Following an incident, a security analyst needs to create a script for downloading the configuration of all assets from the cloud tenancy. Which of the following authentication methods should the…

The correct answer is D. Key pair. Key pair authentication is a method of using a public and private key to securely access cloud resources, such as downloading the configuration of assets from a cloud tenancy. Key pair authentication is more secure than user and password or PAM, and does not require an…

Submitted by hassan_iq· Mar 6, 2026Incident Response and Management

Question

Following an incident, a security analyst needs to create a script for downloading the configuration of all assets from the cloud tenancy. Which of the following authentication methods should the analyst use?

Options

AMFA
BUser and password
CPAM
DKey pair

How the community answered

(33 responses)

A
6% (2)
B
3% (1)
C
12% (4)
D
79% (26)

Explanation

Key pair authentication is a method of using a public and private key to securely access cloud resources, such as downloading the configuration of assets from a cloud tenancy. Key pair authentication is more secure than user and password or PAM, and does not require an additional factor like MFA.

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#Cloud automation#API authentication#Key pair authentication#Incident forensics

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