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# Cloud Identity Security

Address cloud identity security challenges by managing identity risks and permissions in Cortex XSIAM.

Cloud Identity Security can help you address the security challenges of managing identity in cloud environments.

### Explore Cloud Identity Security

* [What is Cloud Identity Security?](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/what-is-cortex-cloud-identity-security.md)
* [Review and improve your Identity Security posture](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/review-and-improve-your-identity-security-posture.md)
* [How does Effective Permission Calculation work?](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/how-does-effective-permission-calculation-work.md)
* [Cloud Identity Security functionality](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security-functionality.md)
* [Configure Cloud Identity Security](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/configure-cortex-cloud-identity-security.md)
* [Unified Human Identities](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/unified-human-identities.md)
* [Achieve the principle of least privilege access](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/achieve-the-principle-of-least-privilege-access.md)
* [Explore permissions using the simple and advanced access tables](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/explore-permissions-using-the-simple-and-advanced-access-tables.md)
* [Create a custom detection rule in Cloud Identity Security](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/create-a-custom-detection-rule-in-cortex-cloud-identity-security.md)
* [Perform advanced Identity Security investigations using XQL](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/perform-advanced-identity-security-investigations-using-xql.md)
* [Ingest logs and data from Okta](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/ingest-logs-and-data-from-okta.md)
* [Enable inactive human identity logs on Azure in Cloud Identity Security](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/enable-inactive-human-identity-logs-on-azure-in-cortex-cloud-identity-security.md)
* [Manage RBAC and SBAC in Cloud Identity Security](/cortex-xsiam/cloud-security/cortex-cloud-identity-security/manage-rbac-and-sbac-in-cortex-cloud-identity-security.md)


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