GCP IAM vs. AWS IAM: A Deep Dive into Architectural Differences
· 7 min read
While both Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems share the same goal—controlling who can do what on which resources—they are built on fundamentally different architectural philosophies.
Understanding these differences is crucial for multi-cloud engineers, as applying AWS logic to GCP (or vice versa) often leads to security gaps or unmanageable complexity.