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?

A trust relationship (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

Because of the increased complexity of the management plane (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Identity, Entitlement, and Access Management (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

SAML 2.0 (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

OAuth (C) 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?

OpenID (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of confirming an identity called?

Authentication (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Federated Identity Management (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Authorization (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Identity (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

Federation (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of IAM according to Gartner?

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

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

Multiple organizations managing the identity and access management to resources. (A) 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?

Identity (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Identifier (A) 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?

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

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

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

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

It is scalable for most organizations (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

Free-form and hub and spoke (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

The complexity and technical difficulty (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

XACML (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

SCIM (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What does federation involve in cloud computing?

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

What is the role of identity protocols in cloud computing?

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

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

Managing user provisioning and deprovisioning (B) Signup and view all the answers