Summary and Quiz

Let’s look at some key takeaways from this section and then we’ll put our learnings to a test by attempting a quiz.

Summary

Here’s a summary of the key takeaways from this section:

• IAM: IAM (Identity and Access Management) is a security and management service that provides external entities with secure access to AWS services or resources within the AWS account. It takes care of both authentication and authorization.

• IAM policy: An IAM policy is a JSON document that allows us to define the scope of permissions of the principal entities. There are six types of IAM policies: