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AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By : Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott
Book Image

AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By: Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott

Overview of this book

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently the leader in the public cloud market. With an increasing global interest in leveraging cloud infrastructure, the AWS Cloud from Amazon offers a cutting-edge platform for architecting, building, and deploying web-scale cloud applications. As more the rate of cloud platform adoption increases, so does the need for cloud certification. The AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate Guide is your one-stop solution to gaining certification. Once you have grasped what AWS and its prerequisites are, you will get insights into different types of AWS services such as Amazon S3, EC2, VPC, SNS, and more to get you prepared with core Amazon services. You will then move on to understanding how to design and deploy highly scalable applications. Finally, you will study security concepts along with the AWS best practices and mock papers to test your knowledge. By the end of this book, you will not only be fully prepared to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam but also capable of building secure and reliable applications.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Mock Test 1
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Mock Test 2

Understanding Access Control

Having a solid understanding of how AWS manages and implements access control for your AWS resources is essential if you want to pass the exam. Security features heavily in the exam; it's expected that you will be able to determine the best methods of access, and will also have the ability to define and recommend different access control methods, depending on a specific set of scenario requirements.

In this chapter, we will look at a range of different access control methods, with a special focus on the Identity and Access Management (IAM) service. We will also explain the differences between authorization and authentication, which can sometimes be misconstrued as the same principle, even though the two are very different mechanisms.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Authentication, authorization, and access control
  • Authentication...