Identity and Access Management Exam Prep Guide: Mastering CIDPRO Certification and Build Strong IAM Foundation (English Edition)

Identity is the new security perimeter. This is the study guide that teaches it from first principles and prepares you to prove it.

The Identity and Access Management Exam Prep Guide is a complete, structured preparation guide for the CIDPRO™ certification from IDPro ( https://idpro.org/cidpro/ ), the leading vendor-neutral credential for identity professionals. All 22 chapters map one-to-one to the 22 exam sub-objectives across the five CIDPRO™ exam objectives, so you always know exactly where you stand against the blueprint.

What you will master

• Identity architecture, the digital identity lifecycle, identity proofing and assurance levels, aligned to NIST SP 800-63-4
• Authentication, authorisation, cryptography and access management, built up from first principles
• Passwordless, phishing-resistant authentication: FIDO2, WebAuthn and passkeys
• The protocols that make identity interoperable: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM and LDAP
• Non-human identity governance and agentic AI, the emerging frontier of identity security
• Privileged access, threat modelling and the attacks that target identity, from credential stuffing to Golden Ticket
• The regulations that shape identity design: GDPR, Singapore PDPA, the Australian Privacy Act, HIPAA, PCI DSS and the EU AI Act

Learn from real cases, not just theory

Case studies make the concepts concrete, including national identity systems such as India's Aadhaar, Singapore's Singpass and Malaysia's MyKad, Singapore's SGFinDex open banking platform, and breach post-mortems such as Snowflake.

Practise like it is the real exam

Two full mock exams, 150 questions in CIDPRO™ exam format, with answer keys so you can find your weak areas before exam day.

A free digital companion package

Every edition gives you access to the companion package, either inside the book or as a free download:

• Identity Lab Setup Guide with eight hands-on labs
• IAM Roles and Career Guide
• IAM Certifications Guide
• A guide to fifty identity thought leaders worth following
• Identity SIEM and SOAR playbook reference
• A full glossary of more than 300 identity terms

Who this book is for

Candidates preparing for CIDPRO™ ( https://idpro.org/cidpro/ ); career starters and people moving into identity from IT operations, service desk, audit or development; IAM, security and cloud practitioners who want a rigorous foundation; and managers who need to know what good identity looks like.

About the author

Abbas Kudrati is a globally recognised cybersecurity leader, author, educator and speaker with nearly three decades of experience across identity security, Zero Trust, AI security and cloud security. He is Field CISO for Asia Pacific, China and Japan at F5, a Professor of Practice at La Trobe University, a Fellow of AISA, and a former Chief Cybersecurity Advisor for Microsoft Asia. The book was technically reviewed by a panel of practising identity and security professionals.

This is an independent, unofficial study guide. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by IDPro. CIDPRO™ is a trademark of IDPro.

Abbas Kudrati is a cybersecurity leader, author and educator with nearly three decades of experience across identity security, Zero Trust, AI security and cloud security. He is Field CISO for Asia Pacific, China and Japan at F5 and a Professor of Practice at La Trobe University, and has advised governments, banks and enterprises across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. A former Chief Cybersecurity Advisor for Microsoft Asia, he is a Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association and holds more than 20 professional certifications, including CIDPRO, CISM, CISA, CGEIT and CCISO. His books include Zero Trust Journey Across the Digital Estate (CRC Press), Threat Hunting in the Cloud (Wiley), Securing Cloud Containers (Wiley), Managing Risks in Digital Transformation (Packt) and Critical Infrastructure Under Cyberattack (BPB). He lives in Melbourne, Australia.