Verify Access: Deploy and Configure

In this course, you learn about the IBM Security® Verify Access architecture and deployment options and how to position the product within your organization’s landscape of security solutions. You gain skills around how to deploy Verify Access in a containerized environment or on a virtual machine. 

First, you improve your Verify Access administration skills by managing users, groups, and domains. Then, you set up the WebSEAL reverse proxy, including the configuration of authentication and authorization processes, protecting the object space with junctions. You also learn about other administration tasks.

In this course, you learn to do the following tasks:

• Explain the business context for identity and access management as well as the features and functions of IBM Security Verify Access
• Describe the component architecture
• Explain the deployment options
• Install and configure Verify Access in a containerized environment
• Understand the differences between a virtual machine or containerized deployment
• Describe the role of the Verify Access administrator
• Learn how to manage user, groups, and domains
• Explain the reverse proxy concepts and capabilities

   - Understand the concept and capabilities

   - Describe the authentication and authorization processes

   - Explain the protected object space and how to use junctions

   - Learn about administrative tasks 

IT personnel

System Administrator

IT Security Architect

IT Security Deployment Specialist

IBM Security Verify Access introduction

• Understand the business context for identity and access management
• Discuss the features and functions of IBM Security Verify Access

Architecture and deployment

• Describe the components
• Understand the deployment options
• Install and configure Verify Access in a containerized environment
• Understand the differences between a virtual machine or containerized deployment

User, group, and domain configuration

• Describe the role of the Verify Access administrator
• Learn how to manage user, groups, and domains

Reverse proxy concepts

• Understand the concept and capabilities
• Describe the authentication and authorization processes
• Explain the protected object space and how to use junctions
• Learn about administrative tasks