for version upgrades and migrations
- Validating post-upgrade functionality
- Documenting architecture and operations
Module 13: Integration with Modern Identity Ecosystems - Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- Introduction to IdentityIQ workflow engine
- Designing approval, notification, and remediation workflows
- Using workflow templates and custom processes
- Configuring dynamic approvers based on attributes
- Setting up conditional branching in workflows
- Integrating workflows with external systems via REST
- Building self-service access request workflows
- Automating access revocation upon termination
- Creating exception handling and escalation paths
- Logging workflow execution for audit purposes
- Testing and debugging workflows in staging
- Using workflow variables and decision logic
- Designing multi-step certification approval chains
- Orchestrating cross-system access changes
- Monitoring workflow performance and bottlenecks
- Documenting workflows for compliance and training
Module 8: Identity Lifecycle Management - Modelling the full identity lifecycle in IdentityIQ
- Automating onboarding workflows from HR systems
- Mapping job changes to access modifications
- Handling transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Automating mid-lifecycle access reviews
- Managing temporary access and emergency privileges
- Configuring offboarding workflows for timely deprovisioning
- Enforcing access cleanup post-employment
- Creating lifecycle policy rules
- Monitoring lifecycle compliance metrics
- Integrating with service desks and ITSM tools
- Setting up automated reminders for access renewal
- Using lifecycle dashboards for oversight
- Managing contractor and third-party identities
- Ensuring compliance during mergers and acquisitions
- Scaling lifecycle management across global regions
Module 9: Risk Mitigation and Analytics - Understanding identity risk in the enterprise
- Configuring risk models in IdentityIQ
- Assigning risk scores to users, roles, and entitlements
- Creating risk-based access policies
- Using risk analytics to prioritise remediation
- Monitoring high-risk users and privileged accounts
- Detecting suspicious access patterns and anomalies
- Integrating with SIEM and threat intelligence platforms
- Generating risk heat maps and trend reports
- Setting up automated risk alerts and actions
- Measuring risk reduction over time
- Aligning risk metrics with executive dashboards
- Using predictive analytics for access forecasting
- Conducting risk assessments for new applications
- Reporting on risk posture to the board
- Documenting risk controls for audits
Module 10: Customisation and Extensibility - Extending IdentityIQ with custom objects and attributes
- Using the IdentityIQ API for integrations
- Building custom reports with JasperReports
- Creating dynamic forms for user input
- Customising user interfaces with themes and layouts
- Developing custom rules using Beanshell and SPL
- Integrating with external databases and services
- Automating data exports and imports
- Building custom certification workflows
- Extending the Identity Warehouse schema
- Using hooks for pre- and post-processing events
- Developing custom connectors for proprietary systems
- Implementing custom authentication modules
- Securing custom code and configurations
- Version controlling customisations
- Testing and deploying custom components
Module 11: Audit and Reporting - Generating compliance-ready audit reports
- Creating custom reports using reporting tools
- Scheduling and distributing reports automatically
- Exporting reports in PDF, CSV, and Excel formats
- Configuring dashboards for real-time monitoring
- Tracking access certification completion rates
- Monitoring policy violations and remediation
- Reporting on role usage and entitlement growth
- Analysing orphaned and dormant accounts
- Measuring identity lifecycle compliance
- Producing executive summary dashboards
- Documenting controls for SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
- Using pre-built report templates
- Customising report parameters and filters
- Archiving reports for long-term retention
- Responding to auditor requests efficiently
Module 12: Advanced Deployment Strategies - Designing high-availability IdentityIQ environments
- Configuring load balancing and clustering
- Planning for disaster recovery and backups
- Scaling IdentityIQ for large user populations
- Optimising performance for high-volume reconciliations
- Managing database tuning and indexing
- Securing the IdentityIQ platform and data
- Implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Hardening the application server and OS
- Configuring firewall and network policies
- Monitoring system health and performance metrics
- Using logging and SIEM integration for threat detection
- Applying security patches and upgrades
- Planning for version upgrades and migrations
- Validating post-upgrade functionality
- Documenting architecture and operations
Module 13: Integration with Modern Identity Ecosystems - Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- Understanding identity risk in the enterprise
- Configuring risk models in IdentityIQ
- Assigning risk scores to users, roles, and entitlements
- Creating risk-based access policies
- Using risk analytics to prioritise remediation
- Monitoring high-risk users and privileged accounts
- Detecting suspicious access patterns and anomalies
- Integrating with SIEM and threat intelligence platforms
- Generating risk heat maps and trend reports
- Setting up automated risk alerts and actions
- Measuring risk reduction over time
- Aligning risk metrics with executive dashboards
- Using predictive analytics for access forecasting
- Conducting risk assessments for new applications
- Reporting on risk posture to the board
- Documenting risk controls for audits
Module 10: Customisation and Extensibility - Extending IdentityIQ with custom objects and attributes
- Using the IdentityIQ API for integrations
- Building custom reports with JasperReports
- Creating dynamic forms for user input
- Customising user interfaces with themes and layouts
- Developing custom rules using Beanshell and SPL
- Integrating with external databases and services
- Automating data exports and imports
- Building custom certification workflows
- Extending the Identity Warehouse schema
- Using hooks for pre- and post-processing events
- Developing custom connectors for proprietary systems
- Implementing custom authentication modules
- Securing custom code and configurations
- Version controlling customisations
- Testing and deploying custom components
Module 11: Audit and Reporting - Generating compliance-ready audit reports
- Creating custom reports using reporting tools
- Scheduling and distributing reports automatically
- Exporting reports in PDF, CSV, and Excel formats
- Configuring dashboards for real-time monitoring
- Tracking access certification completion rates
- Monitoring policy violations and remediation
- Reporting on role usage and entitlement growth
- Analysing orphaned and dormant accounts
- Measuring identity lifecycle compliance
- Producing executive summary dashboards
- Documenting controls for SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
- Using pre-built report templates
- Customising report parameters and filters
- Archiving reports for long-term retention
- Responding to auditor requests efficiently
Module 12: Advanced Deployment Strategies - Designing high-availability IdentityIQ environments
- Configuring load balancing and clustering
- Planning for disaster recovery and backups
- Scaling IdentityIQ for large user populations
- Optimising performance for high-volume reconciliations
- Managing database tuning and indexing
- Securing the IdentityIQ platform and data
- Implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Hardening the application server and OS
- Configuring firewall and network policies
- Monitoring system health and performance metrics
- Using logging and SIEM integration for threat detection
- Applying security patches and upgrades
- Planning for version upgrades and migrations
- Validating post-upgrade functionality
- Documenting architecture and operations
Module 13: Integration with Modern Identity Ecosystems - Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- Generating compliance-ready audit reports
- Creating custom reports using reporting tools
- Scheduling and distributing reports automatically
- Exporting reports in PDF, CSV, and Excel formats
- Configuring dashboards for real-time monitoring
- Tracking access certification completion rates
- Monitoring policy violations and remediation
- Reporting on role usage and entitlement growth
- Analysing orphaned and dormant accounts
- Measuring identity lifecycle compliance
- Producing executive summary dashboards
- Documenting controls for SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
- Using pre-built report templates
- Customising report parameters and filters
- Archiving reports for long-term retention
- Responding to auditor requests efficiently
Module 12: Advanced Deployment Strategies - Designing high-availability IdentityIQ environments
- Configuring load balancing and clustering
- Planning for disaster recovery and backups
- Scaling IdentityIQ for large user populations
- Optimising performance for high-volume reconciliations
- Managing database tuning and indexing
- Securing the IdentityIQ platform and data
- Implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Hardening the application server and OS
- Configuring firewall and network policies
- Monitoring system health and performance metrics
- Using logging and SIEM integration for threat detection
- Applying security patches and upgrades
- Planning for version upgrades and migrations
- Validating post-upgrade functionality
- Documenting architecture and operations
Module 13: Integration with Modern Identity Ecosystems - Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- Integrating IdentityIQ with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Connecting to SaaS applications: Salesforce, O365, ServiceNow
- Using IdentityIQ as a source for CIAM platforms
- Integrating with privileged access management (PAM) tools
- Linking with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Using IdentityIQ with identity federation services
- Syncing with identity governance in Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchanging data with HR platforms via APIs
- Building hybrid identity governance models
- Orchestrating access across on-premise and cloud
- Using identity data for Zero Trust initiatives
- Feeding access insights into data governance tools
- Coordinating with DevOps through identity as code
- Supporting DevSecOps with automated access controls
- Integrating with ticketing and change management systems
- Creating bi-directional workflows with ITSM
Module 14: Operationalisation and Governance Maintenance - Establishing an Identity Governance Operations team
- Defining standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Creating runbooks for common tasks and failures
- Setting up change management processes
- Managing user access requests and fulfilment
- Monitoring reconciliation success rates
- Handling connector errors and data inconsistencies
- Conducting regular system health checks
- Optimising role structures over time
- Managing periodic access recertifications
- Updating policies based on new risks
- Tracking KPIs and service level agreements
- Reporting governance metrics to executives
- Continuously improving the identity program
- Training new administrators and stakeholders
- Documenting governance processes for audits
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process
Module 16: Certification, Career Advancement & Next Steps - Preparing for the IdentityIQ certification assessment
- Reviewing key concepts and decision frameworks
- Practicing real-world scenario responses
- Submitting your final project for evaluation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Sharing your credential on LinkedIn and professional networks
- Updating your resume with verified skills and outcomes
- Positioning yourself for IAM leadership roles
- Pursuing advanced certifications and specialisations
- Joining the global alumni network of IdentityIQ practitioners
- Accessing exclusive job boards and mentorship opportunities
- Receiving invitations to industry roundtables and expert panels
- Continuing education with advanced modules and updates
- Leveraging your certification in salary negotiations
- Becoming a trusted advisor in identity governance
- Driving enterprise-wide digital transformation through identity
- Project 1: Design and deploy a custom RBAC model for a financial services firm
- Project 2: Automate access certification for a healthcare organisation under HIPAA
- Project 3: Implement SoD controls for an ERP system using policy rules
- Project 4: Integrate IdentityIQ with Workday for automated onboarding
- Project 5: Build a risk-based certification campaign for privileged users
- Project 6: Migrate legacy access reviews to IdentityIQ workflows
- Project 7: Create a unified access dashboard for CISO reporting
- Project 8: Deploy IdentityIQ in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project 9: Remediate excessive permissions in Microsoft 365
- Project 10: Design a third-party access governance process