OBIEE default security model stores security Information such as user names and password
combinations for accessing an external system such as Active Directory. It is stored in
the____________.
A.
Policy Store
B.
Credential Store
C.
Identity Store
D.
Person Store
Explanation:
Identity Store:It is directory server to perform the authentication. It contains user
name , password and groups membership information .When a user name and password
combination is entered at log in, the authentication provider searches the identity store to verify the
credentials provided.
See figure below.
Identity Store doesn’t seems to be the right answer. It stores users and password for weblogic applications (obiee) but the questions is about external applications. Here is what “Oracle® Fusion Middleware Application Security Guide” says:
A typical use of the credential store is to store credentials (user name and password) to access some external system, such as a database or an LDAP-base repository.
Right answer is B.
I searched a lot for this question , Guys answer is definately C (Identity Store)
@andrew even for external application user/group will be store in identity store only .
An Identity Store (by default, the WLS LDAP Server) contains the list of users and groups accessing your system
A Policy Store contains the list of application roles, and application policies, specifying who can do what (fairly granular for java components, high-level for system components)
A Credential Store contains securely stored usernames and passwords used for inter-application authentication
eg: secure interactions between components such as the BI Presentation Server and the Action Framework
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rmc_docs/biforum2012/ramakrishnan_security.pdf