Identity and Access Management

In the overall architecture design for cloud security, the security of identities is an important aspect throughout the process. Identity and access management is a crucial security measure in cloud computing environments. A well-architected identity and access management design ensures that only authorized individuals can access specific cloud resources under certain conditions. It involves identifying users and identities (authentication), determining which resources can be accessed by each identity (authorization), and auditing access and operation records for each identity (monitoring and auditing).