PKI management involves which activity?

PKI management involves which activity?

• A. Issuance and management of digital certificates
• B. Managing user passwords
• C. Configuring firewall rules
• D. Backing up domain controllers

Answer: (A)

Public Key Infrastructure management centers on issuing and managing digital certificates and their lifecycle. A PKI issues certificates that bind a public key to an identity, enabling trusted authentication, encryption, and digital signatures. This includes enrolling requesters, validating identities, issuing certificates, and ongoing tasks like renewal, revocation, and publishing certificate status (via CRLs or OCSP). The other options—managing user passwords, configuring firewall rules, and backing up domain controllers—cover different domains such as identity/password management, network security, and disaster recovery, rather than PKI-specific activities.

Public Key Infrastructure management centers on issuing and managing digital certificates and their lifecycle. A PKI issues certificates that bind a public key to an identity, enabling trusted authentication, encryption, and digital signatures. This includes enrolling requesters, validating identities, issuing certificates, and ongoing tasks like renewal, revocation, and publishing certificate status (via CRLs or OCSP). The other options—managing user passwords, configuring firewall rules, and backing up domain controllers—cover different domains such as identity/password management, network security, and disaster recovery, rather than PKI-specific activities.