Free Practice Questions for Salesforce Identity-and-Access-Management-Architect Exam

 Salesforce Identity Connect can map AD groups to Salesforce public groups, roles, profiles, and permission sets. These permissions control the access and visibility of data and features in Salesforce. References: Salesforce Identity Connect Implementation Guide

 Encrypting the SAML Request using a CA signed certificate and decrypting it on the IdP ensures that the requestcontent is not altered or tampered with during transit. This also adds an extra layer of security and trust between the SP and the IdP. References: SAML Single Sign-On Overview, SAML Assertion Encryption

 Using SAML Federated Authentication, treating SAML sessions as high assurance, and raising the session level required for exporting reports is the solution that should be recommended. This solution ensures that users can only export reports when they log in using AD credentials, which provide a high level of identity verification. Users who log in using Salesforce credentials, which provide a standard level of security, can still view reports but not export them. To implement this solution, you need to configure SAML Federated Authentication withAD as the identity provider4, set the session security level for SAML assertions to high assurance5, and require high-assurance session security for exporting reports1. This solution also avoids the complexity and overhead of creating and managing custom permission sets or login flows.

In a SAML-based SSO scenario, the identity provider (IdP) is the system that performs authentication and passes the user’s identity and authorization level to the service provider (SP), which trusts the IdP and authorizes the user to access the requested resource1. In this case, PingFederate is the IdP that authenticates users for UC and sends SAML assertions to the SPs. The SPs are the systems that rely on PingFederate for authentication and provide access to their services based on the SAML assertions. The SPs in this scenario are Salesforce Org1, Salesforce Org2, Financial System, and CPQ System2. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

Configuring an Authentication Provider for LinkedIn Social Media Accounts allows UC to use LinkedIn as an external identity provider for its customer community. This means that customers can use their LinkedIn credentials to log in to the community without storing their credentials in Salesforce. Creating a Custom Apex Registration Handler allows UC to customize how new and existing users are handled when they log in with an external identity provider. This means that UC can control howuser records are created, updated, or matched when customers use their social media credentials to authenticate to the community. These two actions can meetthe requirement of UC to use social media credentials for its customer community. 

Requiring High Assurance sessions and using Google Authenticator are two ways to enhance the security of the connected app.

Option B is correct because requiring High Assurance sessions means that the users must verify their identity using a secondfactor, such as a verification code or biometric scan, before they can access the connected app.

Option D is correct because using Google Authenticator as an additional part of the login process also adds a second factor of authentication, which can begenerated by the Google Authenticator app on the user’s mobile device.

Option A is incorrect because disallowing the use of Single Sign-on for any users of the mobile app does not improve the security of the app, and may create more inconvenience for the users who have to remember multiple credentials.

Option C is incorrect because setting Login IP Ranges to the internal network for all of the app users Profiles does not work for users who are commonly out of the office, as they may need to access the app from different locations.

Customer 360 Identity is a cloud-based identity service that provides a single, trusted identity for customers across all yourdigital properties and applications2. Customer 360 Identity has several benefits that relate to Customer 360, such as3:

Customer 360 Identity enables an organization to build a single login for each of its customers, giving the organization an understanding of the user’s login activity across all its digital properties and applications. This helps to create a unified customer profile and deliver personalized experiences based on user preferences and behaviors3.

Customer 360 Identity supports multiple brands so you can deliver centralized identity services and correlation of user activity, even if it spans multiple corporate brands and user experiences. This helps to maintain brand consistency and loyalty while providing seamless access to your products and services3.

The best solution toprevent exporting reports except when logged in using AD credentials while maintaining the ability to view reports when logged in with Salesforce credentials is to use SAML federated authentication, treat SAML sessions as high assurance, and raise the session level required for exporting reports. SAML federated authentication is a process that allows users to log in to Salesforce with an external identity provider (IdP), such as AD, that authenticates the user and issues a security token to Salesforce. By treating SAML sessions as high assurance, Salesforce assigns a higher level of trust and security to the sessions that are established by SAML federated authentication. By raising the session level required for exporting reports, Salesforce requires users to have a high assurance session before they can export reports. This solution ensures that only users who log in with AD credentials can export reports, while users who log in with Salesforce credentials can still view reports but not export them.

The other options are not valid solutions for this scenario. Using SAML federated authentication and blocking access to reports when accessed through a standard assurance session would prevent users who log in with Salesforce credentials from viewing reports at all, which is not the desired outcome. Using SAML federated authentication and custom SAML JIT provisioning to dynamically add or remove a permission set that grants the export reports permission would require UC to write custom code and logic to implement the JIT provisioning and manage the permission set, which could increase complexity and cost. Using SAML federated authentication with a login flow to dynamically add or remove a permission set that grants the export reports permission would also require UCto write custom code and logic to implement the login flow and manage the permission set, which could introduce errors and performance issues. References: [SAML Single Sign-On], [Session Security Levels], [Set Session Security Levels for Your Org], [Just-in-Time Provisioning for SAML], [Login Flows]

 Identity Connect is a Salesforce product that integrates Microsoft Active Directory with Salesforce user records. It allows provisioning, deprovisioning, and authentication of users based on AD data.The other options are either incorrect or irrelevant for this use case. References: Get to Know Identity Connect, Identity Connect

To ensure that requests must include a certificate with a trusted certificate chain to access the company’s on-premise application endpoint, the identity architect should generate a certificate authority-signed certificate in Salesforce and upload it to the on-premise application Truststore. A certificate authority-signed certificate is a certificate that is issued by a trusted third-party entity, such as VeriSign or Thawte, that verifies the identity and authenticity of the certificate holder. A Truststore is a repository that stores trusted certificates and public keys. By generating a certificate authority-signed certificate in Salesforce and uploading it to the on-premise application Truststore, the identity architect can enable mutual authentication and secure communication between Salesforce and the on-premise application. The other options are not recommended for this scenario, as they either donot provide a trusted certificate chain, do not enable mutual authentication, or do not secure the communication. References: Create Certificate Authority-Signed Certificates, Mutual Authentication