Security Courses > RSA SecureID Administration V5 Training Course

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

   (excl.VAT)