Ticket Granting Server (TGS) (in Kerberos): The server responsible for providing service tickets to authenticated clients. After a client has been authenticated and received a Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT), they can then request specific service tickets from the TGS. These service tickets are used to authenticate the client to various resources on a network, without needing to repeatedly supply the original login credentials.
Categories: CC D5: Security Operations | CCSP D2: Cloud Data Security | CISM D3: Information Security Program | CISSP D5: Identity and Access Management (IAM) | Security+ D1: General Security Concepts | SSCP D2: Access Controls
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