{"id":6065,"date":"2023-11-30T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strata.io\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:00:52","slug":"distributed-multi-cloud-identity-management-in-5-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strata.io\/blog\/identity-access-management\/distributed-multi-cloud-identity-management-in-5-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"5 steps to distributed, multi-cloud identity management"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”20195″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]It’s not a question of if<\/em> your organization relies on more than one cloud, but how many<\/em>? Most enterprises today use three or more public clouds. Leading providers include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Entra ID, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), but other smaller players abound. As multiple clouds proliferate, distributed identities now traverse firewalls to the realm of the cloud and multi-cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the big reasons behind the increased demand for using multiple clouds are the need for greater agility, flexibility\/scalability, better network performance,<\/span> identity resilience<\/span><\/a>, improved risk management, avoiding vendor lock-in, and getting more competitive pricing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manual efforts to support IAM in a multi-cloud environment are costly, slow, and prone to human errors. Each platform uses a specific integrated identity system in a multi-cloud environment, thereby introducing identity silos to the system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all the more challenging because of the requirement to sustain existing infrastructure during the transition when companies find themselves in a hybrid cloud situation. As a result,<\/span> migrating from legacy systems to the cloud<\/span><\/a> is complex work.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Related reading: The TEI of the Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

5 steps to making multi-cloud identity management work<\/b><\/h2>\n

Many CISOs are acutely aware that their transition to multi-cloud is lagging behind their goals. If the prospect of getting started is overwhelming or you\u2019re in the midst of the transition and can\u2019t see the light, we\u2019ve created a five-step guide to help you get back on track with making multi-cloud a success in your organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1: <\/span>Choose a distributed architecture\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

To eliminate the pain points of IAM in legacy systems, a distributed architecture is required. With <\/span>Identity Orchestration<\/a> software<\/span>, distributed identities navigate with ease across the entire system using an abstraction layer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2: <\/span>Leave your legacy infrastructure behind<\/b><\/h3>\n

Embrace the opportunity to modernize your infrastructure and opt to decommission legacy infrastructure. By upgrading to IaaS options, you can tidy up the remnants of the past, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n