A cloud identity is any entity with access to cloud services or cloud resources.

Examples include users, administrators, and developers.

Examples include devices, software-defined infrastructure, AI workloads, and automated services.

An organization can grant both identity types specific cloud entitlements. Cloud entitlements determine which tasks an identity can perform and which cloud resources it can access.

• Cloud resources such as files, virtual machines, servers, and containers
• Cloud services such as databases, storage buckets, applications, and networking services