{"id":990,"date":"2016-03-28T14:41:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T18:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=990"},"modified":"2016-04-05T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T14:49:00","slug":"google-cloud-platform-introduces-identity-and-access-management-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/google-cloud-platform-introduces-identity-and-access-management-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Cloud Platform Introduces Identity and Access Management Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-991\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/03\/googlecloudIAM.png\" alt=\"googlecloudIAM\" width=\"800\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/03\/googlecloudIAM.png 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/03\/googlecloudIAM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/03\/googlecloudIAM-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/03\/googlecloudIAM-526x270.png 526w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/03\/googlecloudIAM-158x81.png 158w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/03\/googlecloudIAM-350x180.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Google has announced the release of a new, enterprise-focused Identity and Access Management (IAM) toolset for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google\u2019s public cloud platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">search<\/span> cloud computing giant made the announcement last week during\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/event\/gcp-next-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">GCP NEXT conference<\/a>, an annual gathering of the GCP community where Google typically announces the latest and greatest developments in their cloud tech. This year\u2019s event was particularly focused on innovations aimed enterprise-level cloud operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Google\u2019s new IAM tool gives users the ability to \u201cassign permissions to your Cloud Platform resources through IAM roles, which are defined as a collection of permissions \u2014 owner\/editor\/viewer gave users permissions to all resources in a project,\u201d \u00a0according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudplatform.googleblog.com\/2016\/03\/how-Google-is-bringing-cloud-computing-innovation-to-the-enterprise.html\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> from Google Cloud Platform vice president of product management Brian Stevens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Basically, Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/iam\/docs\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud IAM<\/a> gives administrators the ability to control who can do what within their cloud infrastructure, which is an extremely important capability in the context of enterprise security. Or, as <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/iam\/docs\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">Google puts it<\/a> \u201cGoogle Cloud Identity &amp; Access Management (IAM) lets administrators authorize who can take action on specific resources, giving you full control and visibility to manage cloud resources centrally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is big news for Google\u2019s cloud business, which has historically struggled to compete for enterprise customers in the cloud, and will help GCP face off against Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft Azure, which both <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/987-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">feature<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/video-microsoft-azure-active-directory-explained-in-plain-english\/\" target=\"_blank\">well-developed<\/a> IAM capabilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Though Cloud IAM is currently only in beta, it\u2019s just the one of many upcoming updates aimed at improving GCP\u2019s built-in security capabilities. \u00a0\u201cThis is the first of the many launches we have planned to enhance IAM capabilities on GCP,\u201d Stevens wrote. \u201cIn the coming months, we\u2019ll add more roles and the ability to define your own custom roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more in-depth information on Google\u2019s Cloud IAM update, check out the video below, or check out Google\u2019s documentation <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/iam\/docs\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introduction to Cloud IAM\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/96HlT4f2AUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Want to know more about IAM? Check out Solutions Review\u2019s all-new 2016 Identity Management Buyer\u2019s Guide, featuring ten questions to ask before purchasing, a full market overview, and detailed profiles of the top 28 IAM \u00a0companies and solution backgrounds, key features, and\u00a0best use cases. <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/get-a-free-identity-and-access-management-software-solutions-buyers-guide\/\">Download for free here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You may also be interested in the 2016 IAM Fact Book, a new comparative featuring vital data on each company\u2019s maturity and longevity, business model, size, geographic reach, workforce, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/solutions-review-identity-management-fact-book\/\" target=\"_blank\">Download for free here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Interested in CIAM? Check out Forresters new report, The CIAM Market Landscape, <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/forrester-new-ciam-market-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">available for free here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced the release of a new, enterprise-focused Identity and Access Management (IAM) toolset for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google\u2019s public cloud platform. 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