Amazon IAM
Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely. Using IAM, you can create and manage AWS users, groups, roles, and policies, and use permissions to allow and deny their access to AWS resources. IAM is a feature of your AWS account offered at no additional charge.
APIs
AWS IAM API
The AWS IAM API provides programmatic access to manage users, groups, roles, policies, and access keys for securing access to AWS services and resources.
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FINOPSFeatures
Create, manage, and delete IAM users with fine-grained permissions.
Define IAM roles that can be assumed by users, services, or applications.
Create and attach identity-based and resource-based policies to control access.
Enable MFA for IAM users to add an extra layer of security.
Programmatically manage AWS access keys for long-term credentials.
Use permission boundaries to define the maximum permissions an entity can have.
Centrally control the maximum available permissions across AWS accounts.
Use Cases
Grant only the permissions required for specific tasks to reduce the attack surface.
Enable users in one AWS account to assume roles in another account.
Allow AWS services to access other services on your behalf through service roles.
Use STS to issue temporary security credentials for short-lived access.
Audit IAM configurations to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations.