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What is IAM for the Cloud?
What is IAM for the Cloud?

What is IAM for the Cloud?

Release Date: 07/12/2023

The purpose of this document is to provide an understanding of the challenges and considerations involved in managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) in the cloud, as well as the importance of IAM to an organization's overall security strategy.


Traditionally, IAM was intended as a general purpose mechanism to restrict and control access to enterprise resources by granting permissions to users or groups or users. The goal was entitlement, not so much control, and access was based entirely on assertions of username and password, coupled with group membership or permissions directly assigned at the resource. This model later evolved to centralize IAM, and access decisions were concentrated centrally at an authority such as a service, server, or Identity infrastructure. The threat landscape has materially changed over the years, and today, IAM is a core component of any digital access model. It evolves to employ ever-increasing visibility, granularity, and control as the nature of users, resources, and systems change.




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Alon Nachmany

Alon Nachmany is a highly accomplished cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience in the industry. He is recognized as a thought leader in the field and has been named one of the top 40 under 40 in cybersecurity by Top Cyber News Magazine. Additionally, Alon serves as a Board Member for multiple organizations.

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Shruti Kulkarni

Cyber Security Architect at 6point6 & PhD Student

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Ravi Erukulla

Ravi Erukulla

Ravi Erukulla is a long-time Identity Security enthusiast and is particularly passionate about simplifying the way Identity Security products are built and adopted. Ravi brings two decades of industry experience in identity, security, and technology solutions. In his current role as VP of Analyst Relations and Customer Advocacy at Saviynt, Ravi is responsible for driving analyst relations, industry alliance partnerships, and customer advoca...

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Jonathan Flack

Principal Architect, Cloud & Security Architecture. Under contract to the Department of the Air Force

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