# Identity & Access Management

IAM (Identity and Access Management) in Lenses is controlled by Groups. Users and service accounts belong to groups. Permissions are assigned to groups and apply to the users and service accounts in those groups.

Authentication of users is determined by the configured [authentication ](/latest/devx/5.5/deployment/configuration/iam/authentication.md)mechanism.

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