Access Control Implementation for Identity and Access Managers (IAM): From Role Design to Privileged Management
59mBeginner2026-01-08
Authors

Pearson

Aamir Lakhani
Course details
In this course, security expert Aamir Lakhani gives identity and access managers a practical blueprint for building and enforcing access control across complex environments. Find out how to apply permissions and entitlements across systems, create and maintain role definitions and assignments, conduct access certifications and attestation processes, and review audit reports for user access. Dive into Privileged Access Management to secure and monitor administrative account usage, then explore real-world threats with guidance for detecting and mitigating credential stuffing and Mimikatz attacks.
Learning objectives
Apply permissions and entitlements consistently across systems.
Create and maintain role definitions and assignments.
Run access certifications and attestation processes.
Review and act on user access audit reports.
Secure and monitor administrative accounts with Privileged Access Management (PAM).
Learning objectives
Apply permissions and entitlements consistently across systems.
Create and maintain role definitions and assignments.
Run access certifications and attestation processes.
Review and act on user access audit reports.
Secure and monitor administrative accounts with Privileged Access Management (PAM).
Concepts
Introduction
- Learning objectives
Access Control Implementation for IAM
- Access control implementation - Applying permissions and entitlements across systems
- Role management - Creating and maintaining role definitions and assignments
- Access certification - Conducting user access reviews and attestation processes
- Reviewing audit reports for user access
- Privileged Access Management - Securing and monitoring administrative account usage
- Credenitial stuffing attacks
- Mimikatz attacks
- User access control final steps and review
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