Training offering

IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1 Architecture and Solution Design

Description

This course uses a case-study approach to introduce the high-level architecture and detailed design principles for IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business. The course begins with an outline of common security architecture practices and the IBM Tivoli Access Manager solution architecture. The Tivoli Access Manager product family and Access Manager for e-business component architecture are reviewed in detail. The project management process for developing and determining business and technical requirements is reviewed. After defining design and integration requirements, a high-level solution architecture is developed. Design methodologies and best practices are discussed. An Authentication architecture of protected objects with Access Manager for e-business is discussed. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) integration is explored. Authorization policy implementation using authorization servers and the authorization application programming interface (aznAPI) is reviewed. A detailed methodology regarding performance, capacity planning and sizing will be outlined. Throughout the course, you will build a production-level architecture design of an Access Manager implementation for Whitefish Corp, focusing on an Internet-based financial services solution design.

Objectives

•    Initiate an IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business engagement
•    Assess business and technical requirements
•    Implement proper project management processes
•    Specify IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business integration requirements
•    Prepare a high-level solution architecture based upon business and technical requirements
•    Design a User Registry using the LDAP server
•    Design an Authentication architecture
•    Specify Authorization Policy and architecture
•    Design a solution that integrates IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business with WebSphere Application Server
•    Design an IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business architecture within a complex firewall architecture
•    Implement redundancy into an IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business implementation
•    Specify performance and capacity planning requirements

Participants

This course is designed to assist security consultants as they design enterprise security infrastructures using IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1.

Prerequisite(s)

You should have the following skills and areas of knowledge
•    Security policy management concepts
•    Security communication protocols
•    Web server fundamentals
•    Knowledge of the HTTP Protocol
•    PKI fundamentals
•    Networking concepts
•    Firewall concepts
•    Directory services / LDAP fundamentals
•    Basic web page development fundamentals (including security issues)
•    Skills attained in the Tivoli Foundation Skills LDAP Fundamentals and Tivoli Access Manager
•    Deployment and System Administration courses

Options

•    IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business Security Architecture
•    IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business Project Planning
•    IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business Best Practices
•    IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business Design Points
•    Authentication and Delegation Design
•    Authorization Design
•    Extending a secure e-business