IAM

Question 1

What are the 5 IAM best practices?

Answer 1

1 - Apply Multifactor Authentication (via QR or APP)
2 - Delete root access keys
3 - Create individuals IAM users
4 - Use groups to assign permissions
5 - Apply an IAM password policy

Question 2

What is my root account?

Answer 2

It’s the e-mail address you used to set up your AWS account

Question 3

How to assign permissions to groups?

Answer 3

By selecting policies to be attached to the group

Question 4

Why two users can have the same set of permissions?

Answer 4

They can inherit it from the Group

Question 5

What is a group policy?

Answer 5

Policies consist of a JSON

Question 6

How to access credential reports? Why is it useful?

Answer 6

Use IAM credential reports to audit the permissions of users/accounts

Question 7

What is generated in credential reports?

Answer 7

Passwords
Access Keys
MFA

Question 8

Why using roles are better them access keys?

Answer 8

Because roles are much more secure and easy to manage. With access keys, a hacked machine can have access to the entire AWS infrastructure rather them Roles that only allow the permissions associated with that particular role.