RSA SecurID Access I - Administration

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RSA SecurID Access I - Administration

Duration: 4 Days

Course Code: RSASAI

Prerequisite:

Students should have a fundamental conceptual understanding of network security and multi-factor authentication and familiarity with user administration in Microsoft® Windows® or other platform.Students must provide their own iOS or Android device (smartphone or tablet) to complete exercises involving the RSA SecurID Access Authenticate mobile app. 

Course Description:

This course is designed to help accelerate the learning curve of individuals managing an RSA SecurID Access deployment. 
Participants leave this training with the knowledge and experience of working with a variety of system management tasks and will explore: administrative structure, identity and user management, authenticator options and assignments, system policies, reporting capabilities, and common cases related to end user problems and assistance.

Current RSA Authentication Manager customers who are planning to add cloud-based multi-factor authentication will benefit from the information and hands-on exercises in this course as well as learn about and work with the latest server and agent capabilities.

Course Objective:

Upon Completion of this Course, you will accomplish following:

•    Understand the basic architecture and theory of operation of the RSA SecurID Access system and components
•    Perform configurations required for general system operations and maintenance
•    Perform user administration functions to populate and manage users
•    Understand the setup and use of various authentication methods
•    Understand how users can leverage self-service functionality
•    Perform reporting and user troubleshooting

Intended Audience:

System, security, or help desk administrators who need to administer and support the RSA SecurID Access product and users.    

Course Outline:

Product and Architecture Overview
•    System components
•    Product licensing
•    Component communication paths

User Management
•    Identity Sources and user accounts
•    User record operations and management tasks

Authentication Agents
•    Authentication Agent types
•    Agent record operations and management tasks

Authentication Methods
•    Authentication options and capabilities
•    Time synchronization and Emergency Access

Authenticator Management
•    Authenticator types
•    Authenticator assignment, distribution, and registration
•    Authenticator record operations and management tasks
•    RSA SecurID Access Authenticate app for mobile devices

Policies
•    RSA Authentication Manager system policies
•    Cloud Authentication access policies

Administrative Structure
•    Administrator hierarchy and roles
•    Administration consoles
•    Security Domains and user organization

Cloud Authentication Service Applications
•    Managing applications for the Application Portal
•    Managing application types and protocols

Cloud Authentication Service Access Policies and rules
•    Configuring Access Polices for the Application Portal
•    Rule construction and options

RSA Authentication Manager User Self-service
•    Self-service and provisioning capabilities
•    Configuring and managing self-service options

RADIUS Administration
•    Managing RADIUS Clients and user profiles

Logs and Reports
•    Locating, reading, and archiving system and audit logs
•    Creating usage and activity reports

System Maintenance
•    Data backups – on-demand and scheduled

End User Support
•    Identifying typical end user problems
•    Using activity logs and reports for troubleshooting