CAS-001 Question #82: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C: Identity provider and service provider. SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) defines two primary roles: the Identity Provider (IdP), which authenticates the user and issues security assertions, and the Service Provider (SP), which consumes those assertions to grant access to its resources. A Certificate Authority

Question

SAML entities can operate in a variety of different roles. Valid SAML roles include which of the following?

Options

AAttribute authority and certificate authority
BCertificate authority and attribute requestor
CIdentity provider and service provider
DService provider and administrator

Explanation

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) defines two primary roles: the Identity Provider (IdP), which authenticates the user and issues security assertions, and the Service Provider (SP), which consumes those assertions to grant access to its resources. A Certificate Authority (CA) is a PKI concept unrelated to SAML roles. An 'administrator' and an 'attribute requestor' are not defined SAML entity roles. While SAML does define an Attribute Authority role, it is paired with IdP/SP in the standard architecture, not with a CA.

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