CIAM CIAM Federation and Single Sign-On

Question 1

What protocol is commonly used for federated identity management to exchange authentication and authorization data between parties?

Accepted Answer

SAML

Answer

LDAP

Answer

RADIUS

Answer

SNMP

Question 2

In Single Sign-On, what is the component that authenticates users and issues tokens or assertions called?

Accepted Answer

Identity Provider

Answer

Service Provider

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Resource Server

Answer

Authorization Server

Question 3

Which OAuth 2.0 flow is recommended for server-to-server authentication without user interaction?

Accepted Answer

Client Credentials Flow

Answer

Authorization Code Flow

Answer

Implicit Flow

Answer

Device Authorization Flow

Question 4

What is 'IdP-initiated SSO'?

Accepted Answer

SSO where the authentication process begins at the identity provider

Answer

SSO where the user starts at the service provider

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SSO that uses only LDAP directory lookups

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SSO that requires multi-factor authentication

Question 5

What is a federation trust in identity management?

Accepted Answer

A formal agreement between identity domains to accept each other's authentication assertions

Answer

An encrypted VPN tunnel between servers

Answer

A firewall policy governing inter-domain traffic

Answer

A certificate revocation list shared between organizations

Question 6

What does WS-Federation stand for?

Accepted Answer

Web Services Federation

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Wide-Scale Federation

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Workstation Security Federation

Answer

Web Standard Federation