AWS Identity and Access Management - Basics

In this course, you will gain a foundational understanding of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). You will learn the basics of IAM, consider advantages of using IAM, and explore IAM integration with services. IAM enables you to securely manage access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings and resources. Using IAM, you can create and manage AWS users and groups, and use permissions to allow and deny their access to AWS resources. IAM is a feature of your AWS account, offered at no additional charge. You will be charged only for use of other AWS services by your users. Course provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Course level: Fundamental
• Duration: 15 minutes

Activities

This digital course includes presentations, videos, and assessments.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of IAM
• Explain the advantages of IAM and explore them
• Access AWS services using IAM

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Cloud professionals
• Security investigators
• Software developers
• DevOps administrators
• IT administrators
• Network administrators
• Partners enrolled in Partner-Led Support
• AWS customers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (recommended)

Course outline

Introduction to IAM video

• Authentication vs. authorization
• Root account credentials
• What, why, and where of IAM
• IAM service access review