Learn Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Make sure the right identities get the right access at the right time.

Start learning 6 lessons · about 1 hours · free
About this track

Learn IAM from foundational identity and authentication concepts through authorization policy, identity lifecycle, federation, and privileged and workload access. Practice applying least privilege and building access that can be reviewed and revoked.

Before you start
  • No prior IAM experience needed.
  • Basic familiarity with web accounts and sign-in is helpful.
  • A modern browser with JavaScript enabled.
  1. Unit 1 · 0/3 lessons

    IAM foundations

    Learn authentication, authorization, and access policy basics. Badge: Access basics

    1. 0x001Understand identities, authentication, and authorizationSeparate who or what an identity is from how it signs in and what it can access. 12 min 12 min
    2. 0x102Choose authentication methodsCompare authenticators, MFA, recovery, and stronger sign-in practices. 12 min 12 min
    3. 0x203Design authorization policiesUse least privilege, roles, attributes, and explicit deny-by-default decisions. 12 min 12 min
  2. Unit 2 · 0/2 lessons

    Identity lifecycle and federation

    Manage identity changes and trusted sign-in across services. Badge: Identity steward

    1. 0x304Manage the identity lifecycleCreate, update, review, and remove access as people and systems change. 12 min 12 min
    2. 0x405Understand federation and single sign-onLearn how identity providers make authentication assertions to other services. 12 min 12 min
  3. Unit 3 · 0/1 lessons

    Privileged and workload access

    Protect powerful human and machine identities. Badge: Privilege guardian

    1. 0x506Protect privileged and workload identitiesReduce risk from administrators, services, and machine credentials. 12 min 12 min
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