Course Outline

Introduction to Siteminder

  • Overview of Siteminder
  • Key features and components
  • Understanding the Siteminder architecture

Fundamentals of Authentication and Access Management

  • Authentication vs. authorization
  • Understanding the importance of secure authentication
  • Overview of single sign-on (SSO) and federated identity

Setting Up Siteminder

  • Installation and configuration
  • Understanding the Siteminder policy server
  • Configuring Siteminder agents

Configuring Authentication Schemes

  • Overview of authentication schemes in Siteminder
  • Setting up basic authentication
  • Implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Advanced Authentication Techniques

  • Configuring federated authentication with SAML and OAuth
  • Integration with external identity providers (IdPs)
  • Custom authentication schemes

Policy and User Management

  • Defining policies for access control
  • User directories and identity stores
  • Managing user sessions and tokens

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

  • Monitoring Siteminder performance
  • Troubleshooting common Siteminder issues
  • Best practices for logging and reporting

Security Considerations and Best Practices

  • Ensuring secure configurations
  • Understanding potential security vulnerabilities
  • Best practices for maintaining a secure Siteminder environment

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of web technologies
  • Familiarity with identity and access management concepts

Audience

  • System administrators
  • Security engineers
  • IT professionals
 14 Hours

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