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Course Introduction

This course provides hands-on experience and best practices for managing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to secure cloud access and permissions.

Welcome to this comprehensive lesson on AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Whether you’ve just joined as an AWS Solutions Architect, are responsible for securing cloud access, or manage permissions for your organization’s users and applications, this course will equip you with the best practices and hands-on experience you need.

Why AWS IAM Matters

AWS IAM is the foundational service for controlling secure access to AWS resources. With IAM, you can:

  • Create and manage users, groups, and roles
  • Define fine-grained permissions using policies
  • Implement robust access control for applications, services, and end users

Think of IAM as your roadmap to secure and compliant cloud operations.

What You’ll Learn

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Understand the core concepts of IAM (users, groups, roles, policies)
  2. Explore IAM best practices for least-privilege access
  3. Walk through hands-on labs to configure real-world scenarios
  4. Discover advanced features like managed policies, identity providers, and cross-account access

Whether you’re new or have some IAM experience, we’ll start with fundamentals and gradually move into advanced topics.

Ensure you have an active AWS account with administrative privileges to follow along with the labs.

IAM Key Components

Resource Type Description Common Use Case
User An individual identity Grant CLI or console access to an employee
Group A collection of IAM users Apply shared permissions to multiple users
Role A set of permissions assumed by entities Enable cross-account access or service permissions
Policy A JSON document defining permissions Attach to users, groups, or roles to allow or deny actions

Meet Sarah: A Use Case

Sarah is a cloud engineer tasked with:

  • Granting developers access to specific S3 buckets
  • Enabling an EC2 instance to retrieve secrets from AWS Secrets Manager
  • Auditing security configurations to comply with corporate policies

Through this lesson, you’ll follow Sarah’s journey—designing IAM policies, assigning roles, and enforcing least-privilege security.

Additional Resources & References

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AWS - IAM Level: Beginner Unlock the full potential of AWS security with our AWS IAM course, empowering you to efficiently manage access, permissions, and identity in your AWS environment

Course Duration: 2.23 Hours AWS - IAM Amin Mansouri Amin Mansouri AWS Technical Trainer

Description Unlock the power of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) with our comprehensive IAM Mastery course. IAM is the cornerstone of security and access control in Amazon Web Services (AWS). This course is designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage identities, access, and security within AWS.

Module 01: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management

In this foundational module, you’ll embark on your IAM journey with an understanding of the IAM basics. Explore the core concepts of IAM, learn about users, groups, and roles, and discover how IAM plays a pivotal role in securing your AWS resources.

Module 02: IAM Policies, Federation, STS, and MFA

Dive deeper into IAM with a focus on policy management, federated access, Security Token Service (STS), and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Understand how to craft fine-grained policies, set up federated identity providers, and enhance security with MFA.

Module 03: Configure AWS IAM at Scale

As your AWS environment grows, managing IAM at scale becomes critical. Learn advanced IAM configuration techniques to efficiently manage permissions and identities across multiple AWS accounts and resources. Explore IAM best practices, automated policy generation, and discover how to maintain consistency in large-scale IAM deployments. This course suits AWS administrators, security professionals, developers, and anyone responsible for managing access to AWS resources. Whether you’re new to AWS IAM or looking to enhance your IAM expertise, this course will equip you with the skills needed to secure your AWS infrastructure effectively.

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Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management

  • IAM Overview
  • AWS Account
  • Demo Creating AWS Account
  • IAM Users
  • Demo Create IAM User
  • AWS CLI and SDK
  • Demo IAM Groups
  • IAM Policies and Permissions
  • Demo Identity Policy
  • IAM Resource Based Policy
  • Page
  • IAM Permission Boundaries
  • Demo Permission Boundaries
  • IAM Roles
  • Demo Creating IAM Role
  • IAM Session Policies
  • Demo Session Policies
  • Auditing with CloudTrail
  • Demo CloudTrail

IAM Policies Federation STS and MFA

  • Inline vs Managed Policy
  • Demo Inline Policy
  • IAM Policy Building Blocks
  • Demo Policy with Conditions
  • MFA and Password Policies
  • Demo MFA and Password Policies
  • Security Token ServiceSTS
  • AWS Resource Access Manager
  • Identity Federation
  • AWS Private Link

Configure AWSIAM at Scale

  • Overview
  • AWS Organizations
  • IAM Cross Account Access
  • Demo Cross Account Access
  • Centralized Logging and Monitoring
  • CloudTrail
  • Monitoring Demo CloudTrail
  • CloudWatch
  • Demo CloudWatch
  • AWS Config
  • Demo AWS Config
  • IAM Anywhere
  • IAM Identity Center
  • Demo IAM Identity Center