Identity & Users
coming soon.
We're building the Identity & Users curriculum now. Four full tracks are already live and free to start.
The Identity & Users track of the Vijilan Cybersecurity Academy is in active development. Attackers rarely break in anymore — they log in. This track will treat identity as the modern perimeter: how credentials get stolen, how MFA gets bypassed, and how defenders spot an account that is technically authenticated but behaviorally wrong. Every academy track is free, and each finishes with a domain badge that counts toward the Vijilan Certified Defender capstone.
What this track will cover
- Authentication & MFAPasswords, tokens and phishing-resistant factors — and where each one breaks.
- Social engineeringPhishing, MFA fatigue and AI-assisted impersonation of real colleagues.
- Least privilegeRoles, privileged accounts and the blast radius of over-permissioning.
- Account takeover detectionImpossible travel, session anomalies and identity telemetry in the SOC.
The full lesson list and knowledge checks land when the curriculum ships — the outline above is the shape of the course.
Live now: four free tracks
Build the mental model every security professional needs: how attackers think, how defenders respond, and the vocabulary that connects the two. No prior experience required.
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