AWS Security Flashcards
Who has complete access to all the AWS services and resources in the account?
AWS Root User
What enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely?
AWS Identity and Management (IAM)
What is a JSON document that allows or denies permissions to AWS services and resources?
IAM Policy
What represents the person or application that interacts with AWS services and resources?
IAM User
What is a collection of IAM users?
IAM Groups
What is an identity that you can assume to gain temporary access to permissions?
IAM Roles
What service consolidates and manages multiple AWS accounts within a central location?
AWS Organizations
What enables you to place restrictions on the AWS services, resources, and individual API actions that users and roles in each account can access?
Service Control Policies (SCP)
True or False. Consolidated billing is a feature of AWS Organizations and allows for bulk discounts.
True
What do you call the grouping of multiple AWS accounts?
Organizational Units
What is a service that provides on-demand access to AWS security and compliance reports and select online agreements?
AWS Artifacts
What allows you to review, accept, and manage agreements for an individual account and for all your accounts in AWS Organizations?
AWS Artifact Agreements
What provides compliance reports from third-party auditors?
AWS Artifact Reports
What contains resources to help you learn more about AWS compliance?
AWS Compliance Center
What is a deliberate attempt to make a website or application unavailable to users?
Denial of service