{"id":174739,"date":"2023-12-03T20:07:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=174739"},"modified":"2023-12-03T20:35:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:35:33","slug":"aws-identity-access-management-iam-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-identity-access-management-iam-how-does-it-work","title":{"rendered":"AWS Identity Access Management (IAM): how does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"174739\" class=\"elementor elementor-174739\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b737f4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b737f4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616d3a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"616d3a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Amazon IAM?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b35e0ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b35e0ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)<\/strong> is AWS&#8217;s identity and access management service. When you use any <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/amazon-web-services-aws-unveiling-the-power-of-the-amazon-cloud\">Amazon AWS service<\/a>, whether it&#8217;s web hosting,<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/why-kubernetes-has-become-an-indispensable-tool-in-data-science\"> Kubernetes clusters<\/a>, virtual machines, etc., you will automatically go through an authentication phase, during which the <strong>IAM service<\/strong> will grant you varying levels of access based on the permissions that have been assigned to you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a286df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"8a286df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290c0b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"290c0b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The different IAM entities<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe75160 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe75160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IAM<\/strong> has several entities that allow you to fine-tune access to different resources:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e9e96b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8e9e96b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}\n.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\n  overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\n.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\n  font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\n.tg .tg-yj5y{background-color:#efefef;border-color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:top}\n.tg .tg-9bmy{background-color:#9b9b9b;border-color:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;font-size:20px;\n  font-weight:bold;text-align:center;vertical-align:top}\n.tg .tg-0pky{border-color:inherit;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tg\">\n<thead>\n  <tr>\n    <th class=\"tg-9bmy\">Entity<\/th>\n    <th class=\"tg-9bmy\">Description<\/th>\n    <th class=\"tg-9bmy\">When to Use<\/th>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n  <tr>\n    <td class=\"tg-yj5y\" rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">User<\/span><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image4-1.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\" rowspan=\"2\">Every person needing access to your AWS resources should have a user account. Permissions are then defined through access policies.<\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\" rowspan=\"2\">Grant specific access to individuals for certain tasks.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td class=\"tg-yj5y\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Groups<\/span><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image1-2.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">This is a set of users with common permissions. Users can be added or removed as needed.<\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Grant common permissions to a group of user accounts.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td class=\"tg-yj5y\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Roles<\/span><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image7-1.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Roles are used to temporarily grant permissions to users or AWS resources.<\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Use roles when you need to temporarily grant permissions to users or resources.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td class=\"tg-yj5y\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Access Policy<\/span><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image3-1.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"80\"><\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">A Json document defining permissions for one or more IAM entities. These policies determine the actions users can perform on resources and the conditions under which these actions can be performed.<\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Use access policies to define granular permissions for each IAM entity in your AWS account.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td class=\"tg-yj5y\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Credentials Report<\/span><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image6-1.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"55\"><\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">A report providing information on different authentications and authorizations in your IAM account.<\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Audit and monitor user access and detect security anomalies.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td class=\"tg-yj5y\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Identity Provider<\/span><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image5-1.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">A third-party service to provide authentication to your resources via other providers (Google, Facebook, Cognito, etc.)<\/td>\n    <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Authenticate through a third-party service rather than AWS credentials.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19dfbf2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"19dfbf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff17f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ff17f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does IAM work?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2dd36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea2dd36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>AWS IAM<\/strong> is fully compatible with most <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/choosing-the-right-cloud-provider-aws-vs-azure-vs-gcp-unveiled\">AWS compute,<\/a> container, storage, database and other cloud offerings. However, AWS IAM is not fully compatible with all platform offerings, so it&#8217;s best to check compatibility before implementing the service.<\/p><p>The <strong>IAM infrastructure<\/strong> is illustrated in the following diagram:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d648b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8d648b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/infrastructure-IAM.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a128c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33a128c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong> A principal (human user or application making a request to use <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-courses-and-certifications-how-does-it-work-the-complete-guide\">AWS resources<\/a>) uses its credentials to authenticate itself. A request is made to grant access to the principal. Access is granted by means of an authorization request. Once authorized, the principal is able to perform actions or operations on<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-certification-what-is-it-and-how-do-i-get-it\"> your AWS account.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78eda63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"78eda63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-218a17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"218a17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A few best practices<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e0b74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40e0b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2705 Never use the root user to perform routine tasks.<\/p><p>\u2705Human users must use temporary credentials to access AWS resources. You can use an identity provider for these users to assign them a role that will provide temporary credentials.<\/p><p>\u2705Use <strong>multi-factor authentication (MFA)<\/strong> for users and roles.<\/p><p>\u2705Provide regular access key rotation for uses requiring long-lasting credentials.<\/p><p>\u2705To grant the necessary permissions for a specific task, it is advisable to use minimal access policies based on the desired activity. IAM Access Analyzer will enable you to generate and audit these policies.<\/p><p>\u2705Regularly review users, accounts, roles, and security policies, and delete those that have become obsolete, or are unused.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a36e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"17a36e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64154d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f64154d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd42427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd42427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In conclusion, IAM lets you manage identities and access to an AWS account. 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