DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ping Identity®, The Cloud Identity Security Leader™, today announced that its 2012 Free Online Training is underway. Ping Identity provides a wealth of free educational information on its website for those interested in learning about cloud identity standards, use cases, technical “how tos” and best practices for using proven solutions from the Cloud Identity Security leader. Since the free education program began in 2011, IT professionals have completed 1,086 hours of training on Cloud Identity management standards and best practices.
“We launched the program with a mission to provide easily accessible, high-quality educational tools, created from our experience in developing cloud identity security standards and products,” said Karen Gratiano, Ping Identity Education Manager. “The response has been tremendous. In the new series, we’ve expanded on the most valued features identified by those who’ve completed the program – especially virtual training sessions and access to lab environments.”
Technical Online Training and Roundtables
Ping Identity offers online training sessions, complete with a virtual lab environment that is open for individual use after the class. Ping Identity’s Training Center provides recordings of classes, how-to videos, and technical tips available on-demand and free of charge.
Technical Round Tables are an additional online offering, where Ping Identity's technical experts share detailed information about Ping Identity’s products and industry standards.
Those interested in attending can register for classes at no cost. Upcoming sessions include:
- Jan. 31: Technical Round Table (for European users) – Creating an OAuth Connection
- Feb. 7-9: Three-Part Series on Getting Started with PingFederate
- Feb. 13: Technical Round Table – PKI Overview
- Feb. 22: PingFederate Training Day
Resource Center
Ping Identity also offers a wide selection of materials in its Resource Center, covering cloud identity security basics, standards, cloud identity use cases and integration materials. Some of the most popular materials include:
- The 4 A's of Cloud Identity: Authentication, Authorization, Account Management & Audit
- Cloud Single Sign-On & Federated Identity ‘How it Works’
- Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) primer
- OpenID ‘How it Works’
- OAuth primer
About Ping Identity | The Cloud Identity Security Leader
Ping Identity provides cloud identity security solutions to more than 800 of the world's largest companies, government organizations and cloud businesses. With a 99% customer satisfaction rating, Ping Identity empowers more than 42 of the Fortune 100 to secure hundreds of millions of employees, customers, consumers and partners using secure, open standards like SAML, OpenID and OAuth. Businesses that depend on the Cloud rely on Ping Identity to deliver simple, proven and secure cloud identity management through single sign-on, federated identity management, mobile identity security, API security, social media integration, and centralized access control. Visit pingidentity.com for more information.