Question 230
At the Northport software engineering team, a synced employee resets a cloud password but the on-premises directory still uses the former password. What risk should the team identify as the primary issue?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The specific data failure is that a cloud-only password change does not always update the on-premises credential without the designed hybrid integration. It can be addressed through the controlled change to configure supported self-service password reset password writeback when hybrid requirements call for it. This result addresses the stated challenge at the Northport software engineering team.
Incorrect Answers
This explanation belongs to a different security or compliance situation. In this case, the observable gap is that a cloud-only password change does not always update the on-premises credential without the designed hybrid integration. For the Northport software engineering team, the direct corrective action is to configure supported self-service password reset password writeback when hybrid requirements call for it.
A compromised identity may be abused from different locations so user-level risk is not restricted to one connection. That may occur elsewhere, but the evidence at the Northport software engineering team instead points to the fact that a cloud-only password change does not always update the on-premises credential without the designed hybrid integration.
The proposed cause is relevant to cloud application registration, but it does not explain why a cloud-only password change does not always update the on-premises credential without the designed hybrid integration in the reported case. For the Northport software engineering team, the direct corrective action is to configure supported self-service password reset password writeback when hybrid requirements call for it.