Lab - Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Posted 1 day 11 hours ago by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Study Method : Online
Duration : 1 weeks
Subject : IT & Computer Science
Overview
Explore AWS IAM through a hands-on lab focused on managing users, groups, passwords, policies, and service access.
Course Description

Explore access and permissions with AWS Identity and Access Management

Explore AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) by examining users, groups, credentials, and policies, then practise managing permissions and testing how policy changes can grant or restrict access to AWS services.

Discover how IAM policies shape service access

Bring these activities together by managing users and groups and testing the permissions provided by their policies. Develop a clearer understanding of how IAM credentials, groups, and policies work together to control access across AWS services.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

This course is ideal for architects, developers, and security engineers

Requirements

This course is ideal for architects, developers, and security engineers

Career Path
  • Exploring pre-created IAM Users and Groups
  • Inspecting IAM policies as applied to the pre-created groups
  • Following a real-world scenario, adding users to groups with specific capabilities enabled
  • Locating and using the IAM sign-in URL
  • Experimenting with the effects of policies on service access