Q. What security threats can the digital signature mechanism help mitigate?

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Q. How does the digital signature mechanism provide non-repudiation?

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Q. What is the primary purpose of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) mechanism?

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Q. What is the role of digital certificates in PKIs?

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Q. How are digital certificates typically verified for validity?

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Q. Who usually issues digital certificates in a PKI?

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Q. What is the purpose of digitally signing digital certificates?

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Q. What is the benefit of larger organizations acting as their own Certificate Authorities (CAs)?

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Q. What contributes to establishing the credibility of a Certificate Authority ( CA )?

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Q. Which threat does the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) mechanism primarily help counter?

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Q. What is the main focus of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) mechanism?

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Q. What does the authorization component of IAM define?

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Q. Which IAM component is responsible for creating new user identities, resetting passwords, and managing privileges?

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Q. Which threats does the IAM mechanism primarily help counter?

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Q. What is the main purpose of the Single Sign-On (SSO) mechanism?

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Q. What challenge does the SSO mechanism help address?

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Q. What does the SSO mechanism establish to persist authentication across cloud services?

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Q. When are the credentials provided by the cloud service consumer in SSO typically valid?

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Q. Which scenario is the SSO mechanism particularly useful for?

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Q. What is the primary benefit of the Single Sign-On (SSO) mechanism?

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