Glossary term
What is IAM (Identity and Access Management)?
IAM stands for Identity and Access Management.
In DevOps
Who is allowed to do what in your AWS account — users, roles, permissions and policies.
Learn it properly · DevOpsLesson 5: AWS Account and IAM: Identity and AccessWho is allowed to do what in your AWS account. Users, groups, policies, roles and least privilege — the lesson that protects you from the expensive mistakes, and it costs nothing to set up.In System Design
Managing users, roles and permissions (especially in cloud). Example: An AWS role allowing a service to read one bucket.
Learn it properly · System DesignLesson 51: Encryption & Secrets ManagementUnencrypted traffic “inside our network”, an unencrypted backup in a public bucket, a database password pushed to GitHub. Where to encrypt in transit and at rest, who holds the keys, how envelope encryption and KMS work, end-to-end encryption, and how to store, deliver and rotate secrets.