Identity and access management between multiple users and multiple applications has become a mandatory requirement for Company XYZ to fight against ever increasing cybersecurity threats. To achieve this, federated identity services have been deployed in the Company XYZ network to provide single sign-on and Multi-Factor Authentication for the applications and services. Which protocol can be used by Company XYZ to provide authentication and authorization services?

What are two descriptions of network optimization? (Choose two.)

A network architect in an enterprise is designing a network policy for certain database applications. The goal of the policy is to allow these applications to access the internet directly, whereas other user and network applications that communicate with systems or users outside their own network must be routed through the data center. The focus is on achieving higher availability and a better user experience for the database applications, but switching between different network paths based on performance characteristics must be supported.
Which solution meets these requirements?

Which SDN architecture component is used by the application layer to communicate with the control plane layer to provide instructions about the resources required by applications?

Which two mechanisms avoid suboptimal routing in a network with dynamic mutual redistribution between multiple OSPFv2 and EIGRP boundaries? (Choose two.)