What is the \u201ccloud identity?\u201d The \u201ccloud identity\u201d begins at the birth of the user\u2019s \u201cdigital identity\u201d and includes the attributes to define \u201cwho you are.\u201d \u201cCloud Identity\u201d is not a new term to those in the industry, but one that has definitely taken hold as the way to define \u201cyou\u201d in the cloud. Much focus has been on how to \u201cenable\u201d a secure authentication event (through mechanisms like ADFS or Shibboleth), which is a key component of securing the transaction between Identity Providers (\u201cIdP\u201d) and Service Providers (\u201cSP\u201d). However, too little focus has been placed on the fundamental component required to \u201censure\u201d the integrity of the transaction; and by \u201cintegrity,\u201d I mean that the person is right, the attributes are right, and the values are right The integrity of a \u201ccloud identity\u201d transaction can only be secured by sound identity management practices, with a razor-sharp focus on attribute management and policy enforcement.<\/p>\n
Competent attribute management is the foundation of securing the \u201ccloud identity.\u201d It is the attribute and its corresponding value that ultimately determine the digital identity of an individual (or entity). When you consider the level of accuracy required (if your true goal is the validity of the transaction) in a cloud-centric world, you will concede the importance of properly representing the user in the cloud. When you consider attributes within this context, it becomes clear why identity management (IdM\\) is the epicenter for securing the cloud identity. Read more about Best Practices to Secure the Cloud with Identity Management<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the \u201ccloud identity?\u201d The \u201ccloud identity\u201d begins at the birth of the user\u2019s \u201cdigital identity\u201d and includes the attributes to define \u201cwho you are.\u201d \u201cCloud Identity\u201d is not a new term to those in the industry, but one that has definitely taken hold as the way to define \u201cyou\u201d in the cloud. Much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[210,34,88,6],"tags":[16,102,149,17,49,197,8,11],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cloud-2","category-cloud-identity-manager","category-identity-space","category-news","tag-cloud","tag-cloud-identity","tag-iam-cloud","tag-identity-cloud","tag-identity-management","tag-idm-cloud","tag-idm-solutions","tag-provisioning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p25vfy-jX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1238,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}