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AWS IAM Flashcards

Purpose

Manage users and permissions

Root user

Account owner with full privileges

Policies

Documents that define permissions

Roles

Used to grant permissions to AWS services

Groups

Collection of users with shared policies

MFA

Adds an extra authentication factor

Temporary credentials

Provided via STS

Best practice

Use least privilege

User passwords

Can enforce rotation policies

API keys

Access key ID and secret access key

Identity federation

Allows external identities to access AWS

Service control policies

Govern permissions in AWS Organizations