Identity Security Administrator Exam Prep Guide

Identity Security Administrator Exam Prep Guide

• Introduction
• Exam Information
• Discrete Option Multiple Choice (DOMC) Format
• Preparing for the Exam
• Additional Resources
• Score Report
• Exam Blueprint
  • 1. Platform
  • 2. Virtual Appliances
  • 3. Identity and Lifecycle Management
  • 4. Provisioning
  • 5. Access Management
  • 6. Supporting Governance
  • 7. Sources
  • 8. General knowledge for Identity Security Administrators
• Digital Badge

Introduction

Candidates for this exam are those who will assist with administration and maintenance of non-production to production environments. Candidates must have a basic understanding of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) concepts, and foundational Identity Security Cloud functionality that will aid with day-to-day administrative tasks. Candidates will provide first-level support for troubleshooting issues, know when to escalate to higher-level support, and configure criteria-based access automations within Identity Security Cloud to targeted endpoints.

As this is a role-based certification exam, approximately 1-3 years of hands-on experience in the industry is recommended before taking this exam. All candidates are recommended to complete the Identity Security Administrator training path through Identity University prior to taking the exam.

Exam Information

The exam consists of 74 discrete option multiple-choice questions (DOMC). The exam is online and proctored. The exam seat time is up to 120 minutes, and you must complete the entire exam in one sitting. Upon exam submission, you will receive a Pass/Fail decision. You will automatically have one exam retake available.

The exam will automatically end once you have answered enough questions correctly or incorrectly, meaning all exam questions may not be presented to you. Once you reach the threshold of correct or incorrect number of questions answered, you will automatically receive a pass or fail result. Therefore, you might complete your exam in less than 120 minutes. Please note that you cannot go back and change your answers once a question has been submitted. You will not be able to flag questions for further review.

Discrete Option Multiple Choice (DOMC) Format

This exam contains Discrete Option Multiple-Choice questions. Such questions start by displaying a prompt for you to read. When you have finished reading the prompt, click “Show me an option.” A single option that contains some information will be presented to you. If you decide that the information is correct, click “Yes,” otherwise click “No.” You will not be able to change your answer after clicking “Yes or “No.”

You may be presented with additional options, one at a time, before the system moves to the next question. The number of options you see will vary from one question to the next, depending on a number of factors.

If this is your first time taking a DOMC exam, we strongly recommend you familiarize yourself with this testing format prior to taking the exam by reviewing this Compass page.

Preparing for the Exam

The exam blueprint below details all the topics assessed during the exam. Visit documentation.sailpoint.com to research the material covered in the exam blueprint below. We recommend you look up the terms found in the exam blueprint and study their documentation pages. Additionally, you can search for any upcoming or past Webinars and Events on any of the topics covered in the exam.

Please note that this is a role-based certification, and thus your professional work experience is crucial in order to pass this exam.

Additional Resources

• SailPoint Documentation
• Webinars and Events
• Certification Program Page
• FAQs

Score Report

At the end of the exam, you will receive a score report. This score report will help you understand your strengths and weaknesses on the exam content. The percentage displayed is the number of questions you answered correctly in that exam section. The lower the percentage, the more incorrect questions you answered on that topic. If you are re-taking the exam, use this score report to guide you on which domains and objectives to focus on. You will also be able to print or email the score report.

Exam Blueprint

1. Platform

1.1 Identify valid search queries and their results

1.2 Create and schedule search reports

1.3 Know how to authenticate to the Rest API

1.4 Identify different ways you can monitor provisioning activity

1.5 Know different security administrations

1.6 Understand the use cases surrounding Event Triggers

1.7 Know how to configure the different authentication options to the tenant

1.8 Recognize the different components of a Workflow

1.9 Know how to backup and restore configurations

2. Virtual Appliances

2.1 Understand virtual appliances and know what they are

2.2 Monitor the health of virtual appliances

2.3 Perform basic troubleshooting of virtual appliances

3. Identity and Lifecycle Management

3.1 Understand the use of identity profiles

3.2 Understand the authentication options in an identity profile

3.3 Know identity attribute mappings and how they function within an identity profile

3.4 Recognize which options are available for configuring mappings in an identity profile

3.5 Know lifecycle states and their use cases

3.6 Understand the different provisioning options within a lifecycle state

3.7 Describe the purpose of the cloud lifecycle state attribute

4. Provisioning

4.1 Understand how provisioning is triggered

4.2 Know the different components of source provisioning

4.3 Understand what the possible provisioning channels are and their high-level use case

4.4 Understand how to enable logging and different logging levels for specific connectors

4.5 Know which objects to search on to troubleshoot provisioning errors

5. Access Management

5.1 Recognize how user levels grant specific capabilities

5.2 Understand the basics of entitlements

5.3 Understand different types of access that SailPoint supports

5.4 Know how automated role assignments work

5.5 Troubleshoot access management errors

6. Supporting Governance

6.1 Recognize the basic steps of access requests

6.2 Understand work reassignment

6.3 Understand the approval flow

6.4 Know the lifecycle of a certification

6.5 Understand the different types of certifications that are supported in Identity Security Cloud

6.6 Understand the different types of policies that are supported in Identity Security Cloud

7. Sources

7.1 Recognize the difference between aggregation types

7.2 Know the process for obtaining account and entitlement information

7.3 Understand uncorrelated accounts

7.4 Understand the account deletion process and how the account deletion affects the aggregation process

7.5 Know the main (generic) different types of connectors

7.6 Know how to search for source errors

7.7 Understand the purpose of a source

8. General knowledge for Identity Security Administrators

8.1 Define and understand IGA

8.2 Understand compliance

8.3 Compare and contrast authentication and authorization

8.4 Understand the concept of federation

8.5 Know methods of authentication

Digital Badge

Upon successfully passing the certification exam, you will earn the Identity Security Administrator certification, which will be awarded as a digital badge. You will be able to share your digital badge on your LinkedIn profile, where others can click on the badge and validate the certification’s validity and authenticity. Once earned, the Certification is valid for 2 years. You can expect to receive your badge within 24-48 hours upon successfully passing the exam. The badge will be delivered by email from Credly, so make sure your email provider does not block the following address: admin@credly.com.

For resources including the Program Policy Handbook and more, please check out the Professional Certification and Credentialing Program on Compass.