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Certificate in Kerberos

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Certificate in Kerberos


About Kerberos

For authenticating service requests between trustworthy hosts over an untrusted network, such as the internet, Kerberos is a protocol. All popular computer operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, FreeBSD, and Linux, provide built-in Kerberos compatibility. It authenticates client-server applications and confirms users' identities using secret-key cryptography and a reliable third party.

Why is Kerberos important?

Today's workplace networks frequently rely on Kerberos to deliver a standard authentication and authorisation solution that gives users and systems administrators the benefit of single sign-on to anything from database servers to email services to printers to network appliances.

Who should take the Kerberos Exam?

  • Windows system administrators
  • .Net developers
  • Database administrators
  • Cybersecurity specialists
  • Anyone who is interested in authentication protocols.

Kerberos Certification Course Outline

  1. Overview of Kerberos
  2. Kerberos Advantages
  3. Kerberos ticketing system
  4. Symmetric encryption
  5. Encryption prerequisites
  6. Kerberos secret keys
  7. Kerberos cache
  8. Messages, tickets and encryption algorithms
  9. Kerberos working
  10. Configure Kerberos for IIS
  11. Configure Kerberos for SharePoint, SQL and network file servers
  12. Kerberos authentication through SMB
  13. Configure Kerberos for non-Windows systems
  14. Kerberos delegation and unconstrained delegation
  15. Kerberos troubleshooting
  16. Kerberos Security
  17. Kerberos monitoring

Certificate in Kerberos FAQs

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

No there is no negative marking

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.