Intro to Identity
A fast ramp into Identity & Access Management (IAM) for new grads: core concepts, how enterprise identity systems fit together, and what you’ll actually do on the job.
Intro to Identity
A fast ramp into Identity & Access Management (IAM) for new grads: core concepts, how enterprise identity systems fit together, and what you’ll actually do on the job.
Identity 101: Users, Accounts, and Digital Twins
Understand the difference between a person, their accounts, and the identity data that systems use to make decisions.
IAM Map: Directory, IdP, SSO, MFA, and Federation
A practical map of the core IAM building blocks you’ll see in real architectures and what each one is responsible for.
Authentication vs Authorization (AuthN vs AuthZ)
Separate login from permissions, and learn where decisions happen in apps, APIs, and platforms.
SSO & Federation Basics: SAML, OIDC, and Debugging Login Flows
Learn what actually travels during sign-in and the common failure modes you’ll troubleshoot in production.
MFA and Passwordless: Picking the Right Factors
Compare OTP, push, and phishing-resistant MFA (FIDO2/passkeys), and learn rollout tradeoffs.
Provisioning & Deprovisioning: Joiner–Mover–Leaver (JML)
Why lifecycle automation is where security and audits start: sources of truth, provisioning targets, and revocation.
Groups, Roles, and Entitlements: How Access is Modeled
Learn the practical difference between groups, roles, and entitlements—and how to keep them governable.
Privileged Access 101: Admins, Service Accounts, and PAM
Understand privileged identities and why vaulting, rotation, and just-in-time access exist.
Identity for Cloud & APIs: Workloads, Tokens, and Non-Human Identity
A fast intro to workload identity, short-lived tokens, cloud roles, and how to avoid long-lived secrets.
Identity Meets Zero Trust & AI: What’s Changing
Connect identity signals to Zero Trust policy decisions and learn the basics of AI agent identity and oversight.