IAM Basics Flashcards
identities which represent humans or applications that need access to your account
User
Collection of related users
Group
Used by AWS services or for granting external access to your account
Role
Used when you can identify the individual thing that will log into that user
User
Used when the number of users is uncertain
Roles
Allow or deny access to aws services when they are ATTACHED to user, groups, or roles
Policies
IAM is used to manage identities
True
Term to prove you are who you claim to be
Authenticate
Term to allow or deny access to resources
Authorize
Is there a cost to use IAM such as creating a new user
No
Is IAM a global service
Yes
Does IAM allow the use of Identiy federation and MFA?
Yes
Long term credentials
AccessKeys
Set of credentials
User name + password