• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

This course provides essential guidance to individuals with information security implementation and operational responsibilities for developing identification and authentication policy and controls to help ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this course, learners should have the knowledge and skills to:

  • Identify and authenticate users
  • Identify and authenticate devices
  • Manage identifiers and authenticators
  • Provide appropriate authenticator feedback
  • Use cryptographic modules for authentication
  • Identify and authenticate services
  • Use adaptive identification and authentication
  • Re-authenticate users, devices, or services

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Systems Administration

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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