Amazon IAM

Learn what IAM is and how it can help improve security.

After looking into monitoring and its importance, it is time to review a topic associated with cyber security. A database contains valuable information for a company. Hence, keeping it protected from unauthorized access or even information leaks is one of the most important things to consider. In this lesson, we’re going to learn about IAM, the security solution offered by AWS.

Security overview

To maintain controlled access to a system, information is normally managed through users, user groups, roles and policies. This combination allows creating security levels and access levels. In this way, some users may view the information of a system but not modify it, and some may have permissions to make modifications.

What is IAM?

IAM is the ...