#1 My Whizlabs Lab Journey - Security
Lab 1: Introduction to AWS Identity Access Management (IAM)
Lab Outcomes
- In this lab, I created 4 IAM users & 2 IAM groups. At the time of the IAM groups creation, I then attached the required IAM policies, added John and Sarah to the Dev Team group, and added Ted and Rita to the HR Team group.
The 4 IAM Users were created.
The Dev-Team and HR-Team IAM Groups created
I also learned how to attach a policy while creating the IAM groups and I have learned how to allow a specific user/group to access services and resources in my AWS account.
Dev-Team with AmazonEC2ReadOnlyAccess and AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess policies added
HR-Team with Billing policy attached
Passed the lab validation checks.
Do You Know?
In 2021, AWS IAM introduced a new feature called Access Analyzer, which uses automated reasoning to help identify the resources that an IAM policy allows or denies access to. This can be useful for identifying unintended access and for auditing IAM policies to ensure they conform to security best practices. Access Analyzer also provides recommendations for how to modify policies to remove unintended access, making it easier to maintain a secure AWS environment
Lab Link: https://www.whizlabs.com/labs/introduction-to-aws-identity-access-management-iam