{"id":1196,"date":"2016-07-19T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2016-07-12T12:41:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T16:41:33","slug":"understanding-identity-management-in-amazon-web-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/understanding-identity-management-in-amazon-web-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Identity Management in Amazon Web Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"column one-fourth\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column half\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understanding AWS Identity and Access Management | AWS Public Sector Summit 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/Hihe5CpFx305aX\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/AmazonWebServices\/understanding-aws-identity-and-access-management-aws-public-sector-summit-2016\" title=\"Understanding AWS Identity and Access Management | AWS Public Sector Summit 2016\" target=\"_blank\">Understanding AWS Identity and Access Management | AWS Public Sector Summit 2016<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/AmazonWebServices\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Web Services<\/a><\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"column one-fourth last\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 2016, there\u2019s little doubt left that the cloud is the way forward for enterprise IT, and yet, cloud solutions are often used in manners that are shockingly insecure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With 30% of the global public cloud computing market share, e-Retail giant Amazon.com\u2019s cloud computing branch, Amazon Web Services, is the most dominant cloud service provider on the planet, and as such their services are likely an integral part of may of your IT toolboxes. 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