AWS IAM

Master AWS Identity and Access Management: users, groups, roles, policies, STS, SCPs, permission boundaries, cross-account access, RBAC/ABAC, and security best practices.

Topic 1: IAM Fundamentals

Understand what IAM is, authentication vs authorization, and how requests are evaluated.

2 Lessons
5 Sessions
6 Notes
Topic 2: Users, Groups, and Roles

Create and manage IAM users, organize permissions with groups, and use roles for temporary access.

3 Lessons
3 Sessions
6 Notes
Topic 3: IAM Policies Deep Dive

Master identity-based, resource-based, managed, inline, and trust policies.

2 Lessons
3 Sessions
5 Notes
Topic 4: Authentication Methods

Access AWS via console, access keys and CLI, SSH/certificates, MFA, and federation.

2 Lessons
4 Sessions
5 Notes
Topic 5: STS and Temporary Credentials

Use Security Token Service, trust policies, and AssumeRole for short-lived access.

1 Lessons
2 Sessions
3 Notes
Topic 6: SCPs and Permission Boundaries

Apply organization-wide guardrails and prevent privilege escalation with boundaries.

2 Lessons
3 Sessions
4 Notes
Topic 7: Cross-Account Access

Let a user in Account A securely access resources in Account B with AssumeRole.

1 Lessons
2 Sessions
3 Notes
Topic 8: RBAC and ABAC Access Control

Compare role-based access control with attribute-based control using tags.

1 Lessons
2 Sessions
3 Notes
Topic 9: IAM Best Practices and Advanced Topics

Apply least privilege, Identity Center, Access Analyzer, policy evaluation, and operational hygiene.

2 Lessons
4 Sessions
5 Notes
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Course Stats
  • Total Topics 9
  • Total Lessons 16
  • Total Sessions 28
  • Total Notes 40
  • Estimated Time 26.7 hours
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