Roles and Identities in Development

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What is the primary focus of this domain in relation to IAM?

  • Managing IAM between an organization and cloud providers (correct)
  • Managing IAM within a cloud application
  • Managing IAM for internal systems
  • Managing IAM within a private cloud

Which of the following is a key difference between managing IAM for internal systems and managing IAM for cloud computing?

  • The reliance on network communications
  • The complexity of the management plane
  • The number of cloud providers involved
  • The need for federation (correct)

Which of the following is NOT a challenge introduced by cloud computing in IAM?

  • Differences between providers and deployment models
  • Limited network communications (correct)
  • Faster pace of change
  • Increased complexity of the management plane

What is required in managing IAM for cloud computing?

<p>A trust relationship (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In cloud computing, why is IAM management more challenging compared to internal systems?

<p>Because of the increased complexity of the management plane (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does IAM stand for in the context of this domain?

<p>Identity, Entitlement, and Access Management (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which standard is widely supported for federated identity management and supports both authentication and authorization?

<p>SAML 2.0 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which standard is widely used for delegating access control/authorizations between services?

<p>OAuth (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which standard is widely supported for federated authentication and is based on HTTP with URLs used to identify the identity provider and the user/identity?

<p>OpenID (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of confirming an identity called?

<p>Authentication (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of asserting an identity across different systems or organizations called?

<p>Federated Identity Management (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for allowing an identity access to something?

<p>Authorization (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the unique expression of an entity within a given namespace?

<p>Identity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary tool used to manage the complexity of identity and access management in cloud computing?

<p>Federation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of IAM according to Gartner?

<p>The security discipline that enables the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times for the right reasons. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental problem in managing identity and access management in cloud computing?

<p>Multiple organizations managing the identity and access management to resources. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to refer to the process of mapping entities to verifiable identities associated with various attributes?

<p>Identity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to refer to the means by which an identity can be asserted?

<p>Identifier (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a reason why limited discussion of internal identity management issues for cloud providers is included in this domain?

<p>These areas are too complex to fully cover (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental decision that cloud providers need to make regarding identity management?

<p>Whether to support internal identities or not (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do most organizations turn to federation for managing identities in cloud providers?

<p>It is scalable for most organizations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of identity management in cloud providers, what is the purpose of an identity broker?

<p>To serve as the identity provider for federation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two possible architectures for connecting internal identity providers/sources to cloud providers?

<p>Free-form and hub and spoke (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some potential issues with directly federating internal directory servers in the free-form model?

<p>The complexity and technical difficulty (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which standard is used for defining attribute-based access controls/authorizations in cloud computing?

<p>XACML (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which standard is used for exchanging identity information between domains in cloud computing?

<p>SCIM (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the essential concepts when choosing an identity protocol in cloud computing?

<p>Identity protocols must be analyzed in the context of use case(s) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does federation involve in cloud computing?

<p>Building a trust relationship between identity provider and relying party (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of identity protocols in cloud computing?

<p>Identity protocols are a means to an end (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the 'identity' part of identity management focus on in cloud computing?

<p>Managing user provisioning and deprovisioning (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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