The GCP Dictionary of Pain

A straightforward guide to thorny cloud terms.

Identity and Access Management (or IAM) is your frontline defence for your cloud services. Security will be at the top of mind for basically everyone running a cloud operation—and it should be on top of mind for you as well. Google manages permissions and identity and access management with Cloud IAM and Cloud Identity.

Cloud IAM is a unified resource access management system for both users and services. Identities can come in many forms, such as Google accounts, unmanaged accounts, service accounts, and collections of these items—such as Google Groups and G-Suite domains.

Go through this guide to learn more.