What is IAM?
Explore AWS Identity and Access Management to understand how it secures cloud resources by controlling who can access what. This lesson covers IAM components like users, roles, and policies, explaining how authentication and authorization ensure safe AWS service access while avoiding security risks associated with root credentials.
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IAM (Identity and Access Management) is a security and management service of AWS. It is a global service that helps us provide external entities with secure access to AWS services or resources within our account. It takes care of both authentication (who is accessing the AWS account) and authorization (which services/resources the authenticated entity is accessing).
This lesson will focus on the importance of IAM, its components, operational mechanisms, and best practices.
Why do we need IAM?
When an AWS account is ...