September 2027
Intermediate to advanced
377 pages
2h 9m
English
Overview
Secure identities across clouds and streamline DevOps workflows with real-world IAM strategies
Key Features
- Master IAM across Azure, AWS, and GCP with platform-specific tools and best practices
- Secure CI/CD pipelines by automating IAM with Terraform, Ansible, and DevOps workflows
- Stay future-ready with IAM audits, compliance, and trends like AI and passwordless access
Book Description
As enterprises adopt multi-cloud and DevOps at scale, securing identities and access across complex cloud environments is no longer optional, it is mission-critical. Identity and Access Management for Cloud and DevOps Engineers is a hands-on guide for professionals who need to design and manage IAM solutions across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, while meeting modern security and compliance demands. Written for cloud architects, DevOps engineers, and IT security professionals, this book delivers practical tools, automation techniques, and forward-looking strategies to master IAM.
You’ll start with IAM foundations such as least privilege, zero trust, MFA, RBAC, and ABAC, then move into platform-specific implementations in Azure, AWS, and GCP. With each concept mapped to real-world workflows, you'll also learn how to automate IAM using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, integrate identity controls into CI/CD pipelines, and secure access across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Each chapter features hands-on examples, best practices, and case studies.
This book goes beyond teaching the basics. It empowers you to lead security-first initiatives. Whether you’re building a greenfield cloud IAM architecture or fixing legacy access risks in your DevOps pipelines, this is your blueprint for scalable, future-ready identity governance.
What you will learn
- Understand identity, authentication, and authorization in cloud IAM contexts
- Apply IAM principles like least privilege, zero trust, and MFA effectively
- Configure and manage IAM tools in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud
- Perform audits and ensure IAM compliance with industry standards
- Use advanced tools to manage access in hybrid and multi-cloud setups
- Learn how AI, machine learning, and blockchain are shaping IAM's future
Who this book is for
This book is for cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, cloud architects, system administrators, and IT security professionals responsible for managing identity and access in cloud and hybrid infrastructures. A basic understanding of cloud computing and DevOps tools is helpful, but not mandatory. The book assumes familiarity with at least one cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and is ideal for practitioners seeking to unify IAM across platforms, automate identity operations, and ensure security compliance at scale.
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