Section 1: AWS Services and Tools

This part will give you a brief introduction to various Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. After completion of Section 1, you will have skills in AWS services and understand the various ways to manage your AWS infrastructure. Then, we will look at Identity and Access Management (IAM) to fine-grain the user permissions and follow the principle of least privilege. We will then explore some real-world scenarios to solidify the concepts.

The following chapters are included in this section:

• Chapter 1, Setting Up the AWS Environment
• Chapter 2, Protecting Your AWS Account Using IAM