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IAM / Identity Security Fundamentals

Identity is the new perimeter — learn to defend it.

By LearnDefend Security Team · Identity & Access

About this course

Understand identity as the primary attack surface: authentication vs authorization, the identity lifecycle, least privilege, MFA and SSO, and the identity attacks defenders must detect — with original diagrams and scenarios.

What you'll learn

  • Distinguish authentication from authorization clearly.
  • Apply least privilege across the identity lifecycle.
  • Recognize and detect common identity attacks.

Course outline

  1. 1AuthN vs AuthZ
  2. 2Identity lifecycle & least privilege
  3. 3MFA, SSO & federation
  4. 4Identity attacks & detection

Prerequisites

  • Basic security awareness.