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210-250 · Question #191

Which three security services do digital signatures provide? (Choose three.)

The correct answer is B. integrity C. non-repudiation D. authenticity. Digital signatures cryptographically guarantee integrity, non-repudiation, and authenticity but do not address confidentiality or availability.

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Question

Which three security services do digital signatures provide? (Choose three.)

Options

  • Aconfidentiality
  • Bintegrity
  • Cnon-repudiation
  • Dauthenticity
  • Eavailability

How the community answered

(62 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    94% (58)
  • E
    5% (3)

Why each option

Digital signatures cryptographically guarantee integrity, non-repudiation, and authenticity but do not address confidentiality or availability.

Aconfidentiality

Confidentiality - hiding document content from unauthorized parties - is provided by encryption algorithms, not by digital signatures, which leave the underlying data readable.

BintegrityCorrect

Integrity is ensured because any modification to the signed document produces a different hash that will not match the value decrypted from the signature, revealing tampering.

Cnon-repudiationCorrect

Non-repudiation is guaranteed because the signature is created with the sender's private key - which only they possess - so the sender cannot credibly deny having signed the document.

DauthenticityCorrect

Authenticity is confirmed because a recipient who successfully verifies the signature using the sender's public key knows the message genuinely originated from the entity holding the corresponding private key.

Eavailability

Availability - ensuring systems and data remain accessible when needed - is addressed by redundancy and fault-tolerance controls, not by the digital signature mechanism.

Concept tested: Security services provided by digital signatures

Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/186/5/final

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#digital signatures#integrity#non-repudiation#authenticity

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