The Cyber Hut Comment: Many organisations are moving to IAM services that are cloud delivered. However, that doesn’t describe the entire story. Firstly we need to define “cloud”. The Cyber Hut released a foundational article describing the different cloud deployment models back in October 2022.
We did this simply due to the large increase in inbound inquiry calls relating to organisations wanting to understand the differences between private cloud, public cloud, SaaS and on-premise models as it pertains to the delivery of IAM services. Coupled with that, not all IAM services are either delivered by a single provider or suitable for the same delivery models.
A piece of community research by The Cyber Hut from November 2022 looked into the suitability of different cloud models for the various IAM function areas for things like SSO, authentication and IGA for the workforce ecosystem as well the different functions common in the B2C space and PAM
This produced some interesting results such as PAM deployments being more inclined to be on premises.
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