What Is IAM?
Explore the fundamentals of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including its key components like users, roles, policies, and how it secures access by authenticating and authorizing users. This lesson helps you understand why IAM is essential for managing permissions safely without using 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 is the authenticated entity accessing).
This lesson will focus on the importance of IAM, its components, operational mechanisms, and best practices.
Why do we need IAM?
When we create an AWS account, we are provided with the login credentials. ...