Gartner: Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) is the next generation of solutions for managing entitlements and permissions for all cloud infrastructure identities and resources. CIEM is increasingly vital as organizations continue to prioritize company-wide digital transformation and deployment of zero trust architecture. The only way to address the monumental challenge of securing an organization’s hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures is by identifying their Cloud Permissions Gap risk and by successfully implementing the principle of least privilege (PoLP) and Zero Trust Access.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/02/18/enterprise-soc-teams-ciem/