RSA SecureID Administration V5 Course

- this course is no longer scheduled to run. Please refer to schedule for current course titles.

This course provides an overview of the administrative responsibilities associated with RSA SecurID products. The working principles behind RSA ACE/Server and RSA SecurID hardware and software tokens are discussed, including product architecture, time synchronization, system maintenance, use of Quick Admin feature and Web Express. Extensive hands-on labs reinforce the administrative tasks involved in assigning and managing tokens.

Administrative knowledge of Unix and/or Windows NT.

Topics covered on the 2 day RSA SecureID Administration V5 course

Product Overview

• High level description of ACE/Server and it's contribution to authentication
• Brief description of product family, the individual contribution of each to overall security, and the contribution to each that SecurID offers
• Lead to Authentication as a foundation of security, trust and PKI
• Discussion of the security hierarchy and which layers are or are not addressed by SecurID

SecurID Fundamentals

• Brief description of ACE/Server components
• Brief description of ACE Server/Agent architecture
• Terminology
• Concepts of authentication
• Description of architecture - Server, Agents, blocks, components
• Designing access protection - points of entry, use of Agents
• Token theory - Time synchronization, Authenticator types
• Server/Agent communication - Encryption, Node Secret
• Ancillary architecture - Realms, Primary/Replica, use of TACACS and RADIUS
• Administrative Access - Local, Remote, WebAdmin
• Concepts of protecting access points, Agent functions and login
• Description of architecture - Server, Agents, blocks, components
• Description of Cross-Realm functions
• Server/Agent communication - Encryption, Node Secret
• Ancillary architecture - Realms, Primary/Replica, miscellaneous security features

ACE/Server Configuration

• Setting system defaults and system parameters
• Access to Administration
• Importing Token Records, setting RADIUS profiles, establishing Agents and Groups

User Administration

• Establishing Users
• Token operations

Auditing and Troubleshooting

• Report functions
• Custom reporting (Report Utility)
• Troubleshooting procedures

Advanced ACE Administration

• Site operations
• Realm operations
• Administrative Roles
• Working with Realms
• Working with the LDAP interface

System Maintenance

• Log and User Data databases - cleaning, backup, restoration
• Dump and Load utilities
• System Log interface
• 4GL scripts
• Log filtering

SecurID Software Authenticators

• Software/Hardware Token differences
• Installation, deployment, and user packages
• Software Token operation
• SecurID Smart Card and PalmID

Web Administration

• Requirements for QuickAdmin
• Performing basic administration functions using QuickAdmin (Students browse to QuickAdmin Server on Instructor's machine)

WebExpress

• WebExpress function
• Demonstration of WebExpress