An organization is selecting a SaaS provider to replace its legacy, in house Customer Resource Management (CRM) application. Which of the following ensures the organization mitigates the risk of…

The correct answer is E. Ensure the SaaS provider supports directory services federation. A SaaS application that has a federation server within the customer's network that interfaces with the customer's own enterprise user-directory service can provide single sign-on authentication. This federation server has a trust relationship with a corresponding federation…

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An organization is selecting a SaaS provider to replace its legacy, in house Customer Resource Management (CRM) application. Which of the following ensures the organization mitigates the risk of managing separate user credentials?

Options

AEnsure the SaaS provider supports dual factor authentication.
BEnsure the SaaS provider supports encrypted password transmission and storage.
CEnsure the SaaS provider supports secure hash file exchange.
DEnsure the SaaS provider supports role-based access control.
EEnsure the SaaS provider supports directory services federation.

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B
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C
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D
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E
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Explanation

A SaaS application that has a federation server within the customer's network that interfaces with the customer's own enterprise user-directory service can provide single sign-on authentication. This federation server has a trust relationship with a corresponding federation server located within the SaaS provider's network. Single sign-on will mitigate the risk of managing separate user credentials.

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#federation#SSO#directory services#identity management

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