A security engineer at a manufacturing company is implementing a third-party cloud application. Rather than creating users manually in the application, the engineer decides to use the SAML protocol.
Which of the following is being used for this implementation?
A . The manufacturing company is the service provider, and the cloud company is the identity provider.
B . The manufacturing company is the authorization provider, and the cloud company is the service provider.
C . The manufacturing company is the identity provider, and the cloud company is the OAuth provider.
D . The manufacturing company is the identity provider, and the cloud company is the service provider.
E . The manufacturing company is the service provider, and the cloud company is the authorization provider.
Answer: A