In this chapter, we are going to learn about AWS IAM. We will go through various IAM tools and features and their use cases and look at ways in which we can access IAM. We will deep dive into IAM authentication and authorization. Authentication includes identities such as users, roles, and groups, and authorization talks about access management, permissions, and policies for AWS resources. We'll walk through the benefits of IAM and how it can help us secure our AWS resources. Finally, we'll take a look at IAM best practices.
The following is a snapshot of what we'll cover in this chapter:
- IAM features and tools
- IAM authentication
- IAM authorization
- AWS credentials
- IAM limitations
- IAM best practices
This chapter will help us understand user authentication and access control in detail. Essentially, IAM is our first step towards securing our AWS resources...