Identity and Access Management (IAM) is one of the core services in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Without IAM, you really don’t have a viable cloud solution. IAM allows you to secure your AWS resources, controlling authentication (the “who”) and authorization (what they can do).
In this video, using a mix of slides and hands-on demos, I’ll provide an overview of IAM and its four main constructs: users, groups, roles and policies (and how to attach them).
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00:00 - Overviewing the need for Identity and Access Management (IAM) on AWS
01:11 - Creating users in AWS IAM
04:37 - Creating user groups in AWS IAM
05:35 - Understanding roles in AWS IAM
09:36 - Understanding permissions policies in AWS IAM
13:44 - Attaching policies to users, groups and roles in AWS IAM
16:47 - Creating a role and assigning permissions in AWS IAM
18:22 - Summarizing AWS IAM concepts