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AWS Security Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to AWS IAM

Name: AWS Security Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to AWS IAM
Price: 59 USD
Rating: 4.82 (61 reviews)
Author: Tamás Sallai

Become an AWS pro by understanding IAM, learning to write policies, and configuring access. Get hands-on with realistic examples, developed by AWS Solution Certified Architects.

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20 lessons

2 cloud labs

1h 30min

Created by Tamás Sallai

AWS Security Fundamentals: A Practical Guide to AWS IAM

What's included

20 lessons across 7 modules
24 quizzes with instant feedback
2 cloud labs with no setup required
AI Tutor on every lesson

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What You'll Learn

Learn how to write policies to control access in an AWS account.
Learn about AWS APIs and how to configure access by understanding the policy structure of AWS.
Understand how IAM evaluates access with some realistic examples.
Learn how to secure an AWS account using best practices and potential pitfalls.

Learning Roadmap

20 Lessons24 Quizzes2 Cloud Labs

Introduction

Get familiar with AWS IAM, access control policies, and security best practices.

AWS IAM

Access Control Basics

Unpack the core of IAM access control concepts, elements, and CloudTrail logging in AWS.

Where IAM controls access

Access elements: Principal

Access elements: Resource, Action, and Metadata

CloudTrail logging

User Management using IAM

Cloud Lab

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IAM Policies

5 Lessons

Break apart IAM policy elements, types, conditions, and explore the IAM policy editor.

Request Evaluation Flow and Examples

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of AWS IAM's request evaluation flow and access control mechanisms.

Role Management Using Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Cloud Lab

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How to Secure an AWS Account

3 Lessons

Solve problems in securing AWS accounts by managing IAM settings, RBAC, and automating security checks.

Conclusion

Focus on IAM’s critical role in securing AWS accounts through precise access control.

Wrap up!

Appendix

Build on essential AWS security and IAM concepts through the glossary.

Glossary

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

About this course

WHY I WROTE THIS COURSE

This course is about how AWS IAM works and how to write policies to control access in an AWS account. In this course, you will learn how AWS APIs work, explore different parts of the requests made to the APIs and elaborates on how access is determined. Additionally, you will dive into how to configure access inside AWS by describing the policy structure and the 5 policy types AWS supports. Further, you will become familiar with how the elements in the request and the policies fit together. You will also determine whether the operation is allowed or denied by demonstrating through several step-by-step realistic examples that show exactly how IAM evaluates access, thus providing templates for how to apply these protections to AWS environments. Lastly, this course offers you some practical tips on how to secure an account both as an administrator and as a developer. It explains the best practices and the usual pitfalls of AWS security.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tamás Sallai

Software engineer focusing mostly on cloud computing and web technologies. I'm especially interested in how to handle edge cases to end up with dependable software. One of my main focus is security and how each part affects the whole system.

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