Introduction to IAM

Every organization has its unique set of tools, systems, environments, projects, and core functions. Within an organization, there exist many groups of people, departments, and business units that share the same services. However, each group will require varying levels of access to those services depending on their function and role within the organization.

For example, developers will require access to development environments that allow them to experiment and design new application features, whereas their access to production environments must be restricted. Similarly, junior system administrators should only be allowed to execute certain tasks and not have full administrative rights on critical workloads.

In this section, you will learn about AWS IAM and see how it may be used to implement crucial elements of cloud security. AWS IAM is a fully managed service that can help you define who or what can access your AWS account, what services can be accessed...