Cloud agnostic workload identity

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• creating a cloud native workload identity (CNWI) and assigning the CNWI to an instance of a workload to be instantiated in a cloud computing environment of a cloud service provider (CSP);
• translating the CNWI into a cloud agnostic workload identity (CAWI) and assigning the CAWI to the workload instance;
• and
• using the CAWI by the workload instance to communicate with other workloads in the CSP or other CSPs.

At least one tangible non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed by a processor in a computing system cause the processor to:

• create a cloud native workload identity (CNWI) and assign the CNWI to an instance of a workload to be instantiated in a cloud computing environment of a cloud service provider (CSP);
• translate the CNWI into a cloud agnostic workload identity (CAWI) and assign the CAWI to the workload instance;
• and
• use the CAWI by the workload instance to communicate with other workloads in the CSP or other CSPs.