Step 2: Identify areas of credential challenges.

Credential challenges are the times at which users are prompted to provide IDs and passwords. The first step is to evaluate your existing network infrastructure and identify which credential challenges exist for your users. Approach this step by simulating a typical day and identifying all the points at which users are prompted to provide credentials. For example, in a corporate environment, users may have to provide credentials when attempting to access any of the following resources:

• operating system
• corporate home page
• Web-based applications
• host-based applications