GCP IAM vs. AWS IAM: A Deep Dive into Architectural Differences
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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.