Amazon Web Services Identity & Access Management (AWS IAM) Training

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Learning about something is always interesting, and learning about a happening technology is appreciative.
Along with gaining knowledge, you will also have a chance to build your career.
So, I will write about AWS IAM technology and its working in this AWS IAM training blog. I’m sure you will have a basic idea of this technology by the end of this blog.
Let’s get into it.
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What AWS IAM is.

• In simple words, AWS IAM has a distinctive approach to providing access and permissions control within the organization.
• IAM has overall control over who can use the resources and in which way they can use them. These also come under authentication and authorization.
• Even though the Cloud provides its services, its security is one of the most significant barriers to adopting Cloud.
• Whereas AWS IAM has a strong foundation for providing a smooth experience when giving security to its users, even dealing with SecOps and SysOps teams.
• AWS creates an exceptionally secure environment possibly.

Where is AWS IAM used?

• AWS allows users to choose servers, which makes AWS primarily popular. Many organizations have different requirements, and AWS meets the organizational requirements with utmost quality.
• AWS is the most helpful and trusted platform for disaster recovery and backup situations.
• Compared to others, AWS has various zones available throughout the world. Few services like starting and stopping services can be scheduled through AWS.
• AWS has a flexible pricing structure, making AWS a pretty popular one. Using various programming languages, you can manage cloud-based infrastructure with the help of AWS API.
These features of AWS make it attractive to any organization to choose it without having other options. Any organization that requires cloud computing help can choose AWS as its priority.

How is AWS IAM used?

• As AWS IAM deals mainly with Authentication and Authorization, let’s know how it works.
• Authentication means, within the AWS account, one can enable and issue authentication for people, services, apps, and resources with the help of managing and creating identities like groups, roles, and users.
• IAM plans provide a powerful and unique niche in access management and identity landscape.
  Authorization is also known as access management; policies and permissions control it.
• The policy is nothing but a set of rules as a document with more than one statement. Each procedure is designed to grant a set of permissions expressly.
• Policies are of two types, Managed and Inline policies. Managed policies are more standard and can be used by AWS. Users can also reuse these policies.
• Permissions allow users to perform various things on AWS resources. There are two ways to assign authorizations, Resource-based and Identity-based.
  

What are the advantages of AWS IAM?

• Manage IAM user access: You can assign security credentials like passwords, access keys, etc., for individuals after creating users in IAM. You can also request temporary security credentials to provide these features to users and access AWS resources and services. To control the user’s operations, users can manage their permissions.
• Manage federated user permissions: To provide access into the AWS Management Console, access resources, and call AWS APIs, you can have the power to allow existing identities (groups, users, and roles) by enabling identity federation without needing to create IAM user for every identity.
• Manage IAM permissions, roles: To control the performances operated by an entity or an AWS service that assumes the role, you can manage permissions and create roles in IAM. You can also order and control whether which entity can take the position.

What are the prerequisites required to learn AWS IAM?

Any person who has a professional background can learn about this technology with hands-on experience.
Even if you want to make a career out of it, it is possible. Though you can learn the technology without any prerequisites, you need to put effort into it.
It will give you an edge if you have a basic knowledge about Cloud-based technologies and people who have a developer background, Architect, Operations, Machine Learning.
Having these kinds of backgrounds makes it easier for you to learn about this technology without much struggle.

What is the future scope for AWS IAM?

As AWS includes working with technology and technological background has a good scope in the market, it would give you an advantage to getting hired into top reputed companies.
Some of the job roles for AWS IAM include:
• DevOps Engineer/Architect
• Cloud engineer
• AWS cloud specialist
• Technical Architect-Multi cloud
• Network and Infrastructure Management
• AWS administrator

How can certification for this course be done?

Once you have finished learning about this technology, you can get certification from Amazon officially. AWS announces dates to take exams on certification for this course.
You need to be updated to know when to take the exam. With proper preparation and learning, you can score good marks and certification.
These exams are available for Architecting, Services, loT, Storage, Serverless, Media Services, and more.

What are the partnered companies for AWS?

Listed below are the partnered companies to AWS. You can also have job opportunities in these companies.
• Cognizant
• InterVision
• Sirius
• Smartronix
• Blazeclan
• CloudComrade
• Accenture
• Deloitte.
• Slalom
• Contino

What are the training options available to learn about AWS IAM?

We provide two types of training options available, are Self-paced and Live Instructor, to know about them in detail:
Self-Paced include learning by yourself in your comfort zone by watching pre-recorded videos on the course. Assistance will be available to guide you at any possible time.
The instructor-led includes learning from an instructor, and you can grasp a good grip on the technology. Assistance will be available to guide you with any doubt you have.

Where to learn about this technology?

If you wonder where to learn this technology, you need not worry as I have a solution for you.
I learned about this technology on an online platform called CloudFoundation. It was easier for me to know about this technology from such a platform.
It gave me an in-depth detail of what this technology is about and how I can benefit from it. In simple explanation and easy teaching, I learned everything about this technology. I got guidance at every stage of learning which made my effort more manageable.

To conclude, IAM is all about managing the permissions of AWS for workloads and workforce users.

To control who can use what, IAM is required for every request, IAM enforces permissions. Only when permissions indicate “Allow” access is granted, if not then denied.
This is all about AWS Identity and Access Management. Many reputed companies choose this technology in their organizations to make their work effortless.
And learning it from professional trainers would give you a transparent experience to remember; with CloudFoundation, you can achieve it.

Keep learning! Good luck!