Course description: Controlling Access with IBM DataPower V4.0.1 (with lab exercise)

NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE SELF-PACED VIRTUAL COURSE. DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS COURSE.

Self-paced virtual classroom (SPVC) courses provide the same deep technical content as WebSphere Education classroom courses, but allow you to learn on your own schedule. You can stop and start a self-paced virtual class as needed during the 4-day access period.

There is no live instructor for this course, so it may not be appropriate for students who require the guidance of a live instructor.

Course overview:

This self-paced virtual classroom course combines streaming lectures with a hands-on lab exercise to explain how to control access to protected resources with the IBM DataPower appliance and its Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing (AAA) framework.

One of the reasons customers invest in a DataPower solution is its ability to protect back-end resources using a configurable variety of internal and external security solutions.

The course starts with a streaming lecture that describes the security technologies supported by the DataPower AAA framework. Students learn how to enforce access control using approaches that execute on the appliance itself, and approaches that use external technologies such as Tivoli Access Manager or Tivoli Security Policy Manager. The lecture covers end-to-end security between DataPower and a back-end application server, and then describes how to write AAA policies using the DataPower AAA framework. Students learn how to customize the steps of the AAA policy to extract identities, and perform custom authentication or authorization. In the hands-on lab exercise, students configure a AAA policy that uses standard LDAP functionality to perform authentication and authorization, and then reconfigure the policy to use custom style sheets supporting a non-standard AAA scenario.

Online enrollment:

THIS IS A SELF-PACED VIRTUAL CLASS. ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU HAVE 4 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.

Before you enroll, review the system requirements on this page to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course.

Within 48 hours of enrolling in the course, you receive a confirmation email containing your online link, your ID and password, and additional instructions for starting the course.

You can start the course at any time. Once you start the course, you have four days to complete it. You are billed for the course when you submit the enrollment form.

ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT.

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Implementer skills for IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances

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IBM Education Advantage Eligibility:

• Yes - IBM Education Pack - Online Account

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This intermediate course is designed for integration developers who configure service policies on IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances.

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Students should have experience developing services and service policies on a DataPower appliance using the WebGUI.

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• Identify the internal and external security technologies supported by DataPower appliances
• Implement access control using an access management system such as Tivoli Access Manager or Tivoli Security Policy Manager
• Secure the communication betwe