AWS Identity & Access Management vs. WSO2 Identity Server

AWS Identity & Access Management is well suited to managing AWS application access between services. Very helpful for both third-party products and in-house developed software. Very happy with how easy it is to create access keys and then share them in our environment. AWS IAM can also be used to manage individual users, but I highly recommend using AWS SSO for that purpose instead. Much easier to deploy for console access and from a security side easier to turn off in one click from your SSO provider.

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If your systems are using standard authentication models then it is well suited. OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0 etc are all supported.

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• Customized access per key to limit scope
• Safely distributes access keys
• Provides access audits

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• It's open source so is highly configurable
• WSO2 provides their own paid support which is an essential add-on
• Implementation is straightforward and conforms to all major standards

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• Better integration with roles and policies so you don't need three windows open to create a new IAM user
• Display recommended configurations based on services being used
• Easier options to base config on existing users

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• Overall, the product works well but does take time and effort to implement in highly complex environments. However, I do not believe this is unique to WS02.

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We would be unable to manage the interconnected nature of our AWS services without AWS IAM.

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While we do not use Microsoft Azure for our servers and other customer-facing services. If we did, we would have to use Microsoft Azure Active Directory to manage access to services appropriately. It's difficult to quantify the differences between the services as they are truly different. I would recommend choosing AWS or Azure, then using the identity management provided by the same vendor.

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It's Oracle. Highly expensive and limited options

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• Without IAM, it would be difficult to use AWS across services. Increased ROI

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• WSO2 works well when you need specific user sign-up information and allows you to then tailor the access, for example, to the job role or area of discipline. We use this to tailor the learning offered to a user upon initial login.

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