Cloud Infrastructure Security Is Having An Identity Crisis. Can CIEM Help?
The Register, Friday, September 15,2023
Who's that poking around in your infrastructure? Roles, permissions, policies, and more
Sure, cloud infrastructure is complex. But keeping track of identities (human and machine) and permissions across multiple cloud environments, and making sure all of these entitlements aren't abused to break into cloud environments - well, that's truly a Herculean task.
On-premises datacenters can be complex too, but at least they are more predictable than cloud, according to Gartner analyst Henrique Teixeira.
"Imagine organizations running SAP or other large enterprise applications - they don't grow by themselves," Teixeira told The Register. "Once you install it, they stay more or less stable."
Cloud infrastructure, on the other hand, is an unruly, ever-expanding mess.