The Cloud Era and Identity

This chapter will discuss the current technology landscape. It will provide a basic idea about the trends, the evolution of technology, and the typical challenges of identity management and governance at this moment in time. Knowing the current technology landscape promotes interoperability because then, organizations can easily collaborate by using common standards and enterprise architects are equipped with the means to design modern, secure, and reliable applications.

This chapter is focused on preparing you to better understand the technical details that will be provided in the upcoming sections.

In this chapter, we’ll cover the following topics:

• The cloud era
• Identity in the cloud era
• The challenges of identity
• The cloud identity
• A hybrid identity
• The future of identity