Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification and Beyond

You're reading from   AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification and Beyond A comprehensive guide to help you succeed in the AWS DVA-C02 certification exam

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801819299
Length 710 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Arrow right icon
Authors (2):
Arrow left icon
Rajesh Daswani Rajesh Daswani
Author Profile Icon Rajesh Daswani
Rajesh Daswani
Dorian Richard Dorian Richard
Author Profile Icon Dorian Richard
Dorian Richard
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS Accounts and Global Infrastructure 2. Chapter 2: Securing Access with AWS Identity and Access Management FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Understanding Object Storage with Amazon S3, Hybrid Storage, and Static Website Hosting 4. Chapter 4: Building Private Networks in the Cloud with Amazon VPC 5. Chapter 5: Understanding AWS Compute Services with Amazon EC2 and Storage Options 6. Chapter 6: Managing Multiple Datasets with AWS Relational and Non-Relational (NoSQL) Databases 7. Chapter 7: Building Application Solutions with High Availability, Elasticity, and Data Security 8. Chapter 8: Event-Driven Computing with AWS Lambda and Securing Access to Backend APIs with Amazon API Gateway 9. Chapter 9: Incorporating Edge Network Services to Connect to Your Application with Amazon CloudFront and Route 53 10. Chapter 10: Designing Deployment Strategies with AWS Elastic Beanstalk 11. Chapter 11: Deploying a Multi-Tier Application Stack with Amazon ECS, Fargate, and EKS 12. Chapter 12: Getting to Grips with DevOps Using AWS CI/CD Tools 13. Chapter 13: Building Infrastructure Using Code with CloudFormation and the Cloud Development Kit (CDK) 14. Chapter 14: Designing Serverless Applications with AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) and AWS AppSync 15. Chapter 15: Decoupling the Application Stack and Managing Data Ingestion 16. Chapter 16: Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail 17. Chapter 17: Accessing the Online Practice Resources 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Securing Access with AWS Identity and Access Management

Protecting AWS-hosted applications from unauthorized access is of paramount importance for any business. As an organization, you must ensure that only authorized entities can authenticate against your workloads. Furthermore, those entities must only be permitted to create and manage resources and perform tasks for which they are authorized. This concept is the principle of least privilege (POLP) and is fundamental to developing a secure environment. This chapter will teach you why authentication and authorization services are crucial. You will understand the importance of providing various access options to authenticate internal users and, where required, offer anonymous public access depending on the application use case.

In this chapter, you will learn about one of the foundational security services offered by AWS, identity and access management (IAM). You will learn how to create users, groups, and roles and how to grant...

You have been reading a chapter from
AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification and Beyond
Published in: Jul 2024
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781801819299
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime