In many cases, one business unit sets up its own cloud-native identity and access management controls differently from another. One of your customers’ business units may need Red Hat, while another may need controls from a specific public cloud provider. The business unit may or may not be using the cloud-native identity and access management (IAM) controls properly. It’s easy to spin up infrastructure and apps with these cloud-native IAM controls without any overall governance. But that makes it challenging for an enterprise IAM program to fit in. Let’s take a look at the importance of cloud governance blueprints in a cloud-native IAM landscape.
In Part 2 of this series, we discussed the importance of adding cloud-native IAM controls into a larger enterprise IAM program. In some use cases, the cloud-native controls make the enterprise IAM program more agile. On one hand, native controls could make business units more efficient if properly set up. But on the other hand, not everyone needs to reinvent the wheel when other business units might benefit from pre-configuration. This is why having good IAM blueprints or templates helps your teams stay consistent. Indeed, it also helps to meet compliance needs and creates a proper cloud governance framework.
Cloud Governance Blueprints for Enterprise IAM
At an enterprise level, having different custom programs for varying business units can be a real challenge. The newness of the public cloud and its dynamic changes create confusion for project managers and devs. So, they assign the basic controls that meet the needs of the moment, or give devs and admins more privileges than they need. This might introduce problems, such as compromised accounts, unknown or unwan ..
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