3 - Introduction to IAM: Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies
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Practice Questions
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What does IAM stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about what management it refers to within AWS.
What do we call a collection of users in IAM?
💡 Hint: It helps manage permissions for several users.
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What does IAM allow you to do in AWS?
💡 Hint: Focus on the main purpose of IAM.
True or False: A role in IAM can be attached to a user.
💡 Hint: Consider how roles are meant to be assigned.
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Challenge Problems
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How would you grant a new employee access to view all resources in a specific S3 bucket while maintaining security best practices?
💡 Hint: Think about restricting access to a single bucket to follow the least privilege principle.
An application running on EC2 needs access to DynamoDB. What steps will you take to ensure it has the right permissions?
💡 Hint: Consider how to avoid using hard-coded credentials for security.
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