1. Introduction
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Cloud Identity, also known as Identity as a Service (IDaaS), is a cloud-based solution that provides organizations with a centralized and secure way to manage user identities, access, and authentication for their cloud-based applications and services. Cloud Identity offers a comprehensive set of identity and access management (IAM) features and capabilities, allowing businesses to efficiently control and secure user access to resources across various cloud environments and services.
In this issue, you are wondering about the use of Cloud Identity.
Let's take a look at the actual screens and resources to explain in detail.
2. Purpose/Use Cases
The purpose of Cloud Identity is to address the challenges related to identity management and access control in the cloud computing era. As organizations adopt cloud services and applications, managing user identities and ensuring secure access becomes more complex. Cloud Identity aims to simplify identity management, enhance security, and improve the user experience in the cloud environment.
Key Objectives of Cloud Identity:
- Centralized Identity Management
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Identity Federation
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Auditing and Compliance
- Scalability and Integration
3. What is Google Cloud Identity?
Cloud Identity is an IDaaS (Identity as a Service) service, an account management service for businesses, schools, and other organizations.
In layman's terms, this service is like a minimalist Google Workspace, with identity services and endpoint management carved out of the service.
Cloud Identity allows administrators to centrally manage user and device information from a web console.
Cloud Identity is available in two editions: Free and Premium.
・The Free edition is free and allows the creation of up to 50 users, with limited support.
・The Premium edition is paid, allows for unlimited users, and provides 24-hour email and phone support.
4. How to get started with Google Cloud Identity
Google Cloud Identity is a cloud-based identity management solution provided by Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It enables organizations to manage user identities, access controls, and security policies in the cloud environment. Let's delve further into the steps you took to enable and set up Google Cloud Identity:
(1) Assumptions:
To get started with Google Cloud Identity, you need two essential items: a Google Cloud account and your own domain (e.g., test.com). The Google Cloud account is required to access the Google Cloud Console and manage your cloud resources, while the domain is necessary to set up and associate user identities with your organization's email addresses.
(2) Enable Cloud Identity:
To enable Google Cloud Identity, you navigated to the "IAM and Administration" section in the Google Cloud Console and selected "Identity and Organization." From there, you proceeded to set up the Identity Account by either confirming its setup or creating it for the first time. This step involved signing up for Cloud Identity using your company information, email address, and domain information.
(3) Log in to the Management Console:
After completing the registration, you logged in to the Google Cloud Console using your Google Cloud Identity account credentials. As part of the initial setup, Google Cloud Identity requires verifying the ownership of your domain to ensure security and prevent unauthorized access.
To verify domain ownership, you were instructed to add a DNS record to your domain's DNS settings. DNS (Domain Name System) is a crucial internet protocol that translates human-readable domain names (e.g., definer.jp) into IP addresses (e.g., 1.2.3.4) used to locate resources on the internet.
The purpose of enabling and setting up Google Cloud Identity is to establish a secure and centralized identity management system for your organization's cloud resources. By associating your domain with Google Cloud Identity, you can effectively manage user accounts and permissions for cloud-based services and applications. This helps enhance security, streamline access controls, and enforce organizational policies across your Google Cloud environment.
Google Cloud Identity offers various features, such as Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and granular access controls, which allow you to tailor the level of access for each user based on their role and responsibilities. Additionally, it facilitates seamless integration with other GCP services, enabling unified identity and access management across your cloud infrastructure.
5. Cited/Referenced Articles
6. About the proprietary solution "PrismScaler"
・PrismScaler is a web service that enables the construction of multi-cloud infrastructures such as AWS, Azure, and GCP in just three steps, without requiring development and operation.
・PrismScaler is a web service that enables multi-cloud infrastructure construction such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc. in just 3 steps without development and operation.
・The solution is designed for a wide range of usage scenarios such as cloud infrastructure construction/cloud migration, cloud maintenance and operation, and cost optimization, and can easily realize more than several hundred high-quality general-purpose cloud infrastructures by appropriately combining IaaS and PaaS.
7. Contact us
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8. Regarding Definer
・Definer Inc. provides one-stop solutions from upstream to downstream of IT.
・We are committed to providing integrated support for advanced IT technologies such as AI and cloud IT infrastructure, from consulting to requirement definition/design development/implementation, and maintenance and operation.
・We are committed to providing integrated support for advanced IT technologies such as AI and cloud IT infrastructure, from consulting to requirement definition, design development, implementation, maintenance, and operation.
・PrismScaler is a high-quality, rapid, "auto-configuration," "auto-monitoring," "problem detection," and "configuration visualization" for multi-cloud/IT infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.