Identity Security Professional Exam Prep Guide

Identity Security Professional Exam Prep Guide

Note: As of September 3, 2025 this exam content has been updated. Please be sure to review the exam blueprint and make sure you are current with the training pre-requisites before sitting for the exam.

• Introduction
• Exam Information
• Preparing for the Exam
• Score Report
• Exam Blueprint
• Digital Badge

Introduction

TheSailPoint Identity Security Professional Credential validatesexpertise in securing digital identities across cloud platforms, using SailPoint's identity and access management principles. The Credential covers protecting user identities, managing resource access, and ensuring compliance with security policies and regulations. It is designed for Identity Security Cloud administrators, engineers, security analysts, and identity architects responsible for implementing or managing identity security solutions. Candidates should have foundational knowledge of Identity Security Cloud gained from the Identity Security Cloud Administrator Training Path courses before taking the exam.

Exam Information

The exam consists of 51 multiple-choice questions, including standard multiple-choice and matching questions. The exam is online and not proctored. The exam seat time is up to 90 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 90 minutes. Please note that you cannot go back and change your answers once you submit a question. You will not be able to flag questions for further review.

Preparing for the Exam

To prepare for the exam, you must take all the courses in the Identity Security Administrator path. The prerequisite to access the exam is the completion of all courses in the learning path. We recommend re-taking courses and lessons until you have mastered the knowledge and skills taught.

The courses in the learning path are the study guide for this exam. Review the Blueprint below for a detailed look into the concepts covered in the exam.

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 courses to focus on. You will also be able to print or email the score report.

Exam Blueprint

1. Set Up and Administer Identity Security Cloud

1.1 Establish tenant connectivity and security

1.2 Establish and maintain authoritative sources and identity profiles

1.3 Aggregate and correlate user accounts

1.4 Configure and monitor provisioning

1.5 Define access requests

1.6 Use Search to query, monitor, and capture report data

1.7 Monitor certifications and policies

2. Search Identity Security Cloud

2.1 Discover where search is used

2.2 Create simple, broad searches

2.3 Create targeted searches

2.4 Verify and refine search results

2.5 Use saved and suggested searches and auto complete options

3. Access Modeling in Identity Security Cloud

3.1 Determine a business owner’s tasks in developing a role model

3.2 Optimize data for AI access modeling

3.3 Describe general data science, identity entitlements, relationship clusters, and peer group analysis

3.4 Create common access and specialized roles from role insights

3.5 Discover and create common access and specialized roles from search

3.6 Create an auto-scoped common access role

3.7 Maintain accurate roles with role insights

3.8Manually create and maintain roles

3.9 Take action to prevent role sprawl

4. Manage Compliance with Identity Security Cloud

4.1 Determine the best type of certification for your validation requirements

4.2 Create search-based and filter-based certification campaigns

4.3 Configure and preview certification campaigns

4.4 Determine the status of active certification campaigns using administration pages and reports

4.5 Create general policies from search results to define unacceptable access conditions

4.6 Configure separation of duties policies to ensure that users do not hold conflicting access

5. Leverage Identity Security Cloud Data

5.1 Describe Access Insights, the Identity Security value, and the SailPoint AI general data science model

5.2 Optimize data for identity entitlements, relationship clusters, and peer group analysis

5.3 Leverage Access History, the Identity Outlier Dashboard, contextual insights, and outlier scores to improve security

5.4 View Identity outlier risks and automate remediation

5.5 Author Access Intelligence Center (AIC) sheets and dashboards

6. Troubleshoot Identity Security Cloud

6.1 Systematically diagnose and resolve provisioning and synchronization issues.

6.2 Interpret access system logs, audit trails, and error messages effectively.

6.3 Troubleshoot connectors including Azure AD, LDAP, Workday, and generic connectors.

6.4 Use SailPoint APIs and monitoring tools for diagnostics.

6.5 Document and escalate incidents using best practices.

Digital Badge

Upon successfully passing the exam, you will earn the Identity Security Professional credential, 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 knowledge credential is valid forever and never expires. 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 Knowledge Credential Test Taker's Guide, the Program Policy Handbook and more, please check out the Professional Certification and Credentialing Program on Compass.