EmpowerID Operator Certification

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Last updated: Jul 29, 2024
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Certification Detail

Operator Certification is an opportunity to demonstrate your proficiency in EmpowerID basic concepts and

your ability to navigate/configure from EmpowerID web UI. The exam is designed as an onboarding process for all employers who have just beginning to work with EmpowerID and are new to the EmpowerID system.

The EmpowerID Operator certification can serve as a foundation for pursuing other EmpowerID certifications, as the Admin certification and is will be a prerequisite for most of them.

Skills Required

Candidates should be familiar with general technology concepts that form the foundation of IAM.

Modules in this learning path

Module 1: Introduction to EmpowerID IGA Core Modules

  • What is EmpowerID? - https://dotnetworkflow.jira.com/wiki/spaces/EIDIGACore/pages/2387739883

    • Licensed Modules

    • EmpowerID Concepts

      • Person Versus Account

      • Resources and Resource Systems

      • Account Stores and Security Boundaries

      • Applications Versus Account Stores

      • Groups and Membership

      • Live Actions Versus Background Processes

      • Identity Concepts Exercise

  • System Architecture - https://dotnetworkflow.jira.com/wiki/spaces/EIDIGACore/pages/2387740143

    • Reference Architecture

    • Databases

    • Containers and Microservices

    • On-Premise Components

    • Cloud Gateway

    • Server Roles and Jobs

    • Permanent Workflows

    • UI Page Structure and Terminology

      • Noun Verb Action Navigation

      • Localization

  • Connecting to External Systems - https://dotnetworkflow.jira.com/wiki/spaces/EIDIGACore/pages/2387740874

    • Connector Concepts

      • Connector Model

      • Scheduled Connector Jobs

      • Schema Management

      • Attribute Flow

    • SCIM Microservice Connector

    • Up Stream Systems

      • Code-Free Flat File

      • Universal Connector

    • Key Downstream Systems

      • Active Directory

      • Azure Active Directory

    • Connecting to External Systems Exercise

  • EmpowerID Lab and basic navigation of the web UI:

    • The URL of the EmpoerID lab is "https://demo1.empowerid.net "

    • A user "sharedadmin" is setup with the standard password: Doheniofv088n&!

    • This user is an all access/SaaS admin person.

      • Trainee should log in with this person.

      • Trainee should setup their own person personal person objects.

      • Trainee should assign to their own account 'management role’: IAM Shop, My Tasks, and My Identity Self-Service Full Access, ACT-Person-Reviewer-DirectReports, ACT

      • Person-CanUseInAssignments-All, as the scenario below:

      • Trainee logs into the provided EmpowerID Lab with their own account and reset the password

      • Trainee becomes familiar with the basic navigation of the web UI

  • EmpowerID brief Presentation covering all topics learned

    • Trainee delivers a Presentation to the Evaluator covering all topics learned [30 minutes]

    • Verbal assessment

      • Present a 30-45 minute presentation to the training evaluator that covers the topics from the online IGA core training. 

      • Attach the presentation to assigned task.

Module 2: Other EmpowerID IGA Core Modules & Operator Certification Test

  • Role Basics - https://dotnetworkflow.jira.com/wiki/spaces/EIDIGACore/pages/2387741398

    • Sources of Business Roles and Organizational Locations

    • Business Roles and Locations

    • External Roles and Locations

    • Key RBAC Actors

    • Access Levels (RBAC)

    • Management Roles

    • Query-Based Collections

    • Groups

    • Role Basics Exercise

  • Identity Lifecycle- https://dotnetworkflow.jira.com/wiki/spaces/EIDIGACore/pages/2387741816

    • Role and Location Mapping

      • Dynamically Generating External Roles and Locations

      • Role and Location Mapper

      • Role and Location Compiler

    • Joiner Process

      • Account Inbox

    • Birthright Access

      • Entitlements (Provisioning)

      • Membership and Permissions

      • Attribute Policies

      • Dynamic Hierarchy Policies

    • Mover Process

    • Leaver Process

      • Planned Leaver

      • Emergency Termination

  • On-Site EmpowerID Admin Training Sessions Recordings to go through - https://dotnetworkflow.jira.com/wiki/spaces/ESAT/pages/3236888785

  • Take and pass the Operator Certification written exam

    • Take and pass the Operator Certification written exam, There are three attempts per each participants, and the time limit on each attempt is 90 minutes.

    • There will be 40 questions, and the structure will be:

      • questions to choose the right answer/answers,

      • filling the blank questions,

      • true/false questions.

    • The following link is taking you to your test, asking for your name & email address:

    • There are three attempts:

    • To pass there should be 80% correct answers:

    • Link of the texthttps://www.classmarker.com/online-test/start/?quiz=ypp642ad2a63287a

 

Module 3: Preparation for the Operator Final Lab Configurations