A cloud architect is designing a hybrid cloud for an organization. A requirement for this environment is that the private cloud user credential be trusted by both cloud provisioning APIs. Which type…

The correct answer is A. Federated authentication. A federated identity in information technology is the means of linking a person's electronic identity and attributes, stored across multiple distinct identity management systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_identity

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A cloud architect is designing a hybrid cloud for an organization. A requirement for this environment is that the private cloud user credential be trusted by both cloud provisioning APIs. Which type of authentication will meet this requirement?

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AFederated authentication
BAsymmetric encryption
CSymmetric encryption
DShared-key authentication

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A
77% (24)
B
3% (1)
C
6% (2)
D
13% (4)

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A federated identity in information technology is the means of linking a person's electronic identity and attributes, stored across multiple distinct identity management systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_identity

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