which three are features of federated Single Sign-on solutions? Choose 3 answers
Correct Answer:
ABD
It federates credentials control to authorized applications. This means that users can access multiple applications across different domains or organizations using one set of credentials, without having to share their passwords with each application1. The applications rely on a trusted identity provider (IdP) to authenticate the users and grant them access. It establishes trust between Identity store and service provider. This means that the IdP and the service provider (SP) have a mutual agreement to exchange identity information using standard protocols, such as SAML, OpenID Connect, or OAuth2. The IdP and the SP also share metadata and certificates to ensure secure communication and verification. It improves affiliated applications adoption rates. This means that users are more likely to use applications that are connected to their existing identity provider, as they do not have to create or remember multiple passwords3. This also reduces the friction and frustration of logging in to different applications, and enhances the user experience.
The other options are not features of federated single sign-on solutions because: It solves all identity and access management problems. This is false, as federated single sign-on solutions only address the authentication aspect of identity and access management, not the authorization, provisioning, governance, or auditing aspects. Federated single sign-on solutions also have some challenges, such as complexity, interoperability, and security risks. It enables quick and easy provisioning and deactivating of users. This is not necessarily true, as
federated single sign-on solutions do not automatically create or delete user accounts in the service provider applications. Users still need to be provisioned and deprovisioned manually or through other mechanisms, such as just-in-time provisioning or SCIM.
References: Federated Identity Management vs. Single Sign-On: What’s the Difference?, What is single sign-on?, Single Sign-On (SSO) Solution, [Identity Management vs. Access Management: What’s the Difference?], [Federated Identity Management Challenges], [Just-in-Time Provisioning for SAML], [SCIM User Provisioning]
A real estate company wants to provide its customers a digital space to design their interior decoration options. To simplify the registration to gain access to the community site (built in Experience Cloud), the CTO has requested that the IT/Development team provide the option for customers to use their existing social-media credentials to register and access.
The IT lead has approached the Salesforce Identity and Access Management (IAM) architect for technical direction on implementing the social sign-on (for Facebook, Twitter, and a new provider that supports standard OpenID Connect (OIDC)).
Which two recommendations should the Salesforce IAM architect make to the IT Lead? Choose 2 answers
Correct Answer:
BD
Authentication provider configuration and Apex coding skills are two recommendations that the Salesforce IAM architect should make to the IT Lead. Authentication providers are used to configure social sign-on providers, such as Facebook, Twitter, and any OpenID Connect compliant provider. Apex coding skills are needed for registration handlers, which are custom classes that create and update users based on social sign-on data. References: Authentication Providers, Registration Handlers
Universal containers (UC) is setting up Delegated Authentication to allow employees to log in using their corporate credentials. UC's security team is concerned about the risk of exposing the corporate login service on the Internet and has asked that a reliable trust mechanism be put in place between the login service and salesforce. What mechanism should an architect put in place to enable a trusted connection between the login services and salesforce?
Correct Answer:
D
To enable a trusted connection between the login services and Salesforce, UC should enforce mutual authentication between systems using SSL. Mutual authentication is a process in which both parties in a communication verify each other’s identity using certificates7. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a protocol that provides secure communication over the Internet using encryption and certificates8. By using mutual authentication with SSL, UC can ensure that only authorized login services can access Salesforce and vice versa. This can prevent unauthorized access, impersonation, or phishing attacks.
References: Mutual Authentication, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Northern Trail Outfitters is implementing a business-to-business (B2B) collaboration site using Salesforce Experience Cloud. The partners will authenticate with an existing identity provider and the solution will utilize Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) to provide single sign-on to Salesforce. Delegated administration will be used in the Expenence Cloud site to allow the partners to administer their users' access.
How should a partner identity be provisioned in Salesforce for this solution?
Correct Answer:
C
To provision a partner identity in Salesforce for a B2B collaboration site using SAML SSO, the identity architect should create a user and a related contact. A user record is required to authenticate and authorize the partner to access Salesforce resources. A contact record is required to associate the partner with an account, which represents the partner’s organization. A contactless user or a person account are not supported for B2B collaboration sites. References: User and Contact Records for Partner Users, Create Partner Users
Northern Trail Outfitters would like to automatically create new employee users in Salesforce with an appropriate profile that maps to its Active Directory Department.
How should an identity architect implement this requirement?
Correct Answer:
B
To automatically create new employee users in Salesforce with an appropriate profile that maps to their Active Directory Department, the identity architect should use the updateUser method in the Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning registration handler to assign the appropriate profile. JIT provisioning is a feature that allows Salesforce to create or update user records on the fly when users log in through an external identity provider, such as Active Directory. The updateUser method is a method in the Auth.RegistrationHandler interface that defines how to update an existing user in Salesforce based on the information from the external identity provider. The identity architect can use this method to assign the appropriate profile to the user based on their department attribute. References: Just-in-Time Provisioning for SAML and OpenID Connect, Create a Custom Registration Handler
