AWS IAM - Identity and Access Management – Users, Roles, Policies
90 Days of Cloud Challenge: Day 2
By Sandip Das · · 5 min read
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Hey — It's Sandip Das 👋
We should learn AWS IAM, which is the foundation of securing AWS resources by managing access through users, roles, and policies.
Mastering IAM ensures least-privilege access, compliance, and secure automation across cloud environments.
We should learn AWS IAM, which is the foundation of securing AWS resources by managing access through users, roles, and policies.
Mastering IAM ensures least-privilege access, compliance, and secure automation across cloud environments.
📚 Key Learnings
- Understand the purpose of IAM in AWS for secure access management.
- Learn the difference between Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies.
- Explore IAM best practices: least privilege, password policies, MFA, access keys.
- Grasp the concept of temporary credentials and cross-account roles.
- Learn about policy structure (JSON): statements, effects, actions, and resources.
🧠 Learn here
What is IAM?
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) i
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Topics: AWS, CloudOps, Community, AWS IAM, 90 Days of Cloud