Enforcing access control with AWS IAM

Who is this course forThis course is mainly for cloud security engineers, security analysts, identity professionals, network engineers, IT technicians, system administrators, computer science students, AWS support engineers and anybody who is interested in starting a career in the IT industry or transitioning to a role in the cloud space. What you will learnHow to create IAM users, user groups and rolesHow to authenticate into AWS via the console, CLI and APIThe differences between permanent and temporary credentialsThe differences between global and service-specific condition keysHow to configure multi-factor authentication (MFA)The structure of IAM policiesHow to grant permissions using identity-based and resource-based policiesHow to restrict permissions using service control policies, session policies and permissions boundariesHow to create policies that adhere to the principle of least privilegeHow to work with named profiles on the AWS CLIHow to audit the activity of your IAM entities in the AWS cloudHow to set up SAML-based federation between AWS IAM and AWS IAM Identity CenterHow to troubleshoot common errors related to authentication and authorizationHow to troubleshoot complex policies with the policy simulatorThe AAA security frameworkHow to enrich your policies with paths and policy variablesHow to work around eventual consistencyPrerequisitesA good internet connectionA willingness to learnFAQsDo I need any previous experience. Any previous experience in the AWS cloud would be beneficial but not necessaryWill I incur any charges during this course.

AWS IAM is a free service so as long as you clean up your resources at the end of every exercise you will not need to pay anything extraDo I get any support with this course. Yes, any question you have will be answered in the most timely mannerWill I get a certificate of completion at the end. Yes, a certificate of completion will be awarded at the end.