IAM across multiple clouds environments
IAM in the cloud is a security framework that can’t be understated, especially in a multi-cloud environment. IAM is designed to authenticate and regulate user access, granting or denying access privileges. An effective cloud-based IAM solution allows organizations to implant such frameworks across different cloud environments.
IAM provides a powerful toolset ready to implement robust security practices in a multi-cloud environment. Let’s make a quick introduction to some common capabilities of IAM frameworks:
- Authentication: IAM frameworks put different authentication strategies at our disposal. Authentication refers to the ability to verify that a user trying to log in to our system is legit and has not impersonated the actual user by guessing or accessing credentials that might have been compromised. IAM authentication aggregates additional authentication procedures, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), an extension...
