Best practices for IAM in GenAI services
Identity and access management is a crucial part when using GenAI services for the following reasons:
- Data confidentiality: Many organizations choose GenAI services to train and query models against their internal business or even customers’ data, which requires the enforcement of authorization mechanisms.
- Cost: The use of GenAI services is not free, and on a production scale, it can be very expensive due to model licensing costs and dedicated hardware, such as GPUs.
- Abuse and malicious use: Not all GenAI services are used for legitimate purposes. Unauthorized access to a managed GenAI service can result in data exfiltration or service abuse, which will result in high costs for the organization.
Here are some general best practices for securing IAM in GenAI services:
- Understand which options are available for enforcing authentication and authorization to a GenAI application or managed services
- Enforce...
