Exam cram
Presented here is a revision of the concepts discussed in the previous four chapters, that is, chapters eleven through fourteen. They are provided in bullet points as snippets that are easy to revise. These snippets are for a quick revision and reinforcement of the knowledge learned:
CISSP CBK Domain #5 – identity and access management
The following bullet points are in an exam cram format for a quick revision. They cover important points from the identity and access management domain. The covered topics include physical and logical access to assets, Identity Management principles and implementation, identity as a service, third-party identity services, access management, authorization mechanisms, identity and provisioning life cycle, and preventing or mitigating access control attacks:
- The overall process of facilitating and managing identities and controlling access to assets while ensuring information security is termed as identity and access management (IAM).
- Identity...