Glossary

Cloud Identity

Cloud identity is your digital ID card for the cloud - it proves who you are and controls what cloud resources you can access.

What is Cloud Identity?

Managing digital identities and access to cloud resources through identity providers and federation.

Why Should You Care?

Identity is the new perimeter in cloud. Compromised identities provide attackers with legitimate access to resources.

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Real-World Example

Azure AD provides single sign-on to cloud applications with conditional access policies based on risk.

How to Protect Against Cloud Identity

  1. 1.

    Implement centralized cloud identity provider

  2. 2.

    Enable MFA for all cloud identities

Related Terms

Iam, Sso, Federation

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