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Socratic Module

Application security
5 Learning Objectives Pega Platform '24.2 Visible to: All users
Beginner Pega Platform '24.2 Security

Pega Platform™ includes robust features to protect your application from unauthorized access by malicious hackers. In this module, you engage in a conversation about authentication, authorization, and Pega security policies, including the Security Checklist, operator records, Access Groups, and Access Roles.

Estimated module duration: 1 hour

Engage at your own pace, with Socrates guiding your understanding of the material. For an optimal experience, complete the module in one session.

Using Socrates: 
  • Learning Objectives: Accessible in the pane on the left side of the conversation area.
  • Preferences: Customize Language, Conversation style, and Industry, and enable Socrates Audio (text-to-speech).
  • Conversation: Create new line in your chat with Socrates by pressing Shift+Enter. Press Enter to submit your complete response.
Experienced learners: 
  • Starts with a scenario-based assessment.
  • Responses are evaluated to identify knowledge gaps.
  • Socrates provides targeted information to address these gaps.
New learners: 
  • Begins with foundational content before the assessment.
  • Assessment results guide Socrates in filling knowledge gaps.

After completing this module, you should be able to:

  • Identify the purpose and benefits of the Security Checklist.
  • Describe the relationship between authentication and authorization in application security.
  • Design Operator records for each of the application users.
  • Use Access Groups to control Operator permissions in a Pega application.
  • Incorporate the Role-based access control (RBAC) authorization model to prevent users from accessing restricted content.

Practice what you learned in the following Challenge:

Managing application access through Personas v1

Available in the following mission:

System Architect Socratic v2
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Through interactive engagement, Pega GenAI Socrates™ will be your personalized guide, offering thought-provoking conversation, questions, and multimedia resources to deepen your understanding. The module opens in a large window; closing it won't affect your progress.

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