Amazon IAM

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 solution that AWS offers to manage security and control access to the services offered by this cloud provider. This service regulates access to resources. In IAM, you can assign permissions to users or user groups, as seen in the security overview section. By default, all services on AWS have restricted access, which means it must be explicitly indicated if they can be accessed. It is strongly recommended to define the access to the information assets in a very granular way. In this case, the principle of least privilege guides us.