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title: 7 Common IAM Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
description: 7 Common IAM Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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# **7 Common IAM Mistakes ** and How to Avoid Them

  

#### About this webinar

Watch the webinar recording and learn how to get ready for IAM in 7 steps.

##### **In this CPE webinar you’ll learn how to:**

- Prepare for an IAM deployment
- Address challenges like unique permissions, inconsistent inheritance, and stale data
- Add context to add groups, owners, and users to managed folders
- ...and more!

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##### David Philpotts Security Engineer, Varonis

David has 20-years experience in IT including IT Management for a household name and working for MSPs serving clients across all sectors. Before joining Varonis, David was working in pre-sales for an MSP aligned to the finance sector as technical lead.

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