It absolutely is required beyond small 3 person startups. Google is great to get started but when you are dealing with a dozen or more developers, especially at large organizations IAM offers that granular control and overview.
Yes its a bit of a pain having to add policies sometimes when you are first getting started but once it's up and running you can rest easy.
Learning it isn't that much more time consuming or difficult, its just a bit of effort that is all (we are talking a few hours at most).
Yes its a bit of a pain having to add policies sometimes when you are first getting started but once it's up and running you can rest easy.
Learning it isn't that much more time consuming or difficult, its just a bit of effort that is all (we are talking a few hours at most).