Infosec glossary entry

CIEM

CIEM:
Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management

is a type of automated cloud security solution that mitigates the risk of data breaches in public cloud environments. CIEMs prevent excessive entitlements by continuously monitoring the permissions and activity of entities to ensure they’re operating within appropriate access controls. An effective CIEM solution provides comprehensive reporting to help streamline access management, strengthen cloud security posture, and minimize DevOps disruption. https://www.zscaler.com/resources/security-terms-glossary/what-is-ciem

By jean-christoph

August 21, 2023

access control, cloud security

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