Mastering WSO2 Identity Server: Secure Enterprise Authentication and Access Management
You're under pressure. Security vulnerabilities are escalating, compliance audits are tightening, and your organization is demanding a unified, scalable identity strategy that keeps pace with zero-trust mandates. You can't afford guesswork, fragmented tools, or outdated frameworks that expose your enterprise to breaches and downtime. Every day without a robust, production-grade identity infrastructure means technical debt grows, integration cycles drag, and your team stays reactive instead of strategic. The cost? Lost credibility, slowed innovation, and missed opportunities to lead in digital transformation. It’s time to shift from uncertainty to mastery. Introducing Mastering WSO2 Identity Server: Secure Enterprise Authentication and Access Management - a comprehensive, no-fluff program designed for engineers, architects, and security leaders who need to implement, manage, and govern enterprise identity at scale. This course delivers a clear, step-by-step path from foundational concepts to advanced deployment patterns, enabling you to go from concept to fully operational WSO2-based identity architecture in under 30 days - with a documented, board-ready implementation blueprint and integration plan. One recent participant, Ravi Mehta, Enterprise Architect at a global financial services firm, used this exact process to replace three legacy identity systems in six weeks, cutting operational costs by 42% and achieving full SOC 2 compliance. You’re not just learning theory. You’re gaining the exact reasoning, configuration logic, and architectural blueprints used by top-tier identity teams. This isn’t about keeping up - it’s about taking control and becoming the go-to authority for secure, resilient access management in your organization. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Your success starts with clarity, speed, and zero friction. This is a self-paced, on-demand program designed for professionals with real workloads - no fixed class times, no complicated enrollment - just immediate online access the moment you enroll. Instant, Flexible, 24/7 Access
Access the full course content from any device, anytime, whether you're in the office, on a commute, or working remotely. Every module is mobile-friendly and optimized for focus, with intuitive navigation and progress tracking so you never lose your place. Designed for Real-World Results - Fast
Most learners complete the core modules in 25–35 hours and see tangible results in under two weeks - including a working WSO2 Identity Server configuration, a secure SSO deployment, and a federated identity integration with real enterprise applications. Lifetime Access with Ongoing Updates
Enroll once, learn forever. You receive lifetime access to the course materials, including all future updates, patch-level best practices, and emerging standards integration - at no additional cost. As WSO2 evolves, your expertise evolves with it. High-Touch Instructor Support & Guidance
Learn with confidence. Our dedicated instructor team offers responsive support to answer your technical questions, review implementation logic, and guide you through complex configurations. You're not learning in isolation - you're backed by expert insight. Certification That Commands Respect
Upon successful completion, you’ll earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - a globally recognized credential trusted by IT leaders, security officers, and enterprise architecture boards. This certification validates your ability to design, deploy, and secure WSO2 Identity Server in mission-critical environments. Transparent Pricing, Zero Hidden Costs
The price is straightforward - one flat fee with no recurring charges, subscription traps, or add-ons. You pay once and gain full access to every resource, exercise, and update. - Accepted payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, PayPal
Zero-Risk Enrollment: Satisfied or Refunded
We stand behind the value of this program. If you complete the first two modules and find the content doesn’t meet your expectations, simply contact support for a full refund - no questions asked. Our goal is your success, not lock-in. Your Access is Guaranteed - No Guesswork
After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your detailed access instructions and login credentials will be sent separately once your course materials are fully provisioned, ensuring a smooth and secure onboarding experience. Will This Work for Me? Absolutely - Here’s Why
This course works even if you're new to identity management, transitioning from a different IAM platform, or working under strict compliance requirements like GDPR, HIPAA, or ISO 27001. Whether you're a Linux administrator, backend developer, security analyst, or cloud architect - the step-by-step structure, hands-on exercises, and real-world examples are tailored to your role. You’ll find blueprints used by Fortune 500 teams, configuration scripts for rapid deployment, and integration patterns with LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect - all tested in production environments. You're not just learning features - you're applying proven strategies that have secured 50,000+ user environments. From day one, you'll reduce risk, accelerate deployment timelines, and gain confidence that your identity infrastructure is both secure and sustainable.
Module 1: Foundations of Modern Identity Management - The evolution of enterprise identity and access management
- Why centralized identity is critical in zero-trust architectures
- Core principles of authentication, authorization, and auditing
- Understanding identity as a platform vs point solutions
- Common identity challenges in hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Regulatory and compliance drivers for secure IAM
- The role of WSO2 Identity Server in modern enterprise ecosystems
- Comparing WSO2 IS with other IAM platforms: strengths and use cases
- High-level architecture overview of WSO2 Identity Server
- Installing WSO2 Identity Server on Linux and Windows systems
- Configuring Java prerequisites and system requirements
- Understanding the WSO2 Carbon dashboard interface
- Navigating administrative consoles and user portals
- Securing administrative access with role-based permissions
- Initial server hardening and security baseline setup
Module 2: User Management and Provisioning - Creating and managing user stores in WSO2 IS
- Integrating with JDBC user stores
- Connecting WSO2 IS to LDAP and Active Directory
- Configuring read-only vs read-write user store connectors
- Multitenancy fundamentals: setting up and managing tenants
- Bulk user import using SCIM APIs
- User self-registration and account recovery workflows
- Password policies and expiration enforcement
- Account locking mechanisms and failed login handling
- Customizing user claims and attribute schemas
- Mapping identity attributes across heterogeneous systems
- Using the Resident Identity Provider for local authentication
- Managing user roles and role-based access control
- Dynamic role assignment based on group membership
- Creating custom workflows for user provisioning and deactivation
Module 3: Authentication Protocols Deep Dive - Understanding SAML 2.0: core concepts and flow
- Configuring WSO2 IS as a SAML 2.0 Identity Provider
- Registering service providers with SAML metadata import/export
- SP-initiated vs IdP-initiated SAML flows
- Configuring SAML single sign-on for enterprise applications
- Troubleshooting SAML assertion errors and signature issues
- OAuth 2.0 fundamentals: roles, endpoints, and grant types
- Implementing Authorization Code grant for web apps
- Using Client Credentials grant for machine-to-machine access
- Configuring Implicit grant for legacy SPAs
- Enabling Refresh Token rotation and revocation
- OpenID Connect setup with ID tokens and UserInfo endpoints
- Configuring scopes and claims in OAuth/OIDC
- PKCE extension for secure public clients
- Token introspection and validation using the OAuth2 endpoint
- JWT access tokens: structure, signing, and validation
- Customizing token generation with JavaScript-based handlers
Module 4: Advanced Authentication and Multi-Factor Security - Configuring basic and federated authentication sequences
- Building step-up authentication flows
- Integrating TOTP-based two-factor authentication
- Setting up SMS and email OTP as second factors
- Biometric authentication with FIDO2 and WebAuthn
- Configuring FIDO2 authenticator registration and login
- Adaptive authentication with JavaScript-based policies
- Implementing geolocation-based access rules
- Device recognition and trust scoring in login flows
- Conditional access based on user role or IP range
- Authentication throttling and brute-force protection
- Configuring re-authentication for sensitive operations
- Custom authentication handlers using Java extensions
- Session management: cookie policies and idle timeout settings
- Single Logout (SLO) implementation across SAML and OIDC
Module 5: Identity Federation and Social Login - Understanding identity bridging and trust relationships
- Configuring WSO2 IS as an OAuth 2.0 Identity Provider
- Enabling social login with Google, Facebook, GitHub
- Integrating enterprise identity providers like Azure AD
- Configuring SAML federation with external IdPs
- OAuth 2.0 federation with external providers
- Claim mapping across federated identity sources
- Handling subject identifier (sub) consistency
- Cross-tenant identity sharing and federated trust
- Identity bridging for B2B and partner access
- Trusted token issuers and JWT validation
- Configuring just-in-time user provisioning on login
- Customizing authentication context in federated flows
- Using the Identity Federation Authenticator framework
- Failover and fallback strategies for federated login
Module 6: Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control - Designing fine-grained authorization policies
- Implementation of XACML 3.0 in WSO2 IS
- Creating XACML policies for application-specific access
- Policy combining algorithms: deny overrides, permit overrides
- Policy administration point (PAP) and policy decision point (PDP)
- Integrating external attribute sources into XACML
- Dynamically evaluating access based on user roles and location
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) use cases
- Integrating XACML with REST APIs and microservices
- Centralized policy enforcement across distributed systems
- Policy simulation and testing with XACML request builders
- Logging and auditing access decisions for compliance
- Scaling XACML evaluation for high-throughput environments
- Customizing PDP behavior with policy retrieval extensions
- Dynamic policy updates without server restart
Module 7: API Security and Microservices Integration - Securing REST APIs with OAuth 2.0 and JWT
- Integrating WSO2 IS with WSO2 API Manager
- Configuring API publisher and developer portal logins
- Token exchange and delegation patterns
- Introspecting tokens at the API gateway level
- Validating JWT signatures in stateless services
- Custom claims injection in JWTs for downstream services
- Implementing scope-based access to APIs
- Using OIDC for user context propagation in microservices
- Zero-trust authentication for internal service calls
- Securing Kubernetes workloads with WSO2 IS
- Configuring mutual TLS (mTLS) for service identity
- Integrating with Istio and service mesh identity layers
- Token caching and performance optimization strategies
- Rate limiting and quota enforcement via identity context
Module 8: Enterprise-Grade Deployment and Scalability - Clustering WSO2 Identity Server nodes
- Configuring horizontal scaling with load balancers
- Session replication and sticky sessions setup
- Database clustering with external RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
- Shared registry patterns for cluster coordination
- Setting up distributed caching with Hazelcast
- Optimizing JVM settings for high-concurrency environments
- Monitoring memory usage and preventing leaks
- Log aggregation and centralized monitoring with ELK stack
- Health check endpoints for Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Dockerizing WSO2 IS for containerized deployments
- Creating Helm charts for Kubernetes installation
- Infrastructure-as-code templates for repeatable deployments
- Blue-green deployment strategies for zero downtime
- Backup and disaster recovery planning for identity data
Module 9: Security Hardening and Best Practices - Applying the principle of least privilege to admin roles
- Disabling unused features and endpoints
- Encrypting passwords and sensitive configuration files
- Configuring HTTPS with valid TLS certificates
- Disabling weak ciphers and enforcing TLS 1.2+
- Securing internal communication between server components
- Using keystores and truststores effectively
- Configuring secure cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure)
- Enabling CORS with restrictive origin policies
- Preventing CSRF attacks in management consoles
- Securing admin services with access control
- Regular patching and vulnerability management
- Conducting security audits and penetration testing
- Logging and monitoring suspicious authentication attempts
- Integrating with SIEM tools like Splunk and QRadar
Module 10: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Enabling audit logs for critical identity operations
- Understanding WSO2 IS log levels and categories
- Setting up log rotation and retention policies
- Using WSO2 Private Log Viewer for trace diagnostics
- Instrumenting custom logs in authentication scripts
- Monitoring login success and failure rates
- Tracking token issuance and revocation events
- Integrating with external monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Creating real-time dashboards for identity operations
- Alerting on anomalous behavior and brute-force attacks
- Performance benchmarking under load
- Tuning configurations for high availability
- Capacity planning for user growth and traffic spikes
- Operational runbooks for common incidents
- Change management and configuration versioning
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating with enterprise portals and intranets
- SSO for SAP, Salesforce, and Office 365
- Configuring WSO2 IS with ServiceNow SSO
- Integrating with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Federating access to AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Securing Kubernetes dashboards with OIDC
- Connecting to business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Integrating with ERP and CRM platforms via SAML
- Supporting legacy applications with reverse proxy patterns
- Using IS as a bridge for non-OIDC/SAML apps
- Implementing impersonation for support and audit
- User attribute synchronization with HR systems
- Automating provisioning with SCIM connectors
- Event-driven updates using WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- Handling large-scale user deprovisioning workflows
Module 12: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management - User entitlement review and access certification
- Configuring role mining and role-based provisioning
- Implementing separation of duties (SoD) policies
- Provisioning workflows with manual and automated approvals
- Access request and de-provisioning workflows
- Audit trail generation for compliance reporting
- Identity analytics for anomaly detection
- Automated access recertification campaigns
- Configuring just-in-time access and time-bound roles
- Privileged identity management (PIM) patterns
- Emergency access pass workflows
- Integrating with GRC platforms for risk assessment
- Generating compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001
- User lifecycle automation from onboarding to offboarding
- Consolidated access review dashboards
Module 13: Custom Development and Extensibility - Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- The evolution of enterprise identity and access management
- Why centralized identity is critical in zero-trust architectures
- Core principles of authentication, authorization, and auditing
- Understanding identity as a platform vs point solutions
- Common identity challenges in hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Regulatory and compliance drivers for secure IAM
- The role of WSO2 Identity Server in modern enterprise ecosystems
- Comparing WSO2 IS with other IAM platforms: strengths and use cases
- High-level architecture overview of WSO2 Identity Server
- Installing WSO2 Identity Server on Linux and Windows systems
- Configuring Java prerequisites and system requirements
- Understanding the WSO2 Carbon dashboard interface
- Navigating administrative consoles and user portals
- Securing administrative access with role-based permissions
- Initial server hardening and security baseline setup
Module 2: User Management and Provisioning - Creating and managing user stores in WSO2 IS
- Integrating with JDBC user stores
- Connecting WSO2 IS to LDAP and Active Directory
- Configuring read-only vs read-write user store connectors
- Multitenancy fundamentals: setting up and managing tenants
- Bulk user import using SCIM APIs
- User self-registration and account recovery workflows
- Password policies and expiration enforcement
- Account locking mechanisms and failed login handling
- Customizing user claims and attribute schemas
- Mapping identity attributes across heterogeneous systems
- Using the Resident Identity Provider for local authentication
- Managing user roles and role-based access control
- Dynamic role assignment based on group membership
- Creating custom workflows for user provisioning and deactivation
Module 3: Authentication Protocols Deep Dive - Understanding SAML 2.0: core concepts and flow
- Configuring WSO2 IS as a SAML 2.0 Identity Provider
- Registering service providers with SAML metadata import/export
- SP-initiated vs IdP-initiated SAML flows
- Configuring SAML single sign-on for enterprise applications
- Troubleshooting SAML assertion errors and signature issues
- OAuth 2.0 fundamentals: roles, endpoints, and grant types
- Implementing Authorization Code grant for web apps
- Using Client Credentials grant for machine-to-machine access
- Configuring Implicit grant for legacy SPAs
- Enabling Refresh Token rotation and revocation
- OpenID Connect setup with ID tokens and UserInfo endpoints
- Configuring scopes and claims in OAuth/OIDC
- PKCE extension for secure public clients
- Token introspection and validation using the OAuth2 endpoint
- JWT access tokens: structure, signing, and validation
- Customizing token generation with JavaScript-based handlers
Module 4: Advanced Authentication and Multi-Factor Security - Configuring basic and federated authentication sequences
- Building step-up authentication flows
- Integrating TOTP-based two-factor authentication
- Setting up SMS and email OTP as second factors
- Biometric authentication with FIDO2 and WebAuthn
- Configuring FIDO2 authenticator registration and login
- Adaptive authentication with JavaScript-based policies
- Implementing geolocation-based access rules
- Device recognition and trust scoring in login flows
- Conditional access based on user role or IP range
- Authentication throttling and brute-force protection
- Configuring re-authentication for sensitive operations
- Custom authentication handlers using Java extensions
- Session management: cookie policies and idle timeout settings
- Single Logout (SLO) implementation across SAML and OIDC
Module 5: Identity Federation and Social Login - Understanding identity bridging and trust relationships
- Configuring WSO2 IS as an OAuth 2.0 Identity Provider
- Enabling social login with Google, Facebook, GitHub
- Integrating enterprise identity providers like Azure AD
- Configuring SAML federation with external IdPs
- OAuth 2.0 federation with external providers
- Claim mapping across federated identity sources
- Handling subject identifier (sub) consistency
- Cross-tenant identity sharing and federated trust
- Identity bridging for B2B and partner access
- Trusted token issuers and JWT validation
- Configuring just-in-time user provisioning on login
- Customizing authentication context in federated flows
- Using the Identity Federation Authenticator framework
- Failover and fallback strategies for federated login
Module 6: Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control - Designing fine-grained authorization policies
- Implementation of XACML 3.0 in WSO2 IS
- Creating XACML policies for application-specific access
- Policy combining algorithms: deny overrides, permit overrides
- Policy administration point (PAP) and policy decision point (PDP)
- Integrating external attribute sources into XACML
- Dynamically evaluating access based on user roles and location
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) use cases
- Integrating XACML with REST APIs and microservices
- Centralized policy enforcement across distributed systems
- Policy simulation and testing with XACML request builders
- Logging and auditing access decisions for compliance
- Scaling XACML evaluation for high-throughput environments
- Customizing PDP behavior with policy retrieval extensions
- Dynamic policy updates without server restart
Module 7: API Security and Microservices Integration - Securing REST APIs with OAuth 2.0 and JWT
- Integrating WSO2 IS with WSO2 API Manager
- Configuring API publisher and developer portal logins
- Token exchange and delegation patterns
- Introspecting tokens at the API gateway level
- Validating JWT signatures in stateless services
- Custom claims injection in JWTs for downstream services
- Implementing scope-based access to APIs
- Using OIDC for user context propagation in microservices
- Zero-trust authentication for internal service calls
- Securing Kubernetes workloads with WSO2 IS
- Configuring mutual TLS (mTLS) for service identity
- Integrating with Istio and service mesh identity layers
- Token caching and performance optimization strategies
- Rate limiting and quota enforcement via identity context
Module 8: Enterprise-Grade Deployment and Scalability - Clustering WSO2 Identity Server nodes
- Configuring horizontal scaling with load balancers
- Session replication and sticky sessions setup
- Database clustering with external RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
- Shared registry patterns for cluster coordination
- Setting up distributed caching with Hazelcast
- Optimizing JVM settings for high-concurrency environments
- Monitoring memory usage and preventing leaks
- Log aggregation and centralized monitoring with ELK stack
- Health check endpoints for Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Dockerizing WSO2 IS for containerized deployments
- Creating Helm charts for Kubernetes installation
- Infrastructure-as-code templates for repeatable deployments
- Blue-green deployment strategies for zero downtime
- Backup and disaster recovery planning for identity data
Module 9: Security Hardening and Best Practices - Applying the principle of least privilege to admin roles
- Disabling unused features and endpoints
- Encrypting passwords and sensitive configuration files
- Configuring HTTPS with valid TLS certificates
- Disabling weak ciphers and enforcing TLS 1.2+
- Securing internal communication between server components
- Using keystores and truststores effectively
- Configuring secure cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure)
- Enabling CORS with restrictive origin policies
- Preventing CSRF attacks in management consoles
- Securing admin services with access control
- Regular patching and vulnerability management
- Conducting security audits and penetration testing
- Logging and monitoring suspicious authentication attempts
- Integrating with SIEM tools like Splunk and QRadar
Module 10: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Enabling audit logs for critical identity operations
- Understanding WSO2 IS log levels and categories
- Setting up log rotation and retention policies
- Using WSO2 Private Log Viewer for trace diagnostics
- Instrumenting custom logs in authentication scripts
- Monitoring login success and failure rates
- Tracking token issuance and revocation events
- Integrating with external monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Creating real-time dashboards for identity operations
- Alerting on anomalous behavior and brute-force attacks
- Performance benchmarking under load
- Tuning configurations for high availability
- Capacity planning for user growth and traffic spikes
- Operational runbooks for common incidents
- Change management and configuration versioning
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating with enterprise portals and intranets
- SSO for SAP, Salesforce, and Office 365
- Configuring WSO2 IS with ServiceNow SSO
- Integrating with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Federating access to AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Securing Kubernetes dashboards with OIDC
- Connecting to business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Integrating with ERP and CRM platforms via SAML
- Supporting legacy applications with reverse proxy patterns
- Using IS as a bridge for non-OIDC/SAML apps
- Implementing impersonation for support and audit
- User attribute synchronization with HR systems
- Automating provisioning with SCIM connectors
- Event-driven updates using WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- Handling large-scale user deprovisioning workflows
Module 12: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management - User entitlement review and access certification
- Configuring role mining and role-based provisioning
- Implementing separation of duties (SoD) policies
- Provisioning workflows with manual and automated approvals
- Access request and de-provisioning workflows
- Audit trail generation for compliance reporting
- Identity analytics for anomaly detection
- Automated access recertification campaigns
- Configuring just-in-time access and time-bound roles
- Privileged identity management (PIM) patterns
- Emergency access pass workflows
- Integrating with GRC platforms for risk assessment
- Generating compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001
- User lifecycle automation from onboarding to offboarding
- Consolidated access review dashboards
Module 13: Custom Development and Extensibility - Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- Understanding SAML 2.0: core concepts and flow
- Configuring WSO2 IS as a SAML 2.0 Identity Provider
- Registering service providers with SAML metadata import/export
- SP-initiated vs IdP-initiated SAML flows
- Configuring SAML single sign-on for enterprise applications
- Troubleshooting SAML assertion errors and signature issues
- OAuth 2.0 fundamentals: roles, endpoints, and grant types
- Implementing Authorization Code grant for web apps
- Using Client Credentials grant for machine-to-machine access
- Configuring Implicit grant for legacy SPAs
- Enabling Refresh Token rotation and revocation
- OpenID Connect setup with ID tokens and UserInfo endpoints
- Configuring scopes and claims in OAuth/OIDC
- PKCE extension for secure public clients
- Token introspection and validation using the OAuth2 endpoint
- JWT access tokens: structure, signing, and validation
- Customizing token generation with JavaScript-based handlers
Module 4: Advanced Authentication and Multi-Factor Security - Configuring basic and federated authentication sequences
- Building step-up authentication flows
- Integrating TOTP-based two-factor authentication
- Setting up SMS and email OTP as second factors
- Biometric authentication with FIDO2 and WebAuthn
- Configuring FIDO2 authenticator registration and login
- Adaptive authentication with JavaScript-based policies
- Implementing geolocation-based access rules
- Device recognition and trust scoring in login flows
- Conditional access based on user role or IP range
- Authentication throttling and brute-force protection
- Configuring re-authentication for sensitive operations
- Custom authentication handlers using Java extensions
- Session management: cookie policies and idle timeout settings
- Single Logout (SLO) implementation across SAML and OIDC
Module 5: Identity Federation and Social Login - Understanding identity bridging and trust relationships
- Configuring WSO2 IS as an OAuth 2.0 Identity Provider
- Enabling social login with Google, Facebook, GitHub
- Integrating enterprise identity providers like Azure AD
- Configuring SAML federation with external IdPs
- OAuth 2.0 federation with external providers
- Claim mapping across federated identity sources
- Handling subject identifier (sub) consistency
- Cross-tenant identity sharing and federated trust
- Identity bridging for B2B and partner access
- Trusted token issuers and JWT validation
- Configuring just-in-time user provisioning on login
- Customizing authentication context in federated flows
- Using the Identity Federation Authenticator framework
- Failover and fallback strategies for federated login
Module 6: Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control - Designing fine-grained authorization policies
- Implementation of XACML 3.0 in WSO2 IS
- Creating XACML policies for application-specific access
- Policy combining algorithms: deny overrides, permit overrides
- Policy administration point (PAP) and policy decision point (PDP)
- Integrating external attribute sources into XACML
- Dynamically evaluating access based on user roles and location
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) use cases
- Integrating XACML with REST APIs and microservices
- Centralized policy enforcement across distributed systems
- Policy simulation and testing with XACML request builders
- Logging and auditing access decisions for compliance
- Scaling XACML evaluation for high-throughput environments
- Customizing PDP behavior with policy retrieval extensions
- Dynamic policy updates without server restart
Module 7: API Security and Microservices Integration - Securing REST APIs with OAuth 2.0 and JWT
- Integrating WSO2 IS with WSO2 API Manager
- Configuring API publisher and developer portal logins
- Token exchange and delegation patterns
- Introspecting tokens at the API gateway level
- Validating JWT signatures in stateless services
- Custom claims injection in JWTs for downstream services
- Implementing scope-based access to APIs
- Using OIDC for user context propagation in microservices
- Zero-trust authentication for internal service calls
- Securing Kubernetes workloads with WSO2 IS
- Configuring mutual TLS (mTLS) for service identity
- Integrating with Istio and service mesh identity layers
- Token caching and performance optimization strategies
- Rate limiting and quota enforcement via identity context
Module 8: Enterprise-Grade Deployment and Scalability - Clustering WSO2 Identity Server nodes
- Configuring horizontal scaling with load balancers
- Session replication and sticky sessions setup
- Database clustering with external RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
- Shared registry patterns for cluster coordination
- Setting up distributed caching with Hazelcast
- Optimizing JVM settings for high-concurrency environments
- Monitoring memory usage and preventing leaks
- Log aggregation and centralized monitoring with ELK stack
- Health check endpoints for Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Dockerizing WSO2 IS for containerized deployments
- Creating Helm charts for Kubernetes installation
- Infrastructure-as-code templates for repeatable deployments
- Blue-green deployment strategies for zero downtime
- Backup and disaster recovery planning for identity data
Module 9: Security Hardening and Best Practices - Applying the principle of least privilege to admin roles
- Disabling unused features and endpoints
- Encrypting passwords and sensitive configuration files
- Configuring HTTPS with valid TLS certificates
- Disabling weak ciphers and enforcing TLS 1.2+
- Securing internal communication between server components
- Using keystores and truststores effectively
- Configuring secure cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure)
- Enabling CORS with restrictive origin policies
- Preventing CSRF attacks in management consoles
- Securing admin services with access control
- Regular patching and vulnerability management
- Conducting security audits and penetration testing
- Logging and monitoring suspicious authentication attempts
- Integrating with SIEM tools like Splunk and QRadar
Module 10: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Enabling audit logs for critical identity operations
- Understanding WSO2 IS log levels and categories
- Setting up log rotation and retention policies
- Using WSO2 Private Log Viewer for trace diagnostics
- Instrumenting custom logs in authentication scripts
- Monitoring login success and failure rates
- Tracking token issuance and revocation events
- Integrating with external monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Creating real-time dashboards for identity operations
- Alerting on anomalous behavior and brute-force attacks
- Performance benchmarking under load
- Tuning configurations for high availability
- Capacity planning for user growth and traffic spikes
- Operational runbooks for common incidents
- Change management and configuration versioning
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating with enterprise portals and intranets
- SSO for SAP, Salesforce, and Office 365
- Configuring WSO2 IS with ServiceNow SSO
- Integrating with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Federating access to AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Securing Kubernetes dashboards with OIDC
- Connecting to business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Integrating with ERP and CRM platforms via SAML
- Supporting legacy applications with reverse proxy patterns
- Using IS as a bridge for non-OIDC/SAML apps
- Implementing impersonation for support and audit
- User attribute synchronization with HR systems
- Automating provisioning with SCIM connectors
- Event-driven updates using WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- Handling large-scale user deprovisioning workflows
Module 12: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management - User entitlement review and access certification
- Configuring role mining and role-based provisioning
- Implementing separation of duties (SoD) policies
- Provisioning workflows with manual and automated approvals
- Access request and de-provisioning workflows
- Audit trail generation for compliance reporting
- Identity analytics for anomaly detection
- Automated access recertification campaigns
- Configuring just-in-time access and time-bound roles
- Privileged identity management (PIM) patterns
- Emergency access pass workflows
- Integrating with GRC platforms for risk assessment
- Generating compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001
- User lifecycle automation from onboarding to offboarding
- Consolidated access review dashboards
Module 13: Custom Development and Extensibility - Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- Understanding identity bridging and trust relationships
- Configuring WSO2 IS as an OAuth 2.0 Identity Provider
- Enabling social login with Google, Facebook, GitHub
- Integrating enterprise identity providers like Azure AD
- Configuring SAML federation with external IdPs
- OAuth 2.0 federation with external providers
- Claim mapping across federated identity sources
- Handling subject identifier (sub) consistency
- Cross-tenant identity sharing and federated trust
- Identity bridging for B2B and partner access
- Trusted token issuers and JWT validation
- Configuring just-in-time user provisioning on login
- Customizing authentication context in federated flows
- Using the Identity Federation Authenticator framework
- Failover and fallback strategies for federated login
Module 6: Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control - Designing fine-grained authorization policies
- Implementation of XACML 3.0 in WSO2 IS
- Creating XACML policies for application-specific access
- Policy combining algorithms: deny overrides, permit overrides
- Policy administration point (PAP) and policy decision point (PDP)
- Integrating external attribute sources into XACML
- Dynamically evaluating access based on user roles and location
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) use cases
- Integrating XACML with REST APIs and microservices
- Centralized policy enforcement across distributed systems
- Policy simulation and testing with XACML request builders
- Logging and auditing access decisions for compliance
- Scaling XACML evaluation for high-throughput environments
- Customizing PDP behavior with policy retrieval extensions
- Dynamic policy updates without server restart
Module 7: API Security and Microservices Integration - Securing REST APIs with OAuth 2.0 and JWT
- Integrating WSO2 IS with WSO2 API Manager
- Configuring API publisher and developer portal logins
- Token exchange and delegation patterns
- Introspecting tokens at the API gateway level
- Validating JWT signatures in stateless services
- Custom claims injection in JWTs for downstream services
- Implementing scope-based access to APIs
- Using OIDC for user context propagation in microservices
- Zero-trust authentication for internal service calls
- Securing Kubernetes workloads with WSO2 IS
- Configuring mutual TLS (mTLS) for service identity
- Integrating with Istio and service mesh identity layers
- Token caching and performance optimization strategies
- Rate limiting and quota enforcement via identity context
Module 8: Enterprise-Grade Deployment and Scalability - Clustering WSO2 Identity Server nodes
- Configuring horizontal scaling with load balancers
- Session replication and sticky sessions setup
- Database clustering with external RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
- Shared registry patterns for cluster coordination
- Setting up distributed caching with Hazelcast
- Optimizing JVM settings for high-concurrency environments
- Monitoring memory usage and preventing leaks
- Log aggregation and centralized monitoring with ELK stack
- Health check endpoints for Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Dockerizing WSO2 IS for containerized deployments
- Creating Helm charts for Kubernetes installation
- Infrastructure-as-code templates for repeatable deployments
- Blue-green deployment strategies for zero downtime
- Backup and disaster recovery planning for identity data
Module 9: Security Hardening and Best Practices - Applying the principle of least privilege to admin roles
- Disabling unused features and endpoints
- Encrypting passwords and sensitive configuration files
- Configuring HTTPS with valid TLS certificates
- Disabling weak ciphers and enforcing TLS 1.2+
- Securing internal communication between server components
- Using keystores and truststores effectively
- Configuring secure cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure)
- Enabling CORS with restrictive origin policies
- Preventing CSRF attacks in management consoles
- Securing admin services with access control
- Regular patching and vulnerability management
- Conducting security audits and penetration testing
- Logging and monitoring suspicious authentication attempts
- Integrating with SIEM tools like Splunk and QRadar
Module 10: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Enabling audit logs for critical identity operations
- Understanding WSO2 IS log levels and categories
- Setting up log rotation and retention policies
- Using WSO2 Private Log Viewer for trace diagnostics
- Instrumenting custom logs in authentication scripts
- Monitoring login success and failure rates
- Tracking token issuance and revocation events
- Integrating with external monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Creating real-time dashboards for identity operations
- Alerting on anomalous behavior and brute-force attacks
- Performance benchmarking under load
- Tuning configurations for high availability
- Capacity planning for user growth and traffic spikes
- Operational runbooks for common incidents
- Change management and configuration versioning
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating with enterprise portals and intranets
- SSO for SAP, Salesforce, and Office 365
- Configuring WSO2 IS with ServiceNow SSO
- Integrating with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Federating access to AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Securing Kubernetes dashboards with OIDC
- Connecting to business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Integrating with ERP and CRM platforms via SAML
- Supporting legacy applications with reverse proxy patterns
- Using IS as a bridge for non-OIDC/SAML apps
- Implementing impersonation for support and audit
- User attribute synchronization with HR systems
- Automating provisioning with SCIM connectors
- Event-driven updates using WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- Handling large-scale user deprovisioning workflows
Module 12: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management - User entitlement review and access certification
- Configuring role mining and role-based provisioning
- Implementing separation of duties (SoD) policies
- Provisioning workflows with manual and automated approvals
- Access request and de-provisioning workflows
- Audit trail generation for compliance reporting
- Identity analytics for anomaly detection
- Automated access recertification campaigns
- Configuring just-in-time access and time-bound roles
- Privileged identity management (PIM) patterns
- Emergency access pass workflows
- Integrating with GRC platforms for risk assessment
- Generating compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001
- User lifecycle automation from onboarding to offboarding
- Consolidated access review dashboards
Module 13: Custom Development and Extensibility - Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- Securing REST APIs with OAuth 2.0 and JWT
- Integrating WSO2 IS with WSO2 API Manager
- Configuring API publisher and developer portal logins
- Token exchange and delegation patterns
- Introspecting tokens at the API gateway level
- Validating JWT signatures in stateless services
- Custom claims injection in JWTs for downstream services
- Implementing scope-based access to APIs
- Using OIDC for user context propagation in microservices
- Zero-trust authentication for internal service calls
- Securing Kubernetes workloads with WSO2 IS
- Configuring mutual TLS (mTLS) for service identity
- Integrating with Istio and service mesh identity layers
- Token caching and performance optimization strategies
- Rate limiting and quota enforcement via identity context
Module 8: Enterprise-Grade Deployment and Scalability - Clustering WSO2 Identity Server nodes
- Configuring horizontal scaling with load balancers
- Session replication and sticky sessions setup
- Database clustering with external RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
- Shared registry patterns for cluster coordination
- Setting up distributed caching with Hazelcast
- Optimizing JVM settings for high-concurrency environments
- Monitoring memory usage and preventing leaks
- Log aggregation and centralized monitoring with ELK stack
- Health check endpoints for Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Dockerizing WSO2 IS for containerized deployments
- Creating Helm charts for Kubernetes installation
- Infrastructure-as-code templates for repeatable deployments
- Blue-green deployment strategies for zero downtime
- Backup and disaster recovery planning for identity data
Module 9: Security Hardening and Best Practices - Applying the principle of least privilege to admin roles
- Disabling unused features and endpoints
- Encrypting passwords and sensitive configuration files
- Configuring HTTPS with valid TLS certificates
- Disabling weak ciphers and enforcing TLS 1.2+
- Securing internal communication between server components
- Using keystores and truststores effectively
- Configuring secure cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure)
- Enabling CORS with restrictive origin policies
- Preventing CSRF attacks in management consoles
- Securing admin services with access control
- Regular patching and vulnerability management
- Conducting security audits and penetration testing
- Logging and monitoring suspicious authentication attempts
- Integrating with SIEM tools like Splunk and QRadar
Module 10: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Enabling audit logs for critical identity operations
- Understanding WSO2 IS log levels and categories
- Setting up log rotation and retention policies
- Using WSO2 Private Log Viewer for trace diagnostics
- Instrumenting custom logs in authentication scripts
- Monitoring login success and failure rates
- Tracking token issuance and revocation events
- Integrating with external monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Creating real-time dashboards for identity operations
- Alerting on anomalous behavior and brute-force attacks
- Performance benchmarking under load
- Tuning configurations for high availability
- Capacity planning for user growth and traffic spikes
- Operational runbooks for common incidents
- Change management and configuration versioning
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating with enterprise portals and intranets
- SSO for SAP, Salesforce, and Office 365
- Configuring WSO2 IS with ServiceNow SSO
- Integrating with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Federating access to AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Securing Kubernetes dashboards with OIDC
- Connecting to business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Integrating with ERP and CRM platforms via SAML
- Supporting legacy applications with reverse proxy patterns
- Using IS as a bridge for non-OIDC/SAML apps
- Implementing impersonation for support and audit
- User attribute synchronization with HR systems
- Automating provisioning with SCIM connectors
- Event-driven updates using WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- Handling large-scale user deprovisioning workflows
Module 12: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management - User entitlement review and access certification
- Configuring role mining and role-based provisioning
- Implementing separation of duties (SoD) policies
- Provisioning workflows with manual and automated approvals
- Access request and de-provisioning workflows
- Audit trail generation for compliance reporting
- Identity analytics for anomaly detection
- Automated access recertification campaigns
- Configuring just-in-time access and time-bound roles
- Privileged identity management (PIM) patterns
- Emergency access pass workflows
- Integrating with GRC platforms for risk assessment
- Generating compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001
- User lifecycle automation from onboarding to offboarding
- Consolidated access review dashboards
Module 13: Custom Development and Extensibility - Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- Applying the principle of least privilege to admin roles
- Disabling unused features and endpoints
- Encrypting passwords and sensitive configuration files
- Configuring HTTPS with valid TLS certificates
- Disabling weak ciphers and enforcing TLS 1.2+
- Securing internal communication between server components
- Using keystores and truststores effectively
- Configuring secure cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure)
- Enabling CORS with restrictive origin policies
- Preventing CSRF attacks in management consoles
- Securing admin services with access control
- Regular patching and vulnerability management
- Conducting security audits and penetration testing
- Logging and monitoring suspicious authentication attempts
- Integrating with SIEM tools like Splunk and QRadar
Module 10: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Enabling audit logs for critical identity operations
- Understanding WSO2 IS log levels and categories
- Setting up log rotation and retention policies
- Using WSO2 Private Log Viewer for trace diagnostics
- Instrumenting custom logs in authentication scripts
- Monitoring login success and failure rates
- Tracking token issuance and revocation events
- Integrating with external monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Creating real-time dashboards for identity operations
- Alerting on anomalous behavior and brute-force attacks
- Performance benchmarking under load
- Tuning configurations for high availability
- Capacity planning for user growth and traffic spikes
- Operational runbooks for common incidents
- Change management and configuration versioning
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating with enterprise portals and intranets
- SSO for SAP, Salesforce, and Office 365
- Configuring WSO2 IS with ServiceNow SSO
- Integrating with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Federating access to AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Securing Kubernetes dashboards with OIDC
- Connecting to business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Integrating with ERP and CRM platforms via SAML
- Supporting legacy applications with reverse proxy patterns
- Using IS as a bridge for non-OIDC/SAML apps
- Implementing impersonation for support and audit
- User attribute synchronization with HR systems
- Automating provisioning with SCIM connectors
- Event-driven updates using WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- Handling large-scale user deprovisioning workflows
Module 12: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management - User entitlement review and access certification
- Configuring role mining and role-based provisioning
- Implementing separation of duties (SoD) policies
- Provisioning workflows with manual and automated approvals
- Access request and de-provisioning workflows
- Audit trail generation for compliance reporting
- Identity analytics for anomaly detection
- Automated access recertification campaigns
- Configuring just-in-time access and time-bound roles
- Privileged identity management (PIM) patterns
- Emergency access pass workflows
- Integrating with GRC platforms for risk assessment
- Generating compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001
- User lifecycle automation from onboarding to offboarding
- Consolidated access review dashboards
Module 13: Custom Development and Extensibility - Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- Integrating with enterprise portals and intranets
- SSO for SAP, Salesforce, and Office 365
- Configuring WSO2 IS with ServiceNow SSO
- Integrating with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
- Federating access to AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Securing Kubernetes dashboards with OIDC
- Connecting to business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Integrating with ERP and CRM platforms via SAML
- Supporting legacy applications with reverse proxy patterns
- Using IS as a bridge for non-OIDC/SAML apps
- Implementing impersonation for support and audit
- User attribute synchronization with HR systems
- Automating provisioning with SCIM connectors
- Event-driven updates using WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- Handling large-scale user deprovisioning workflows
Module 12: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management - User entitlement review and access certification
- Configuring role mining and role-based provisioning
- Implementing separation of duties (SoD) policies
- Provisioning workflows with manual and automated approvals
- Access request and de-provisioning workflows
- Audit trail generation for compliance reporting
- Identity analytics for anomaly detection
- Automated access recertification campaigns
- Configuring just-in-time access and time-bound roles
- Privileged identity management (PIM) patterns
- Emergency access pass workflows
- Integrating with GRC platforms for risk assessment
- Generating compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001
- User lifecycle automation from onboarding to offboarding
- Consolidated access review dashboards
Module 13: Custom Development and Extensibility - Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- Customizing login pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Branding portals for enterprise identity experiences
- Developing custom authenticators with Java
- Extending OAuth2 with custom grant types
- Implementing custom claim handlers
- Creating custom authentication steps and sequences
- Overriding default user management workflows
- Hooking into identity events with listeners
- Using OSGi bundles to extend server functionality
- Developing custom identity governance connectors
- Building reusable identity components as shared libraries
- Testing extensions in isolated development environments
- CI/CD pipelines for identity configuration as code
- Version controlling configurations with Git
- Deploying extensions across staging and production
Module 14: Real-World Projects and Implementation Blueprints - Project: Deploying WSO2 IS in a hybrid cloud environment
- Project: Implementing SSO for 10 enterprise SaaS applications
- Project: Migrating from Okta to WSO2 Identity Server
- Project: Securing a microservices architecture with OIDC
- Project: Building an ABAC policy engine for financial services
- Creating a reusable onboarding automation workflow
- Designing a B2B partner identity portal
- Implementing passwordless login with FIDO2
- Setting up MFA enforcement for remote workers
- Building a zero-trust access model for cloud APIs
- Developing a compliance-ready audit dashboard
- Automating role provisioning based on HR data
- Creating a multitenant identity platform for ISVs
- Integrating with a legacy COBOL system via reverse proxy
- Blueprint: Full identity stack for a global bank
- Blueprint: Identity architecture for a healthcare SaaS
- Blueprint: Secure access model for government contractors
- Blueprint: Migration from Oracle IAM to WSO2 IS
- Blueprint: Identity-as-a-Service for managed service providers
- Blueprint: Disaster recovery and geo-redundant identity setup
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation
- Review: Core competencies for WSO2 Identity Server mastery
- Common exam scenarios and technical evaluations
- Best practices for documenting your implementation
- Building a professional identity portfolio
- How to articulate WSO2 experience in job interviews
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for career growth
- Contributing to open-source WSO2 projects
- Joining WSO2 user groups and certification communities
- Preparing for advanced WSO2 certification paths
- Building thought leadership with technical blogs and talks
- Networking with enterprise architects and CISOs
- Negotiating IAM leadership roles with verified expertise
- Using The Art of Service credential in LinkedIn and resumes
- Accessing alumni resources and job boards
- Continuous learning: staying ahead in identity innovation