Cybersecurity definition
What is CIEM?
CIEM stands for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management.
By Cyber Tool Stack Editorial TeamUpdated
Definition
Analyzes who and what can actually do inside cloud environments, surfacing excessive or unused permissions across human and machine identities that a role's name alone wouldn't reveal.
Where CIEM fits in the security landscape
These beginner lessons use this term while explaining the surrounding security control.
Related cybersecurity terms
CNAPPCloud-Native Application Protection PlatformA category of tools that consolidates cloud posture management, workload protection, and identity risk into one platform, aiming to replace a pile of separate point tools with correlated, prioritized findings.Least PrivilegeThe security principle of granting a person or system only the minimum access needed to do a specific task, rather than broad standing permissions.