This document provides an overview of Active Directory, identity, and access management. It describes key Active Directory concepts such as domains, authentication, authorization, and security descriptors. It explains how Active Directory stores user and group identities in a centralized directory and uses authentication and authorization to control access to resources. Active Directory provides identity and access management services that help securely connect users to the information they need.
This document discusses two-factor authentication using Microsoft identity management products. It introduces identity management challenges around authentication, authorization, and user data integrity. It then describes key identity management building blocks like directory services, identity lifecycle management, and access management. These building blocks include Active Directory, Forefront Identity Manager, and Active Directory Federation Services. The document demonstrates how these components can work together to provide single sign-on, manage user identities and attributes across different data stores, and implement two-factor authentication for additional security.
T28 implementing adfs and hybrid share point Thorbjørn Værp
European SharePoint Conference 2014 in Barcelona.
Presentation Description:
In this session we look at modern forms of authentication . We’ll cover Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) concepts and look at federation with SharePoint. There are a number of difficulties that you’ll need to overcome implementing SAML claims with SP, for example people picker, user profile import, problematic use of some SharePoint apps. We’ll also cover the infrastructure side like making it work with host named site collections, reverse proxy servers and other user directories. Moving to the cloud we’ll look at the authentication architecture of the standards employed; like OAUTH, WS-* and OpenID Connect.
Presentation Benefit
Get a better understanding of Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) concepts and SAML claims connection with SharePoint.
You will learn...
Understand authentication architecture and standards employed.
ADFS concepts
How to implement SAML claims
SharePoint Access Control and Claims Based AuthenticationJonathan Schultz
This document discusses SharePoint access control and claims-based authentication. It begins with an overview of Skyline Technologies and the agenda. It then covers authentication vs authorization in SharePoint, and discusses using claims to augment security groups and integrate with partner networks. The basics of a claims-based architecture are explained, including security token services and SAML. Considerations for implementing claims-based authentication are provided, such as custom login pages and claim providers. Reference materials on the topic are listed at the end.
WSO2Con USA 2017: Identity and Access Management in the Era of Digital Transf...WSO2
Digital transformation brings several challenges on how identity and access management (IAM) is handled. People expect seamless experiences when dealing with a digital business. Digital business use several systems, each having different identities. But users still expect to use the entire system using the same identity. In addition, with the widespread adaptation of social networks, users expect to access these systems using their social identities.
The more systems you integrate with using a single identity, the weaker your security becomes, making the demand for multi-factor authentication and authorization higher. This shows that IAM is not an option but a necessity when digitally transforming your business. In this session, we will discuss the concerns of IAM that we have had to deal with when preparing for digital transformation, and why they are important considerations.
Mixing Identity server, AAD, ASP .NET IdentityAndrea Tosato
This document provides an overview of IdentityServer, including where to get started, key terminology, differences between identity and access tokens, extension grants, cookies, seed data, ASP.NET Core Identity entities, migrations, and integrating with Azure Active Directory. Templates are available to generate IdentityServer projects. Key concepts covered include users, clients, resources, API resources, identity resources, and the userinfo endpoint. Differences between identity tokens and access tokens are defined.
VCloud Director Content outlines a training course on VMware vCloud Director. The course covers understanding cloud computing and datacenters, an overview of vCloud Director architecture and components, installing and configuring vCloud Director, managing vSphere and cloud resources through vCloud Director, networking administration in vCloud Director, user tasks and privileges, and building a private cloud using either vCloud Director or the open source Eucalyptus platform.
SharePoint Saturday The Conference DC - Are you who you say you are share poi...Liam Cleary [MVP]
Liam Cleary presents on authentication and authorization in SharePoint. He defines authentication as verifying a claim of identity, while authorization is verifying permissions. With claims-based authentication in SharePoint 2010, users are authenticated through security tokens from an identity provider and authorized via claims. The sign-in process involves the user being redirected to the identity provider, which issues a security token then passed to SharePoint. Real-world authentication requires considering external users, single sign-on, and cross-site authentication.
How Claims is Changing the Way We Authenticate and Authorize in SharePointAntonioMaio2
Protiviti is a global consulting firm that helps large companies and government agencies solve problems in various areas including finance, technology, operations, and risk management. The document discusses how claims-based authentication and authorization works in SharePoint and its benefits over traditional permissions-based security. It provides an overview of configuring claims-based authentication with a trusted identity provider and customizing the claims process. Common customer scenarios where claims could provide more granular access control are also presented.
This document discusses two-factor authentication using Microsoft identity management products. It introduces identity management challenges around authentication, authorization, and user data integrity. It then describes key identity management building blocks like directory services, identity lifecycle management, and access management. These building blocks include Active Directory, Forefront Identity Manager, and Active Directory Federation Services. The document demonstrates how these components can work together to provide single sign-on, manage user identities and attributes across different data stores, and implement two-factor authentication for additional security.
T28 implementing adfs and hybrid share point Thorbjørn Værp
European SharePoint Conference 2014 in Barcelona.
Presentation Description:
In this session we look at modern forms of authentication . We’ll cover Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) concepts and look at federation with SharePoint. There are a number of difficulties that you’ll need to overcome implementing SAML claims with SP, for example people picker, user profile import, problematic use of some SharePoint apps. We’ll also cover the infrastructure side like making it work with host named site collections, reverse proxy servers and other user directories. Moving to the cloud we’ll look at the authentication architecture of the standards employed; like OAUTH, WS-* and OpenID Connect.
Presentation Benefit
Get a better understanding of Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) concepts and SAML claims connection with SharePoint.
You will learn...
Understand authentication architecture and standards employed.
ADFS concepts
How to implement SAML claims
SharePoint Access Control and Claims Based AuthenticationJonathan Schultz
This document discusses SharePoint access control and claims-based authentication. It begins with an overview of Skyline Technologies and the agenda. It then covers authentication vs authorization in SharePoint, and discusses using claims to augment security groups and integrate with partner networks. The basics of a claims-based architecture are explained, including security token services and SAML. Considerations for implementing claims-based authentication are provided, such as custom login pages and claim providers. Reference materials on the topic are listed at the end.
WSO2Con USA 2017: Identity and Access Management in the Era of Digital Transf...WSO2
Digital transformation brings several challenges on how identity and access management (IAM) is handled. People expect seamless experiences when dealing with a digital business. Digital business use several systems, each having different identities. But users still expect to use the entire system using the same identity. In addition, with the widespread adaptation of social networks, users expect to access these systems using their social identities.
The more systems you integrate with using a single identity, the weaker your security becomes, making the demand for multi-factor authentication and authorization higher. This shows that IAM is not an option but a necessity when digitally transforming your business. In this session, we will discuss the concerns of IAM that we have had to deal with when preparing for digital transformation, and why they are important considerations.
Mixing Identity server, AAD, ASP .NET IdentityAndrea Tosato
This document provides an overview of IdentityServer, including where to get started, key terminology, differences between identity and access tokens, extension grants, cookies, seed data, ASP.NET Core Identity entities, migrations, and integrating with Azure Active Directory. Templates are available to generate IdentityServer projects. Key concepts covered include users, clients, resources, API resources, identity resources, and the userinfo endpoint. Differences between identity tokens and access tokens are defined.
VCloud Director Content outlines a training course on VMware vCloud Director. The course covers understanding cloud computing and datacenters, an overview of vCloud Director architecture and components, installing and configuring vCloud Director, managing vSphere and cloud resources through vCloud Director, networking administration in vCloud Director, user tasks and privileges, and building a private cloud using either vCloud Director or the open source Eucalyptus platform.
SharePoint Saturday The Conference DC - Are you who you say you are share poi...Liam Cleary [MVP]
Liam Cleary presents on authentication and authorization in SharePoint. He defines authentication as verifying a claim of identity, while authorization is verifying permissions. With claims-based authentication in SharePoint 2010, users are authenticated through security tokens from an identity provider and authorized via claims. The sign-in process involves the user being redirected to the identity provider, which issues a security token then passed to SharePoint. Real-world authentication requires considering external users, single sign-on, and cross-site authentication.
How Claims is Changing the Way We Authenticate and Authorize in SharePointAntonioMaio2
Protiviti is a global consulting firm that helps large companies and government agencies solve problems in various areas including finance, technology, operations, and risk management. The document discusses how claims-based authentication and authorization works in SharePoint and its benefits over traditional permissions-based security. It provides an overview of configuring claims-based authentication with a trusted identity provider and customizing the claims process. Common customer scenarios where claims could provide more granular access control are also presented.
Presentation by Peter Skopek (JBoss by Red Hat) delivered at the London JBoss User Group event on the 30th of April 2014.
Presentation
Introductory talk to PicketLink from Federation through to Identity Management.
What is PicketLink?
PicketLink is an umbrella project for security and identity management for Java Applications. PicketLink is an important project under the security offerings from JBoss.
A Picket Fence is a secure system of pickets joined together via some type of links. Basically, the Pickets by themselves do not offer any security. But when they are brought together by linking them, they provide the necessary security.
This project is that link for other security systems or systems to bring together or join, to finally provide the necessary secure system.
For more information visit http://picketlink.org/
This document discusses configuring identity federation between SharePoint and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) using claims-based authentication. It provides an overview of key concepts like claims, security tokens, relying parties, and security token services. It then describes how to install and configure ADFS, set up SharePoint as a relying party, and configure claims mappings between the two systems to enable single sign-on using ADFS credentials. Additional topics covered include using Azure Access Control Service for additional identity providers and updating SharePoint when ADFS certificates are renewed.
PicketLink is a security framework for Java EE applications that provides functionality for identity management, authentication, authorization, and federation. It includes APIs for managing users, groups, and roles and supports storing identity data in different sources. PicketLink also allows securing application methods and RESTful endpoints, as well as implementing user registration and social login.
Developing custom claim providers to enable authorization in share point an...AntonioMaio2
Developing Custom Claim Providers to Enable Authorization in SharePoint - Antonio Maio.
With the release of SharePoint 2010, Microsoft introduced the concepts of Claims Based Authentication and Authorization. SharePoint 2013 went a step further making Claims Based Authentication the default method for authenticating users when they login. Claims, and identities in general, are playing a bigger role in the security capabilities of systems like SharePoint, enabling us to solve some new and exciting security challenges. Typically we authorize the content that users have access to using SharePoint permissions, however authentication scenarios can be extended in new and interesting ways by developing a custom component called a Custom Claim Provider. This session will introduce the concepts of Claims Based Authentication and Authorization in SharePoint and provide step by step instructions on how to develop and deploy Custom Claim Providers. The session will also walk through several examples of how custom Claim Providers can enhance SharePoint security and authorization.
This document discusses assessing the security of Active Directory implementations. It covers weak implementations related to people, processes, and technology. It also discusses Active Directory logical and physical structures, components, and a risk assessment framework. Example recommendations from applying this framework to Company X include disabling booting from alternative OSes, upgrading domain and forest levels, limiting privileged accounts, and implementing secure password and backup policies.
This document provides an overview of OpenIDM, an open source identity management solution. It describes OpenIDM's features including role-based provisioning, high availability support, and workflow improvements. It also provides information on installing OpenIDM, supported connectors, browsers, operating systems, limitations, where to find help and support, and links to additional OpenIDM resources.
This document provides a summary of a presentation on authentication and authorization services using SAML and XACML with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6. It introduces the speakers and provides an agenda that discusses challenges, governance, standards like SAML and XACML, and a code example using Picketlink in JBoss EAP 6. Key points covered include common authentication and authorization challenges for enterprises, using open standards like SAML and XACML to address these, and how tools like Picketlink can help with implementation.
To view recording of this webinar please use below URL:
http://wso2.com/library/webinars/2016/05/end-to-end-identity-management/
In today’s rapidly evolving world, enterprise identity management has proven to be challenging due to the constant changes in associated systems, corporate policies and stakeholder requirements. Therefore, managing identities and their privileges among the systems need to be handled in a flexible manner to save resources when governing identities and controlling access.
There are various specifications of industry standards in this domain making it difficult to select the correct one. Some of them may address the same problem with slight variations and some may look similar but address completely different problems.
This webinar will discuss
The real problems that need to be addressed when managing enterprise identity
Key challenges when implementing concepts
How to overcome these challenges and build a future proof identity and access management system with WSO2 Identity Server
This document discusses establishing federated interoperability between Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and Shibboleth identity providers. It provides overviews of ADFS, Shibboleth, and Windows Live ID technologies. Configuration details are described for enabling ADFS to act as a relying party and Shibboleth to act as an identity provider. Demonstrations show a Shibboleth user accessing a sample application and a SharePoint portal through the federated systems, and passing Windows Live ID claims through Shibboleth to generate access tokens. The document concludes the interoperability was achieved with straightforward configurations and no custom software.
This document discusses federated identity and how it allows different companies to provide access to resources based on a user's identity asserted by another company. It describes how WS-Federation is an industry standard that defines mechanisms for security realms to federate. Key components of federated identity systems are discussed, including identity providers, security token services, relying parties, and security tokens that contain claims about a user. Architectural advantages of federated identity like single sign-on and flexibility in building applications are highlighted. Windows Identity Foundation and Active Directory Federation Services are presented as frameworks for building federated identity applications.
CIS14: Working with OAuth and OpenID ConnectCloudIDSummit
Roland Hedberg, Umeå University
All you need to know about OpenID Connect, with concrete examples and hands-on demos that illustrate how OpenID Connect can be used in web and mobile scenarios.
Azure Active Directory by Nikolay MozgovoySigma Software
This document discusses identity and authentication concepts like digital identity, claims-based identity, identity providers, and protocols. It focuses on Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and how it can be used as an identity provider with features like creating directories, administering users, registering applications, receiving basic and extended claims, and configuring claims mapping. Azure AD Connect is mentioned for synchronizing on-premises Active Directory with Azure AD, and Azure AD Application Proxy for publishing applications.
Successfully managing multiple groups of employees, workstations, servers and digital assets can seem like a daunting task. Join us to uncover the power of smart labels to make your job easier: http://dell.to/1GDYpr8
This document discusses various aspects of small office administration using Windows Server including Active Directory structure and domains, policies, databases, replication, and management. It also covers automatic deployments, building clouds, network access protection, internet standards, branch caching, routing, and remote access functions for small offices.
Installing active directory, dns and dhcp toabayazed
This document provides instructions for installing Active Directory, DNS and DHCP to create a Windows Server 2012 domain controller. It outlines steps to open Server Manager, add roles and features such as AD DS, DHCP and DNS, and configure a root domain name and password.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) automatically configures TCP/IP on clients. New features in Windows Server 2012 R2 include DHCP policies based on client FQDN and DNS registration. Windows PowerShell cmdlets allow management of DHCP server functions. Enhancements in Windows Server 2012 provide DHCP failover for continuous service, policy-based assignment, and Windows PowerShell administration.
Active Directory is a directory service created by Microsoft that allows the management of users, groups, computers and other network resources. It uses a centralized database that contains information about these objects and authenticates users on the network. Administrators can use Active Directory to control permissions, security settings and other policies for all connected computers from a central location. It provides benefits like single sign-on, centralized management and automation of tasks. Active Directory requires a Windows server and networking infrastructure and planning is important for successful implementation and management of the directory service.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Active Directory, including definitions of key terms like domain, domain controller, organizational units, and group policy objects. It also discusses why PPM standalone may not work in an Active Directory environment due to Microsoft defaults preventing unknown programs from running and potential group policy restrictions. The document emphasizes getting accurate details about any issues and working with domain administrators, and reassures that the Level 2 support team can help if needed.
Presentation by Peter Skopek (JBoss by Red Hat) delivered at the London JBoss User Group event on the 30th of April 2014.
Presentation
Introductory talk to PicketLink from Federation through to Identity Management.
What is PicketLink?
PicketLink is an umbrella project for security and identity management for Java Applications. PicketLink is an important project under the security offerings from JBoss.
A Picket Fence is a secure system of pickets joined together via some type of links. Basically, the Pickets by themselves do not offer any security. But when they are brought together by linking them, they provide the necessary security.
This project is that link for other security systems or systems to bring together or join, to finally provide the necessary secure system.
For more information visit http://picketlink.org/
This document discusses configuring identity federation between SharePoint and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) using claims-based authentication. It provides an overview of key concepts like claims, security tokens, relying parties, and security token services. It then describes how to install and configure ADFS, set up SharePoint as a relying party, and configure claims mappings between the two systems to enable single sign-on using ADFS credentials. Additional topics covered include using Azure Access Control Service for additional identity providers and updating SharePoint when ADFS certificates are renewed.
PicketLink is a security framework for Java EE applications that provides functionality for identity management, authentication, authorization, and federation. It includes APIs for managing users, groups, and roles and supports storing identity data in different sources. PicketLink also allows securing application methods and RESTful endpoints, as well as implementing user registration and social login.
Developing custom claim providers to enable authorization in share point an...AntonioMaio2
Developing Custom Claim Providers to Enable Authorization in SharePoint - Antonio Maio.
With the release of SharePoint 2010, Microsoft introduced the concepts of Claims Based Authentication and Authorization. SharePoint 2013 went a step further making Claims Based Authentication the default method for authenticating users when they login. Claims, and identities in general, are playing a bigger role in the security capabilities of systems like SharePoint, enabling us to solve some new and exciting security challenges. Typically we authorize the content that users have access to using SharePoint permissions, however authentication scenarios can be extended in new and interesting ways by developing a custom component called a Custom Claim Provider. This session will introduce the concepts of Claims Based Authentication and Authorization in SharePoint and provide step by step instructions on how to develop and deploy Custom Claim Providers. The session will also walk through several examples of how custom Claim Providers can enhance SharePoint security and authorization.
This document discusses assessing the security of Active Directory implementations. It covers weak implementations related to people, processes, and technology. It also discusses Active Directory logical and physical structures, components, and a risk assessment framework. Example recommendations from applying this framework to Company X include disabling booting from alternative OSes, upgrading domain and forest levels, limiting privileged accounts, and implementing secure password and backup policies.
This document provides an overview of OpenIDM, an open source identity management solution. It describes OpenIDM's features including role-based provisioning, high availability support, and workflow improvements. It also provides information on installing OpenIDM, supported connectors, browsers, operating systems, limitations, where to find help and support, and links to additional OpenIDM resources.
This document provides a summary of a presentation on authentication and authorization services using SAML and XACML with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6. It introduces the speakers and provides an agenda that discusses challenges, governance, standards like SAML and XACML, and a code example using Picketlink in JBoss EAP 6. Key points covered include common authentication and authorization challenges for enterprises, using open standards like SAML and XACML to address these, and how tools like Picketlink can help with implementation.
To view recording of this webinar please use below URL:
http://wso2.com/library/webinars/2016/05/end-to-end-identity-management/
In today’s rapidly evolving world, enterprise identity management has proven to be challenging due to the constant changes in associated systems, corporate policies and stakeholder requirements. Therefore, managing identities and their privileges among the systems need to be handled in a flexible manner to save resources when governing identities and controlling access.
There are various specifications of industry standards in this domain making it difficult to select the correct one. Some of them may address the same problem with slight variations and some may look similar but address completely different problems.
This webinar will discuss
The real problems that need to be addressed when managing enterprise identity
Key challenges when implementing concepts
How to overcome these challenges and build a future proof identity and access management system with WSO2 Identity Server
This document discusses establishing federated interoperability between Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and Shibboleth identity providers. It provides overviews of ADFS, Shibboleth, and Windows Live ID technologies. Configuration details are described for enabling ADFS to act as a relying party and Shibboleth to act as an identity provider. Demonstrations show a Shibboleth user accessing a sample application and a SharePoint portal through the federated systems, and passing Windows Live ID claims through Shibboleth to generate access tokens. The document concludes the interoperability was achieved with straightforward configurations and no custom software.
This document discusses federated identity and how it allows different companies to provide access to resources based on a user's identity asserted by another company. It describes how WS-Federation is an industry standard that defines mechanisms for security realms to federate. Key components of federated identity systems are discussed, including identity providers, security token services, relying parties, and security tokens that contain claims about a user. Architectural advantages of federated identity like single sign-on and flexibility in building applications are highlighted. Windows Identity Foundation and Active Directory Federation Services are presented as frameworks for building federated identity applications.
CIS14: Working with OAuth and OpenID ConnectCloudIDSummit
Roland Hedberg, Umeå University
All you need to know about OpenID Connect, with concrete examples and hands-on demos that illustrate how OpenID Connect can be used in web and mobile scenarios.
Azure Active Directory by Nikolay MozgovoySigma Software
This document discusses identity and authentication concepts like digital identity, claims-based identity, identity providers, and protocols. It focuses on Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and how it can be used as an identity provider with features like creating directories, administering users, registering applications, receiving basic and extended claims, and configuring claims mapping. Azure AD Connect is mentioned for synchronizing on-premises Active Directory with Azure AD, and Azure AD Application Proxy for publishing applications.
Successfully managing multiple groups of employees, workstations, servers and digital assets can seem like a daunting task. Join us to uncover the power of smart labels to make your job easier: http://dell.to/1GDYpr8
This document discusses various aspects of small office administration using Windows Server including Active Directory structure and domains, policies, databases, replication, and management. It also covers automatic deployments, building clouds, network access protection, internet standards, branch caching, routing, and remote access functions for small offices.
Installing active directory, dns and dhcp toabayazed
This document provides instructions for installing Active Directory, DNS and DHCP to create a Windows Server 2012 domain controller. It outlines steps to open Server Manager, add roles and features such as AD DS, DHCP and DNS, and configure a root domain name and password.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) automatically configures TCP/IP on clients. New features in Windows Server 2012 R2 include DHCP policies based on client FQDN and DNS registration. Windows PowerShell cmdlets allow management of DHCP server functions. Enhancements in Windows Server 2012 provide DHCP failover for continuous service, policy-based assignment, and Windows PowerShell administration.
Active Directory is a directory service created by Microsoft that allows the management of users, groups, computers and other network resources. It uses a centralized database that contains information about these objects and authenticates users on the network. Administrators can use Active Directory to control permissions, security settings and other policies for all connected computers from a central location. It provides benefits like single sign-on, centralized management and automation of tasks. Active Directory requires a Windows server and networking infrastructure and planning is important for successful implementation and management of the directory service.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Active Directory, including definitions of key terms like domain, domain controller, organizational units, and group policy objects. It also discusses why PPM standalone may not work in an Active Directory environment due to Microsoft defaults preventing unknown programs from running and potential group policy restrictions. The document emphasizes getting accurate details about any issues and working with domain administrators, and reassures that the Level 2 support team can help if needed.
The document discusses Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and identity management. It introduces Active Directory components like domains, forests, domain controllers, organizational units and sites. It describes how Active Directory stores identity information and enables authentication, authorization and access control. It also discusses Active Directory replication and functional levels.
This module introduces Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). It covers the key components and concepts of AD DS, including domain controllers, domains, forests, organizational units, and replication. It also provides instructions on how to install AD DS and configure a server as a domain controller to establish a new Active Directory forest. A lab guides students through performing post-installation configuration tasks and installing a domain controller to create a single domain AD DS forest.
This document discusses new features in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory. It covers Active Directory Recycle Bin, Offline Domain Join, Managed Service Accounts, Active Directory Best Practices Analyzer, Authentication Mechanism Assurance, Active Directory Management Pack, and Active Directory Bridgehead Server Selection. It provides details on how each feature works and its benefits for Active Directory administration and management.
This document discusses authentication and ID mapping in IBM Spectrum Scale. It provides an overview of authentication basics, UNIX and Windows authentication, and ID mapping. It then describes authentication and ID mapping in IBM Spectrum Scale, including supported authentication methods, ID mapping methods, and configuration prerequisites. Active Directory authentication with automatic, RFC2307, and LDAP ID mapping is explained in more detail.
Emad Alashi presented on RBAC in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The presentation covered how RBAC works in both Azure Active Directory and Kubernetes, and how OAuth2 device flow authentication can be used to authenticate Kubernetes clients like Kubectl. Device flow allows authentication of CLI tools by redirecting the user to a browser to authenticate, then receiving an access token to use with the Kubernetes API.
The document discusses AWS Security Token Service (STS), which enables users to request temporary security credentials. STS works with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to provide credentials for IAM users or federated users authenticated outside of AWS. STS allows generating limited-privilege credentials for IAM users, federated users authenticated by an identity provider, and for delegating access to services that need to access AWS resources. The temporary credentials provided by STS can be used to make AWS API calls for the duration specified, providing a secure way to access AWS resources without long-term credentials.
CISSPills are short-lasting presentations covering topics to study in order to prepare CISSP exam. CISSPills is a digest of my notes and doesn't want to replace a studybook, it wants to be only just another companion for self-paced students.
Every issue covers different topics of CISSP's CCBK and the goal is addressing all the 10 domains which compose CISSP.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Domain 1: Access Control
- Identity Management
- Centralised vs Decentralised Access Control
- Directories
- Single Sign-On
- Kerberos
- Kerberos Process
- Kerberos Weaknesses
- SESAME
The document discusses Active Directory and Identity and Access Management (IAM). Active Directory is used on-premises to arrange users, computers, printers, and shared files in a hierarchical structure and provide access permissions to network resources. IAM is used in the cloud to manage users, groups, roles, and credentials to securely control access to AWS resources. The document provides examples of how Active Directory functions similarly to a contact directory and how IAM allows controlling who is authenticated and authorized to use cloud resources.
Key less access to Azure Services using AD Authentication using Managed Identity, User Managed Identity or Service Principal. Some samples include Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, Application Insight, Key Vault, etc.,
When working in a multi-account AWS environment, or when external or internal security and compliance requirements necessitate the constraining of user identity information to a geography where there isn’t an AWS Region or the use of MFA tokens based on standards other than RFC6238, it is recommended to federate user identity details to a customer-maintained identity provider (IdP). We demonstrate the integration of a customer-based IdP with AWS IAM using a SAML trust relationship at Group level, and discuss multi-account access stretegy and how federation fits into it.
AWS Summit 2014 Perth - Breakout 3
The AWS Cloud infrastructure has been architected to be one of the most flexible and secure cloud computing environments available today. In this session, we’ll provide a practical understanding of the assurance programs that AWS provides; such as HIPAA, FedRAMP(SM), PCI DSS Level 1, MPAA, and many others. We’ll also address the types of business solutions that these certifications enable you to deploy on the AWS Cloud, as well as the tools and services AWS makes available to customers to secure and manage their resources.
Presenter: James Bromberger, Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
(SEC310) Integrating AWS with External Identity Management | AWS re:Invent 2014Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services IAM has a cohesive set of features, including authentication, service and resource authorization, and privilege delegation. But how does AWS IAM interact with an organization's external identity management framework? In this session, we will look at the identity disciplines, including authorization, identity governance and administration (IGA), provisioning, authentication and single sign-on-and their associated standards like XACML, SCIM, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and FIDO. We will specify how these externalized identity functions can be integrated with AWS to deliver a cohesive organizational identity management framework. We will also cover real-world deployments of externalized identity systems with AWS.
AWS re:Invent 2016: IAM Best Practices to Live By (SAC317)Amazon Web Services
This session covers AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) best practices that can help improve your security posture. We cover how to manage users and their security credentials. We also explain why you should delete your root access keys—or at the very least, rotate them regularly. Using common use cases, we demonstrate when to choose between using IAM users and IAM roles. Finally, we explore how to set permissions to grant least privilege access control in one or more of your AWS accounts.
- AWS provides security certifications and accreditations like SOC 1 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1 to assure customers of the security of their infrastructure and services.
- AWS shares responsibility for security with customers - AWS is responsible for security of the cloud infrastructure while customers are responsible for security in the cloud.
- AWS uses physical and network security measures like controlled data centers, firewalls, and encryption to protect servers, storage, and data.
- AWS provides security certifications and accreditations like SOC 1 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1 to assure customers of the security of their infrastructure and services.
- AWS shares responsibility for security with customers - AWS is responsible for security of the cloud infrastructure while customers are responsible for security in the cloud.
- AWS uses physical and network security measures like controlled data centers, firewalls, and encryption to protect servers, storage, and data.
This document provides an overview of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and how it can be used to control access to AWS resources. IAM enables control of who can access AWS accounts and what actions they can perform by creating users, groups, and roles with permissions. The document discusses IAM concepts and common use cases, and includes demonstrations of creating IAM users and groups and assigning permissions through policies.
GlobalLogic .NET Webinar #2 “Azure RBAC and Managed Identity”GlobalLogic Ukraine
24 листопада відбувся вебінар від .NET Community – “Azure RBAC and Managed Identity”.
Спікер: Євген Павленко – Senior Software Engineer, GlobalLogic.
Розповіли, що таке Azure RBAC (Role Base Access Control) і як він працює, для чого нам Azure Managed Identity та як звільнитись від використання паролів-секретів при використанні Azure.
Деталі заходу: https://bit.ly/3GSBvRx
Відкриті .NET-позиції у GlobalLogic: https://bit.ly/3ilJYCq
Долучитись до .NET Community у Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/communitydotnet
This document provides best practices for cloud security on Microsoft Azure. It discusses protecting identities with Azure Active Directory, multi-factor authentication, and privileged identity management. It also recommends securing infrastructure with virtual networks, network security groups, and security appliances. The document advises encrypting data at rest with storage service encryption and encrypting data in transit between data centers and users. It concludes by outlining tools for governance on Azure including policies, role-based access control, and the security center.
AWS Identity, Directory, and Access Services: An Overview - SID201 - Chicago ...Amazon Web Services
Every journey to the AWS Cloud is unique. Some customers are migrating existing applications, while others are building new applications using cloud-native services. Along each journey, identity and access management helps customers protect their applications and resources. Come to this session and learn how AWS identity services provide you with a secure, flexible, and easy solution for managing identities and access on the AWS Cloud. With AWS identity services, you do not have to adapt to AWS. Instead, you have a choice of services designed to meet you anywhere along your journey to the AWS Cloud.
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Every journey to the AWS Cloud is unique. Some customers are migrating existing applications, while others are building Approved applications using cloud-native services. Along each journey, identity and access management helps customers protect their applications and resources. Come to this session and learn how AWS identity services provide you with a secure, flexible, and easy solution for managing identities and access on the AWS Cloud. With AWS identity services, you do not have to adapt to AWS. Instead, you have a choice of services designed to meet you anywhere along your journey to the AWS Cloud.
This presentation was provided by Racquel Jemison, Ph.D., Christina MacLaughlin, Ph.D., and Paulomi Majumder. Ph.D., all of the American Chemical Society, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
Temple of Asclepius in Thrace. Excavation resultsKrassimira Luka
The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
2. Lesson 1 Overview
• Overview of Active Directory, Identity, and Access
• Active Directory Components and Concepts
• Install Active Directory Domain Services
3. Lesson 1: Overview of Active Directory, Identity, and Access
• Information Protection in a Nutshell
• Identity and Access
• Authentication and Authorization
• Authentication
• Access Tokens
• Security Descriptors, ACLs, and ACEs
• Authorization
• Stand-Alone (Workgroup) Authentication
• Active Directory Domains: Trusted Identity Store
• Active Directory, Identity, and Access
• Active Directory and IDA services
4. Information Protection
• It’s all about connecting users to the information they require
securely
• IDA: Identity and Access
• AAA: Authentication, Authorization, Accounting
• CIA: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, and Authenticity
5. Identity and Access
• Identity: User account • Resource: Shared Folder
• Saved in an identity store • Secured with a security
(directory database) descriptor
• Security principal • DACL or “ACL”
• Represented uniquely by • ACEs or “permissions”
the SID
6. Authentication and Authorization
A user presents credentials that The system creates a security
are authenticated by using the token that represents the user
information stored with the user’s with the user’s SID and all related
identity group SIDs
A resources is secured with an The user’s security token is
ACL: permissions that pair a SID compared with the ACL of the
with a level of access resource to authorize a requested
level of access
7. Authentication
Authentication is the process that verifies a user’s identity
Credentials: At least two components required
• User name • Secret, for example, password
Two types of authentication
• Local (interactive) Logon– • Remote (network) logon–
authentication for logon to the local authentication for access to
computer resources on another computer
8. Access Tokens
User’s Access Token
User SID
Member Group
SIDs
Privileges
(“user rights”)
Other access
information
10. Authorization
Authorization is the process that determines whether to grant or deny a user a
requested level of access to a resource
Three components required for authorization
• Resource • Access Request • Security Token
System finds first ACE in the
User’s Access Token ACL that allows or denies the Security Descriptor
requested access level for any
User SID SID in the user’s token SACL
DACL or “ACL”
Group SID
ACE
List of user Trustee (SID)
rights Access Mask
Other access ACE
Trustee (SID)
information Access Mask
11. Stand-Alone (Workgroup) Authentication
• The identity store is the SAM database on the Windows
system
• No shared identity store
• Multiple user accounts
• Management of passwords is challenging
12. Active Directory Domains: Trusted Identity Store
• Centralized identity store
trusted by all domain
members
• Centralized authentication
service
• Hosted by a server
performing the role of an AD
DS domain controller
13. Active Directory, Identity, and Access
An IDA infrastructure should:
Store information about users, groups, computers and
other identities
Authenticate an identity
• Kerberos authentication used in Active Directory
provides single sign-on. Users are authenticated only
once.
Control access
Provide an audit trail
14. Active Directory and IDA Services
Active Directory IDA services :
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
Editor's Notes
Cram Class #2Date: 2/4/2012
Active Directory and its related services form the foundation for enterprise networks running Windows as they store information on user identity, computers, and services, authenticate a user or a computer, and provide a mechanism for the user or the computer to access resources from the enterprise.
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) provides the functionality of an identity and access (IDA) solution for enterprise networks.After completing this lesson, you will be able to:Explain authentication and authorization concepts, terminologies processes, and technologies.Position the strategic role of a directory service in an enterprise in relation to identity and access.
Because users require different levels of access to different classes of information, you need to associate the correct users with the correct levels of access – information protection.The industry defines several approaches to achieving information protection. Each of these “alphabet soup” frameworks is simply a different perspective on the same problem:Identity and Access (IDA) – Users and other security principals, which may include computers, services, and groups, are named as identities (accounts) that are given access (permissions) to information, resources, or systems.Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) – Users provide user name and password that are authenticated when their credentials are validated. Users are given permissions to resources (access control) that are used to authorize access requests. Access is monitored, providing accounting and auditing. In some documentation, auditing is split out as a separate “A” from accounting, leading to the acronym, “AAAA”.Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) – Information is protected to ensure that it is not disclosed to unauthorized individuals (confidentiality), is not modified incorrectly (integrity) intentionally or accidentally, and is available when needed (availability).ReferencesMicrosoft Identity and Access Solutions: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/identity-access-management/default.aspx
At the core of information protection are two critical concepts: identityandaccess.In a secured system, each user is represented by an identity. In Windows systems, the identity is the user account. The accounts for one or more users are maintained in an identity store, which is also known as a directory database. An identity is called a security principal in Windows systems. Security principals are uniquely identified by an attribute called the security identifier (SID).On the other end of the system is the resource to which the user requires access. The resource is secured with permissions, and each permission specifies a pairing of a specific level of access with an identity. Many Windows resources, including significant files and folders on NTFS volumes, are secured by a security descriptor that contains a discretionary access control list (DACL) in which each permission takes the form of an access control entry (ACE).
There are a few concepts and process that you must understand about users and resource access. When a user tries to access a resource on a local or a remote system, several procedures are initiated. It’s all about mapping a user SID to the appropriate ACE on a resource.References:Logon and Authentication Technologies: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780455(WS.10).aspxAuthorization and Access Control Technologies: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782880(WS.10).aspx
Authentication is the process of verifying a user’s identity. The user provides credentials that contain at least two components: a logon name and a secret known only to the user and the system, such as a password. The system validates the accuracy of the credentials against those stored as part of the identity.There are two types of authentication: local and remote. Local, or interactive, logon occurs when a user logs on to a computer directly, such as when you log on to your laptop. Remote, or network, logon occurs when you connect to another computer such as a file server, mail server, to get files or other types of resources.
After user authentication, the Local Security Authority (LSA) generates a security access token (also called a security token or an access token) that represents the user to the system by collecting the user’s SID and the SIDs of all groups to which the user belongs. The access token also represents privileges (also called user rights) held by the user on the system, such as the right to shut down the system or to log on to the system interactively (locally).It is important to remember that the access token is generated and held locally on the computer that authenticated the user. When a user logs on to the desktop (local or interactive logon), the desktop creates a security token and, if the user has the right to log on to the system interactively, proceeds to invoke the Windows Explorer process, which creates the desktop.When the user connects to a server to access a shared file (remote or network logon), the server authenticates the user and generates an access token on the server that represents the user with the user’s SID and the SIDs of all groups to which that user belongs. The access token on the server is distinct from the access token on the user’s desktop. An access token is never transmitted over the network, and the LSA of a Windows system would never accept the access token generated by another LSA.This should be the case because a user belongs to different local groups on the server than on the user’s desktop, and almost certainly holds different privileges (user rights) on the server than on the desktop.
The security descriptor of a secured resource, such as a file or folder on an NTFS volume, fully describes the security characteristics of the resource. The security descriptor contains the DACL, which contains ACEs or “permissions”. Each permission is made up of a flag that indicates whether the ACE is an Allow or Deny ACE; a Trustee (the SID of a user or a group); and an access mask specifying a level of access. Therefore, the ACE defines who (the trustee represented by the DIS) can or can’t do what (represented by the access mask).The security descriptor also contains the system access control list (SACL), which contains auditing settings and attributes such as the object’s owner. Because the DACL is the focus of most day-to-day security management activities for a resource, the name and acronym is often shortened. Therefore, the shortened access control list (ACL), while technically inaccurate, is used by many administrators and much documentation (including these lessons) to refer to the DACL.
Authorization is the process that determines whether to grant or deny a user a requested level of access to a resource. An access request that indicates the resource, the level of access, and the security token representing the user is made. Then, the security subsystem examines the ACL of the resource, comparing the SIDs in the ACEs with the SIDs in the security token. The first ACE that matches both a SID in the token and the desired type of access determines whether the user is allowed (if the ACE is an Allow ACE) or denied (if the ACE is a Deny ACE) access to the resource. If no match is found, access is denied.
In a stand-alone configuration of Windows systems, also called a workgroup, each computer maintains one and only one trusted identity store: a local list of users and groups stored in the registry call the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database. Unlike authentication in a domain, which is centralized, in workgroup, there is a distributed authentication system because each computer has its own SAM.Because Windows systems are secure, a user cannot even log on to a computer without a user account. The user must present credentials that are validated against the identities in the SAM. After a user has been authenticated and authorized for local logon, the Windows Explorer process is launched, which generates the familiar Windows desktop.If the user wishes to access a shared folder on a server, there is an immediate problem: the server does not trust an identity presented to it, because the identity has been authenticated by an unknown and untrusted system. The server trusts only its own identity store, its own SAM. Therefore, for the user to remotely log on to the server, the server must have an identity (user account) for the user in its SAM. If the logon name and password for the identity are identical to the credentials of the identity on the workstation, the authentication process that occurs is transparent to the user. This type of authentication is called pass-through authentication. If, however, the logon names or passwords do not match, the user will be prompted to enter credentials that valid for the server when the user attempts to connect to a shared resource.The ACL on a secured resource on the server cannot contain permission that refer to untrusted identities. Therefore, all users who require access to the resource must have accounts on the server.This presents obvious management challenges. If the user changes their password on the desktop, the two accounts are longer in sync, and the user will be prompted for credentials when connecting to the server. The problem only gets worse as you add more users, resources, and Windows systems to the environment. The management challenges of maintaining multiple identities for each user becomes quickly untenable.
The management and security challenges of a workgroup are solved by centralizing the identity store so that there is only one identity (user account) required for any one user – an identity store that is trusted by all computers. This unit of trusted identity is created by the introduction of an Active Directory domain and forest infrastructure.An Active Directory domain provides a centralized identity store trusted by all domain members – all computers that have accounts in the domain. A domain also provides a centralized authentication service, along with a number of other components and services, are hosted on a server performing the role of a domain controller.
Active Directory provides the IDA solution for enterprise networks running Windows. IDA is necessary to maintain the security of enterprise resources such as files, email, applications, and databases.An IDA infrastructure should do the following:Store information about users, groups, computers, and other identities. An identity is a representation of an entity that will perform actions on the enterprise network. For example, a user will open documents from a shared folder on a server. You know that the documents will be secured with permissions on an ACL. Access to the documents is managed by the security subsystem of the server, which compares the identity of the user with the identities in the ACL to determine whether the user’s request for access will be granted or denied. Computers, groups, services, and other objects also perform action on the network; they must be represented by identities. Among the information stored about an identity are properties that uniquely identify the object, such as a user name or an SID, and the password for the identity. The identity store is therefore one component of an IDA infrastructure. The Active Directory data store, also known as the directory, is an identity store. The directory itself is hosted on and managed by a domain controller – a server performing the AD DS role.Authenticate an identity. The server will not grant access to the user unless the server verifies that the identity presented in the access request is valid. To validate the identity, the user provides secrets known only to the user and the IDA infrastructure. Those secrets are compared with the information in the identity store in a process called authentication.In an Active Directory domain, a protocol called Kerberos is used to authenticate identities. When a user or a computer logs on to the domain, Kerberos authenticates the credentials and issues an information package called a ticket granting ticket (TGT). Before the user connects to the server to request the document, a Kerberos request is sent to a domain controller along with the TGT that serves to identify the authenticated user. The domain controller issues the user another information package called a service ticket that identifies the authenticated user to the server. The user presents the service ticket to the server, which accepts the service ticket as proof that the user has been authenticated.These Kerberos transactions result in a single network logon or single sign-on. After the user or computer has initially logged on and has been granted a TGT, the user is authenticated within the entire domain and can be granted service tickets that identify the user to any service. All of this ticket activity is managed by the Kerberos clients and services built into Windows, and is transparent to the user.Control access. The IDA infrastructure is responsible for protecting confidential information such as the information stored in the document. Access to confidential information must be managed according to the enterprise’s policies. The ACL on the document reflects a security policy that contains permissions that specify access levels for particular identities. The security subsystem of the server in this example is performing the access control functionality in the IDA infrastructure.Provide an audit trail. An enterprise may want to monitor changes to and activities within the IDA infrastructure, so it must provide a mechanism to manage auditing.
AD DS is the most prominent component of an IDA infrastructure, but it is not the only component of IDA that is supported by Windows Server 2008 R2. With the release of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has consolidated a number of previously separate components into an integrated IDA platform. These services are:Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)Active Directory Rights Management Services (AS RMS)Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)Each of these services plays a role in extending IDA to support more complex configurations and scenarios.AD LDSAD LDS is essentially a stand-alone version of Active Directory that applications access by using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).AD LDS is the replacement for Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). The name of the previous version of the tool indicates its purpose: AD LDS is designed to provide support for directory-enabled applications. It can be used for applications that require a directory store, but do not require the type of infrastructure provided by an Active Directory domain.Each instance of AD LDS can have its own schema, configuration, and application partitions. This allows you to create a highly customized directory store without affecting your production IDA infrastructure, based on AD DS. Although AD LDS is not dependent on AD DS, in a domain environment, AD LDS can use AD DS authentication of Windows security principals, such as users, computer, and groups.AD LDS can be configured in a domain or non-domain environment, and it is even possible to run multiple instances on a single system, each with its own unique LDAP and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) ports to ensure secure connection with each instance.AD CSAD CS extends the concept of trust so that a user, computer, organization, or service can prove its identity outside or inside the border of your Active Directory forest.Certificates are issued from a certificate authority (CA). When a user, computer, or service uses a certificate to prove its identity, the client in the transaction must trust the issuing CA. A list of trusted root CAs, which includes VeriSign, is maintained by Windows and updated as part of Windows Update.The certificates can be used for numerous purposes in an enterprise network, including the creation of secure channels such as the SSL example in the AD LDS section. Additionally, the certificates can be used for virtual private networks (VPNs), wireless security, and authentication, such as smart card logon.AD CS provides technologies and tools that help create and manage a public key infrastructure (PKI). Although AD CS can be run on a stand-alone server, it is much more common and much more powerful to run AD CS integrated with AD DS, which can act as a certificate store and provide a framework to manage the lifetime of certificates, how they are obtained, renewed, and revoked.AD RMSAD RMS creates a framework with which you can ensure the integrity ofinformation, both within and outside your organization.In a traditional model of information protection, ACLs are used to define how information can be accessed. For example, a user may be given the Read permission to a document. However, there is nothing to prevent that user from performing any number of actions after that document is opened. The user can make changes to the document and save it in any location, print the document, or forward the document by email to a user who otherwise does not have Read permission to the document.AD RMS addresses these and other such scenarios by enforcing information use policies. AD RMS accomplishes this by using licenses and encryption to protect information and by having rights management–enabled applications that can consume the licenses, create usage policies, open protected content, and enforce usage policies.AD FSAD FS allows an organization to extend the authority of the directory service for authenticating users across multiple organizations, platforms, and network environments.The traditional Windows domains-trust relationship creates a trust in which the trusting domain allows the trusted domain to authenticate users, but the result is that all users in the trusted domain are trusted. Moreover, to maintain a trust, several firewall exceptions must be made that are not agreeable to many organizations and certainly not suitable for supporting Web-facing applications. To overcome this problem, AD FS can be configured to maintain trusts by using common ports such as 80 and 443.AD FS is extremely useful for extending a directory's authority in business-to-business and partnership scenarios, as well as for supporting single sign-on web applications.