Policy creation is at the very center of Identity and Access Management in AWS. We will use these policies to enable permissions for users, groups, and roles. We are going to cover AWS managed policies and custom policies in this post.
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IAM Users And Groups
We are going to be talking about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) beginning with this post. If you have read through the previous two AWS posts then you should have already set up a labuser account and admin group.
Continue readingThe Shared Responsibility Model
In this post we will discuss the Shared Responsibility Model and how AWS shares security responsibilities with their customers. This is one of the most important concepts for us to understand in working with the cloud. AWS is responsible for securing the underlying infrastructure that supports cloud services. Customers are responsible for securing anything they put into the cloud or connect to the cloud. The customer’s responsibility is often referred to as “Security in the Cloud” and AWS’ as “Security of the Cloud”.
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Cloud Security Essentials 