Enterprise IAM Foundations: Platform-First Identity for Scale and Security

Enterprise / Large — Post E1 (IAM) Focus: Unifying identity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments through platform-first IAM, enabling continuous Zero Trust and compliance at scale. Next: Post E2 explores Continuous Compliance and Identity Resilience (IGA) — operationalizing governance and audit automation. TL;DR For enterprises, IAM isn’t a collection of tools — it’s a security platform. When 2,000+ people, hundreds of SaaS apps, and multiple clouds meet regulation, you can’t afford identity silos....

November 11, 2025 · 6 min · Jay Klinkowsky

Cloud Entitlement Management (CIEM): Taming Permissions Creep in AWS, Azure & GCP

Tag: EverydayIdentity Editor’s Note (September 2025): This guide is aligned to the latest NIST publications issued last month, including SP 800-53 Release 5.2.0 (with new software-update/patch and cyber-resiliency emphasis) and SP 800-63 Revision 4 (updated Digital Identity Guidelines). We also reference the SP 1800-35 Zero Trust practice guide finalized this summer to ground CIEM in current best practice. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} TL;DR Multi-cloud is powerful—and dangerously permissive by default. Over time, identities (humans and workloads) accumulate access they no longer need....

September 24, 2025 · 8 min · Jay Klinkowsky