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Implementing trust in IAM

Many IAM systems are based on trust. Learn how IAM can be simplified using single sign-on, federation and transitive trust.
36 minutes 5 videos
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Course description

Forcing users to maintain identities on multiple different IAM systems degrades user experience and introduces new security risks. Learn how single sign-on (SSO), federation and transitive trust can be used to build more usable IAM systems without compromising the security of the parties involved.

Syllabus

Overview of Implementing trust in IAM

Video - 00:01:00
Overview of Implementing trust in IAM
Transitive trust

Video - 00:09:00
This video discusses the concept of transitive trust for IAM.
Federation

Video - 00:10:00
This video describes how federated identity works.
Single sign-on

Video - 00:13:00
This video discusses single sign-on (SSO) and how it works.
Introduction to trust

Video - 00:03:00
This video introduces how IAM can be simplified using trust.

Meet the author

Howard Poston is a copywriter, author, and course developer with experience in cybersecurity and blockchain security, cryptography, and malware analysis. He has an MS in Cyber Operations, a decade of experience in cybersecurity, and over five years of experience as a freelance consultant providing training and content creation for cyber and blockchain security. He is also the creator of over a dozen cybersecurity courses, has authored two books, and has spoken at numerous cybersecurity conferences. He can be reached by email at howard@howardposton.com or via his website at https://www.howardposton.com.

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