The IAM oversight that could sink your security

Imagine leaving the front door of your house wide open with a sign that says, "Help yourself."

Seems absurd, right? Yet in the cloud, failing to control access to your AWS environment is the digital equivalent—a wide-open door that anyone can walk through.

That’s where AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) comes in. IAM lets you decide who can do what, when, and where—giving you the tools to secure your resources without compromising usability.

IAM handles two critical tasks: authentication (verifying identities) and authorization (defining permissions). It's a core, critical part of cloud security that ensures that only the right people—and services—can access your resources, and only under the right conditions.

In this newsletter, we'll cover:

• What IAM policies are and why they’re critical to AWS security

• The different types of policies and when to use them

• Best practices for writing secure, effective policies

By the end, you’ll have the tools to safeguard your AWS environment with precision – keeping your resources secure without hindering productivity.

Let’s dive in.