While the shift to the IaaS/PaaS model yields many advantages, thought and care must be considered as to how to maintain the integrity of identities especially when an organization is employing multiple cloud providers as described above. Providers such as Azure, Google Cloud and AWS have their own identity management systems which have been created with the objective of managing access in their environments. They control access to resources in their environments and employ a unique blend of entitlements needed to manage this access.