Amazon IAM
Explore how Amazon IAM provides granular security controls for AWS resources by managing users, groups, roles, and policies. Understand IAM concepts like JSON policies, roles, and the principle of least privilege to protect valuable data in services like DynamoDB.
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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 ...