IAM Certification PingFederate

In today’s digital world, Identity Management Certification is essential for IT professionals, and the Ping Identity Certification Virtual Boot Camp offers the perfect opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of Identity Access Management (IAM) concepts, prepare for certification exams with expert guidance, and receive advanced training on the Ping Identity suite. This program equips you with the skills and credentials to stand out as a certified PingFederate IAM professional.

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Method

Live online

Duration

5 days

Experience

1-3 years of experience

About the PingFederate Certification Bootcamp

The PingFederate 5-Day Boot Camp at EduServ IT is an intensive training program designed to equip IT professionals with the skills needed to master PingFederate, a leading enterprise federation server for secure identity authentication and single sign-on (SSO). This hands-on boot camp covers key concepts, advanced configurations, and real-world use cases, ensuring participants gain practical expertise in identity federation, authentication protocols, and access management. Led by industry experts, the training includes interactive sessions, lab exercises, and best practices to help professionals effectively deploy and manage PingFederate solutions in enterprise environments.

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Training schedule

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Class introductions
A course overview, structure of each day, and general 
   Session 1: Introduction to Federation & PingFederate Overview
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the Identity Federation Web Single Sign-On concepts and overview of the PingFederate product
Session 2: PingFederate Installation & Basic Setup
Learning Objective: To be able to install and start a standalone PingFederate server and login to the PingFederate Admin console and complete the initial setup
LAB 1 - PingFederate Installation and navigating through the PingFederate admin console
Session 3: Introduction to Adapters, PCVs & Data Sources
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about IdP & SP Adapters and its usage in PingFederate. Learn Password Credential Validators (PCV) and Data Sources
LUNCH
Session 4:  IdP & SP Adapter types, PCVs & Data Sources Setup
Learning Objectives: Further integration of IdP & SP Adapters, PCVs & Data Sources
LAB 2 - Connect to external Data Sources, Configure PCVs and  Configure IdP Adapter
Session 5:  Introduction to Federation Protocols
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the list of protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC, etc) in Identity Federation
FINISH
Day 1 - Recap
Session 6:  SAML Protocol
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the SAML Protocol and its standards in Identity Federation
Session 7: SAML Integration in PingFederate - IdP & SP Connections
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the SAML Protocol and its federation use cases. Learn IdP & SP connections in PingFederate
LAB 3 - SAML integration between PingFederate & Salesforce / Sample application (Both IdP & SP connection use cases)
Session 8: Introduction to OAuth Protocol
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the OAuth Protocol and its standards in Identity Federation. Learn OAuth flow with live examples
LUNCH
Session 9: OAuth Protocol and it's Terminologies
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the OAuth Protocol terminologies and it's roles and responbilities in PingFederate.
Session 10:  OAuth Configurations in PingFederate
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the OAuth Protocol config requirements in PingFederate
LAB 4 - Configure PingFederate as an Authoirization Server
FINISH

 

Day 2 - Recap
Session 11: OpenID Connect (OIDC) Protocol
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the OIDC Protocol and its federation use cases. Learn IdP & SP use cases in PingFederate
Session 12: OIDC Protocol Setup in PingFederate
Learning Objective: To be able to learn OIDC protocol setup in PingFederate achieving IdP use case
LAB 5 - OIDC integration between PingFederate & Sample application
LUNCH
Session 13: External Server for OAuth Persistent Grants
Learning Objective: To be able to learn how to add external servers such as Database/LDAP servers for OAuth persistent grants storage
LAB 6 - Configure a LDAP server as OAuth persistent grant store
Session 14:  Attribute Lookup / Attribute Mappings in PingFederate
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about mapping attributes for protected applications and also learn how to retrieve additional attributes from multiple data sources for User transaction
LAB 7 - Map attributes to SAML & OAuth application integration in PingFederate
FINISH

 

Day 3 - Recap
Session 15: Authentication Policies
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about the authentication policies (Selectors, Authn Sources & Policy contracts) and its configuration in PingFederate
LAB 8 - Configure Authentication Policy and map to protected Application requests
Session 16: Self-Service Features
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about the Self-Services such as Registration, User profile management, Password reset, etc., in PingFederate
LAB 9 - Configure Self-Registration in PingFederate
Session 17: Integration Kit Deployment Concepts - Apache Integration Kit
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about the Apache Integration Kit in PingFederate.
LAB 10 - PingFederate - Apache Integration Kit implementation with sample application
LUNCH
Session 18: MFA implementation with PingFederate & PingID
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the MFA implementation for PingFederate protected applications with PingID MFA adapter.
LAB 11 - MFA implementation with PingFederate & PingID
Session 19: Logging
Learning Objective: To be able to learn the logging framework in PingFederate. Will learn different log events, log levels, log files rotation policies and storing logs in external data sources like a database
LAB 12 - Logging events in PingFederate for SSO transactions & overview on the Database/LDAP stores used as storage for logging

 

Day 4 - Recap
Session 20: Administration APIs
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about the Admin APIs and its usage
LAB 13 - Review the different Admin APIs in PingFederate and create an Adapter using the API
Session 21: Advanced Configurations
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about a few Advanced consfigurations in PingFederate such as Authentication Session Management, Dynamic Client Registration, Federation hub concepts, Certificate management, Admin console authentication types, etc.
LAB 14 - Admin Console navigation on all the advanced configurations
LUNCH
Session 22: Deployment Models (Standalone/Proxy/Cluster)
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about the different deployment models for Pingfederate such as Adaptive, Directed, Dynamic clustering with replication concepts and runtime state management architecture
LAB 15 - Cluster Deployment
Session 23: Performance and Cloud deployment models
Learning Objective: To be able to learn about the PingFederate performance management and cloud deployment options
FINISH

 

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