Authentication — CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Practice Questions
Authentication is the process of verifying that an entity is who or what it claims to be before granting access to a system or resource. SY0-701 tests authentication across multiple contexts: local and remote login, certificate-based mutual authentication, federated identity protocols such as SAML and OAuth, and passwordless methods. Exam questions often require candidates to distinguish authentication from authorization and to select the correct protocol or mechanism for a described deployment scenario.
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