Managing IAM identities

In AWS, managing identities is a crucial aspect of maintaining secure and efficient access to your environment. In the following subsections, we will delve deeper into the types of identities and credentials used in AWS, review IAM users, groups, and roles, and explore the concept of external identities and federations in AWS. This integration allows you to align AWS IAM with external identity systems. We will also discuss best practices for managing IAM identities.

Managing both human and non-human identities

Human identities typically represent individual users having access to your environment. These users might be system administrators, developers, or business users who need access to AWS resources. Each human user is typically represented in AWS IAM as an IAM user. IAM users can be grouped into IAM groups for easier management. Each IAM user can be assigned individual security credentials, such as passwords and access keys.

Non-human identities...