Overview

Network perimeter security is no longer enough for modern cloud environments.

Applications, pipelines, users and automated systems all need access to cloud resources. IAM puts identity at the center, letting a business enforce least privilege and revoke access quickly when a role changes.

Identity-first security for cloud infrastructure.

Protect resources with identity-based access, explicit policies and complete logging for the operations team.

1 A permission management platform for all cloud resources
Zero Fewer credentials scattered across code, pipelines and workstations
SSO Connect your existing enterprise identity provider
Audit Track access, audit permissions and policy changes

Least privilege

Grant exactly the rights required, by role, workload or resource scope.

Centralized control

Manage users, groups, policies and service accounts from a single control layer.

Traceable access

Maintain an access trail to support investigation, compliance and secure operations.

Why businesses need IAM

Reduces the risk of incorrect access rights as infrastructure and teams grow.

IAM standardizes access rights, reduces scattered credentials and provides the data needed for security review.

Prevent unauthorized access

Only identities that have been authenticated and explicitly authorized can act on critical cloud resources.

Simplify the user lifecycle

Update policy once for an entire group, making onboarding, role changes and offboarding quick.

Meet governance and compliance requirements

Every significant access decision is logged, supporting the audit trail, security review and internal inspection.

Eliminate scattered credentials with SSO

Connect your corporate identity system so staff sign in with credentials they already have.

Core features

Complete control of identity, permissions and access decisions.

Four feature groups covering the full identity and access management lifecycle on the cloud platform.

Organize users and assign permissions by group or role
Users & Groups

Organize users and assign permissions by group or role

Create IAM users linked to the administrator account and group users by department or role. Assign a policy to a group so permissions apply uniformly to every member.

User account Group Role-based access
Define fine-grained access rules on each resource
Policy Engine

Define fine-grained access rules on each resource

Write policies in JSON with an explicit allow or deny, scoped to specific actions, services and resources for precise permission control.

JSON policy Allow / Deny Resource-level control
Issue a dedicated secure identity to applications and pipelines
Service Account

Issue a dedicated secure identity to applications and pipelines

Create machine identities for CI/CD, automation scripts or Kubernetes workloads. Each service account holds least-privilege permissions and its secrets can be rotated independently.

Machine identity API access Automation
Let employees sign in with their existing identity
Federation

Let employees sign in with their existing identity

Connect an external identity provider over SAML 2.0. Federated users are provisioned on a least-privilege basis and receive permissions only when they are assigned.

SAML 2.0 Enterprise SSO Auto-provisioning
Real-world use cases

Suited to enterprise teams, pipelines and systems.

Scenarios where IAM delivers value from day one.

Onboard large development teams

Create groups such as Engineering, Finance, or Operations, grant each group least-privilege access, and update membership as staff change.

CI/CD and Kubernetes workload security

Assign a dedicated service account to each pipeline or cluster with a limited permission scope, and avoid using personal credentials in source code.

Deploy SSO across the enterprise

Align sign-in flows with your existing identity system, reducing password sprawl and centralizing access control in one place.

Confidently pass security audits

Track logins, permission checks, resource access, and policy changes to support security review and the audit trail.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions about IAM.

What to know before standardizing access control for your cloud environment.

What is IAM?

IAM is the identity and access management layer that lets a business control who may act on cloud resources, what they may do and within what scope.

Does IAM replace firewalls or security groups?

No. Firewalls and security groups protect at the network layer, while IAM controls access by identity and permission. The two layers should be used together.

When should a service account be used?

Service accounts suit pipelines, automation scripts, applications or workloads that need to call APIs without using an employee's personal account.

Can businesses deploy SSO?

Yes. IAM supports federation over SAML 2.0 to connect an enterprise identity provider and reduce scattered credentials.

Identity & Access Management

Does your business have a specific access control problem?

Our specialists can advise on the IAM model, permission grouping, service accounts, SSO, and audit trails that fit your actual infrastructure.

Contact us for a consultation