CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 3 Identity and Access Management

Identity and access management systems help organizations accomplish several fundamental tasks: identifying users, authenticating them, and ensuring that they can access only the resources and information that they are privy to. In this course—the third installment in the CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep series—instructor Mike Chapple delves into the identity access management portion of domain two of the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) (CS0-002) exam: Software and Systems Security. Mike discusses different means of verifying identity, including biometrics; key authentication techniques, systems, and protocols; authorization and privilege management; the identity management lifecycle; and how to address common security issues in the realm of identity management.

Topics include:
- Provisioning and deprovisioning
- Dealing with identity security issues
- Multifactor authentication
- How password authentication works
- RADIUS and TACACS
- Mandatory access and discretionary access controls
- Account and password policies