Valued at USD 2.32 billion in 2025, the cloud infrastructure entitlement management market is projected to reach USD 3.17 billion in 2026 and USD 39.90 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 37.3% during the forecast period 2026–2034. Key players include BeyondTrust Corporation, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., CrowdStrike, Delinea Inc., Microsoft Corporation, NextLabs, Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks, Rapid7, SailPoint Technologies, Inc., Saviynt Inc., and Zscaler, Inc. This analysis examines the cloud, risk, and security drivers behind demand for CIEM.

Excessive Permissions and Identity Risk

Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) refers to the processes and tools used to control user access and permissions within cloud environments. Users may hold excessive permissions, and some permissions can remain unused for long periods, creating permission sprawl and over-privilege that raise the risk of unauthorized access. CIEM helps organizations identify these risks. The need is underscored by Verizon’s 2025 DBIR, which found compromised credentials were an initial access vector in 22% of reviewed breaches.

How CIEM Works and How It Differs from IAM, CSPM and PAM

CIEM follows a continuous process. It discovers cloud resources, users, workloads, and service accounts, audits their permissions across multiple cloud environments, and shows which identities can access which resources. It identifies risky, unused, or excessive permissions, helps reduce them so users and workloads receive only the access they need, tracks changes, and provides reports and compliance information for security teams.

Polaris distinguishes CIEM from related disciplines. CIEM manages cloud entitlements and asks who can access what, IAM manages identities through SSO, MFA, and access policies, CSPM checks cloud security settings, and PAM manages privileged accounts through password control and session management.

Multi-Cloud Security and Rapid Cloud Adoption

Organizations use AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud simultaneously, each with its own tools, policies, and permission structures. CIEM pulls this information into a single view, supporting multi-cloud security through centralized reporting and consistent management. Gartner expects global public cloud spending to reach USD 723.4 billion in 2025, up from USD 595.7 billion in 2024, and predicts that 90% of organizations will adopt a hybrid cloud strategy by 2027, creating opportunities for multi-cloud security providers.

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Zero Trust Security and Least-Privilege Access

Zero trust security does not assume users or systems should be trusted automatically. A 2025 StrongDM survey found that 81% of organizations had fully or partly implemented a Zero Trust model. CIEM supports this approach by mapping cloud permissions to specific users, workloads, and applications, and supports least-privilege access by helping organizations restrict access to what is required. As more organizations implement Zero Trust, they need better ways to manage identity-based security across cloud environments, creating an opportunity for CIEM vendors. Microsoft’s Entra Permissions Management offers visibility and control over permissions across Azure, AWS, and GCP, helping automate least-privilege access and unify cloud access policies.

Enterprise Adoption

Large organizations are using more cloud platforms, applications, and services, which creates a large number of users, service accounts, workloads, and permissions to manage. Remote employment has added users and devices requiring cloud access, and SaaS applications create more identities and permissions across the environment. CIEM gives security teams a clearer understanding of identities and entitlements as cloud estates become more complex.

Segments, Regions and Entitlement Visibility

Solutions accounted for 68.5% of the market in 2025, while services are expected to grow at a 35.5% CAGR as enterprises require support with deployment and management. North America held a 39.5% share in 2025, Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a 40.5% CAGR, and India at 41.2%. Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management gives security teams entitlement visibility across platforms and applications, yet integration remains a restraint, since teams must connect CIEM with IAM, security, and cloud platforms, adding deployment costs and the need for skilled resources: a 2025 Cloud Security Alliance survey found that 54% of organizations use four or more tools to manage data risks.

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