GAQM ISO27-13-001 Exam - Topic 8 Question 104 Discussion

Actual exam question for GAQM's ISO27-13-001 exam

Question #: 104
Topic #: 8

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What is the security management term for establishing whether someone's identity is correct?

AIdentification

BAuthentication

CAuthorisation

DVerification

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Suggested Answer: B

by Cherelle at Nov 19, 2025, 04:28 PM

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Viola

3 months ago

Exactly! B) Authentication is the best choice here.

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Hannah

3 months ago

But verification is more about checking facts, right?

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Kaycee

3 months ago

I feel like D) Verification could fit too.

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Mona

4 months ago

I agree, but isn't A) Identification also important?

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Marlon

4 months ago

Wait, are we sure it's not A)? Sounds too simple.

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Gladys

4 months ago

I agree with B) Authentication!

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Irene

5 months ago

No way, it's D) Verification!

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Noble

5 months ago

I thought it was A) Identification.

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Moon

5 months ago

It's definitely B) Authentication.

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Zona

5 months ago

I thought the answer was E) Guessing randomly until I get it right. Apparently that's not a valid security management term.

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Ahmad

5 months ago

B) Authentication for sure. That's the security management term we use to verify someone's identity.

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Cheryl

5 months ago

D) Verification sounds like the right term for this. Isn't that what we do to check someone's identity?

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Tresa

6 months ago

I always get authentication and authorization mixed up. Maybe I should just go with C) Authorization to be safe.

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Lisbeth

6 months ago

B) Authentication is the correct answer. Establishing someone's identity is the core of authentication.

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Lenna

6 months ago

I’m leaning towards authentication too, but I vaguely recall something about verification being related to confirming identity as well.

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Corinne

6 months ago

Authentication is the key security term for validating someone's identity. I'm confident that's the correct answer.

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Laurel

6 months ago

Okay, let me break this down. Identification, authentication, authorization - I'll go with B, authentication.

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Haydee

6 months ago

Authentication seems like the right answer here. That's the process of confirming someone's identity.

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Edmond

7 months ago

I feel like I might confuse authentication with authorization. Is authentication the right answer here?

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Wilda

7 months ago

I remember practicing a question similar to this, and I think identification is more about recognizing someone, not confirming their identity.

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Keena

7 months ago

I think it's B) Authentication.

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Roxane

7 months ago

No, it's definitely B) Authentication. It confirms identity.

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Fatima

7 months ago

I think the term we're looking for is authentication, but I'm not entirely sure if it could also be verification.

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Pilar

8 months ago

Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. I'll have to think it through carefully.

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Raylene

8 months ago

I think this is asking about authentication - verifying someone's identity.

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Bernadine

2 months ago

True, authentication is the process of confirming identity.

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Tegan

2 months ago

Verification checks the identity too, but it's not the same.

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Brinda

3 months ago

But what about verification? Isn't that similar?

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Brent

3 months ago

Yeah, authentication is key for security.

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Maybelle

3 months ago

I agree, it's definitely about authentication.

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