AWS Identity and Access Management Service Flashcards
1
Q
Policies
A
Documents that define permissions and can be applied to users, groups and roles
2
Q
IAM user
A
Entity that represents person or service
3
Q
Groups
A
Collections of users that have policies attached to them
4
Q
Roles
A
“Assumed” by trusted entities and can be used for delegation
5
Q
Access Key
A
Consists of an Access Key ID and a secret access key
6
Q
What is an Access Key used for?
A
Programmatic access to the API
7
Q
What are the two main ways to authenticate on AWS?
A
Access Key and AWS password
