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We use digital certificates extensively for servers, users, and software. In this video, you’ll learn about using certificates for web servers, code signing, machines, email, and more. << Previous Video: Public Key Infrastructure Next: Certificate Formats >> In previous videos we talked a lot about what’s inside of a certificate but we haven’t talked about […]

It takes many different components to build a successful PKI. In this video, you’ll learn about the key management lifecycle, digital certificates, certificate authorities, and more. << Previous Video: Access Control Next: Certificates >> PKI or Public Key Infrastructure, is the process of managing practically every aspect of digital certificates. This covers the policies and

Access control is a fundamental aspect of IT security. In this video, you’ll learn about mandatory, discretionary, role-based, attribute-based, and rule-based access control. << Previous Video: Federated Identities Next: Public Key Infrastructure >> Once a user gains access to a service, we now need to determine what type of resources does that user have access

Instead of maintaining your own authentication database, you might use one from a third-party. In this video, you’ll learn about federation, SAML, OpenID Connect, and OAuth. << Previous Video: Identity and Access Services Next: Access Control >> Federation is a way that you could provide access to your network using credentials that someone uses for

As a security professional, you’ll need to use different authentication methods in different situations. In this video, you’ll learn about authentication using RADIUS, TACACS, Kerberos, and 802.1X. << Previous Video: PAP and CHAP Next: Federated Identities >> One of the more common authentication authorization and accounting protocols is the RADIUS protocol. RADIUS is the Remote

Authentication protocols have been used for many years in IT security. In this video, you’ll learn about the authentication process and the differences between PAP and CHAP authentication. << Previous Video: Authentication Management Next: Identity and Access Services >> There are many different ways to provide authentication to a network. And in this video, we’ll

As a security professional, you’ll have many options for managing your passwords. In this video, you’ll learn about password keys, password vaults, trusted platform modules, hardware security modules, and knowledge-based authentication. << Previous Video: Account Policies Next: PAP and CHAP >> One type of hardware-based authentication might be something like a password key. This is

A security administrator has a number of challenges associated with accounts. In this video, you’ll learn about routine audits, password complexity, account lockouts, and location-based policies. << Previous Video: Account Types Next: Authentication Management >> When an administrator is configuring a user on a system, there are many different policies to consider. For example, the

There are many different types of accounts. In this video, you’ll learn about user accounts, shared and generic accounts, guest accounts, service accounts, and privileged accounts. << Previous Video: Identity Controls Next: Account Policies >> If you’re watching this video on your computer, then you’re probably logged in with a user account. A user account

Verifying the identity of a user is an important step in the authentication process. In this video, you’ll learn about identity providers, certificates, tokens, and SSH keys. << Previous Video: Cloud Security Solutions Next: Account Types >> When you have an application that’s running on your local network you probably have a pretty good idea