AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 Cert Guide, 2nd Edition

Chapter 9

AWS Access Management

This chapter covers the following subjects:

• Identity and Access Management: Where would your AWS architecture be if you didn’t have the ability to secure it? It would be in a very, very bad place. IAM is a key ingredient for AWS security, and this section of the chapter ensures that you understand the components of IAM in AWS and how the parts work together to help secure your environment.

• Best Practices with IAM: While AWS makes IAM pretty simple, you should always follow the generally accepted best practices. This part of the chapter describes these best practices for you.

• Other Access Management-Related AWS Services: While IAM is the star of this chapter, there are many other important AWS services you need ...