CSA CCSK Exam - Topic 3 Question 97 Discussion

Actual exam question for CSA's CCSK exam

Question #: 97
Topic #: 3

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Which concept is a mapping of an identity, including roles, personas, and attributes, to an authorization?

AAccess control

BFederated Identity Management

CAuthoritative source

DEntitlement

EAuthentication

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Suggested Answer: D

by Minna at Jan 05, 2026, 05:16 AM

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Tequila

3 days ago

E) Authentication is the way to go. You gotta prove who you are before you can get access.

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Jess

8 days ago

I think D) Entitlement is the right choice. It's all about the privileges granted to an identity.

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Lauryn

14 days ago

B) Federated Identity Management is the correct answer. It maps an identity to an authorization.

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Sheldon

19 days ago

I feel like I’ve seen a similar question before, and I think the answer was federated identity management, but I could be mixing it up with something else.

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Stefania

24 days ago

Entitlement sounds familiar, especially since it relates to permissions, but I’m not confident if it covers the entire mapping aspect mentioned here.

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Sanjuana

29 days ago

I remember studying federated identity management, but I can't recall if it specifically deals with roles and attributes like this question asks.

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Carin

1 month ago

I think this might be related to access control, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the right term for mapping identities to authorization.

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Jesusa

1 month ago

Entitlement seems like it could be the right answer, since that's about the specific permissions and access rights granted to an identity. But Federated Identity Management also sounds relevant here.

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Gilma

1 month ago

I'm not totally sure, but I'm leaning towards Federated Identity Management. That's where you have a central authority managing identities and permissions across different systems, right?

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Otis

2 months ago

Okay, I've got this. It's asking about the mapping between an identity and the permissions/entitlements associated with that identity. Federated Identity Management seems like the best fit.

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Aretha

2 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused. Is this about authentication, authorization, or something else? I'll need to think through the differences between those concepts.

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Lelia

2 months ago

I think this is asking about how identities and permissions are mapped together. Federated Identity Management sounds like the right concept for that.

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