IAM - Identity & Access Management

Question 1

Which cloud security control ensures that only authorised and authenticated users are able to access your resources?

Answer 1

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Question 2

Which AWS Cloud Service is used to turn on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Answer 2

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Question 3

Which service allows an admin to create and modify AWS user permissions?

Answer 3

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Question 4

Which principle should be applied when assigning permissions to a user?

Answer 4

The least privilege principle

Question 5

What does an IAM Policy consist of?

Answer 5

A version, an ID (optional), and one or more individual statements

Question 6

What is the definition of IAM Roles?

Answer 6

An IAM entity that defines a set of permissions for making AWS service requests, that will be used by AWS services

Question 7

What two security tools does IAM offer?

Answer 7

IAM Credentials Report, and IAM Access Advisor

Question 8

What does the IAM Credentials Report contain?

Answer 8

The IAM Credentials Report lists all the users and the status of their various credentials

Question 9

What does the IAM Access Advisor do?

Answer 9

The IAM Access Advisor shows the service permissions granted to a user and when those services were last accessed