Identity Management Concepts: 28%
- Describe the role(s) an identity provider and service provider play in an access control solution.
- Describe common methods for how trust connections are established between two systems and the methodologies used to describe trust between an identity provider and service provider.
- Given a scenario, articulate whether it describes an authentication, authorization, or accounting scenario and what Salesforce feature should be used to accomplish the task.
- Given a scenario, recommend the appropriate method for provisioning users in Salesforce and other third-party services (SOAP/REST API, SAML JIT, Identity Connect, User Provisioning for Connected Apps, etc.).
- Describe the risks to enterprise security that federated Single Sign-on solutions aim to address.
- Given a scenario, troubleshoot common points of failure that may be encountered in a Single Sign-on solution (SAML, OAuth, etc.).
Accepting Third-Party Identity in Salesforce: 22%
- Describe the components of an identity management solution where Salesforce is accepting identity from a third party.
- Given a scenario, recommend the appropriate authentication mechanism when Salesforce needs to accept Third-Party Identity (Enterprise Directory, Social, Community, etc.).
- Given a scenario, recommend the appropriate method of SAML initiation to fulfill the requirements (SP-init, IdP-init.).
- Describe the components of a Delegated Authentication solution.
- Describe the risks of implementing delegated authentication.
Salesforce as an Identity Provider: 23%
- Given a scenario, determine the most appropriate flow type to recommend when implementing an OAuth solution where Salesforce is providing identity to a third party (for example, User Agent, Web Server, JWT, etc.).
- Describe the various implementation concepts of OAuth (for example; scopes, secrets, tokens, refresh tokens, token expiration, token revocation, etc.).
- Describe the role(s) Connected Apps play when Salesforce needs to provide identity to a third-party system.
- Given a scenario, recommend the Salesforce technologies that should be used to provide identity to the third-party system (Canvas, Connected Apps, App Launcher, etc.).
Access Management Best Practices: 15%
- Describe the risks that Two-Factor Authentication mechanisms aim to mitigate.
- Given a scenario, determine the most appropriate Two-Factor Authentication mechanism for an identity solution.
- Given a scenario, identify the risks and mitigation strategies that session security and Two-Factor Authentication enable (for example; High Assurance Sessions, 2FA, etc.).
Salesforce Identity: 7%
- Given a scenario, recommend the most appropriate Salesforce license type(s) to support the identity requirements.
- Describe the role(s) Identity Connect plays in an Identity Management solution.
Community (Partner and Customer): 5%