IAM Flashcards
What is a region
A cluster of data centers
What is a Availability Zone
One or more data centers
What is IAM
Identity and Access Management
What is an IAM Group
A collection of IAM users
What is IAM Role
Permissions granted to trusted entities (i.e AWS services etc.)
How are IAM Users, Groups and Role created
They are assigned an IAM policy
What is an IAM Policy
JSON documents that assigns permissions to IAM users, groups and roles
How is an IAM policy defined
Permissions
What policy is assigned for a single user
Inline policy
How can user access AWS
CLI, SDK or Management Console
What are IAM Security Tools
Credentials Report and Access Advisor
What is a Credentials Advisor
An IAM Security tool that lists all of your accounts users and the status of their various credentials
What is an Access Advisor
An IAM Security tool that shows the service permissions granted to a user and where those services were last accessed
