Which IBM Cloud security service provides centralized identity management and access control?

Question

Options

• AIBM Cloud HSM
• BIBM Cloud Internet Services
• CIBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• DIBM Cloud Security Advisor

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  81% (22)
• D
  11% (3)

Explanation

IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) is purpose-built for centralized identity management and access control - it handles user authentication, role assignments, resource policies, and service-to-service authorization across the entire IBM Cloud account.

• A (HSM) is wrong: Hardware Security Modules manage cryptographic keys and encryption operations, not user identities or access policies.
• B (Internet Services) is wrong: This is a CDN/DDoS/DNS service (built on Cloudflare) focused on web traffic security, not identity management.
• D (Security Advisor) is wrong: Security Advisor is a dashboard for aggregating and monitoring security findings/vulnerabilities - it observes security posture but doesn't control access.

Memory tip: The name says it all - "Identity and Access Management" literally describes the two things IAM does: manage who you are (identity) and what you can do (access control). If a question mentions centralized user/role/permission management on IBM Cloud, IAM is always the answer.

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