This course provides detail on the AWS Security, Identity, and compliance services relevant to the AWS Developer - Associate exam. These services are used to help secure and protect your resources and environment through access control mechanisms and encryption.
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Learning Objectives
- Learn what Identity Federation is
- Learn about the AWS services that can be used with it
- Understand how it's implemented
- Understand the benefits of AWS SSO and how it can be used to simplify user access at scale
- Create your own authentication mechanisms using Amazon Cognito
- Create your own customized UI for user sign in
- Create a secure user directory for all your applications and users
- Understand what is meant identity and access management and the difference between authentication, authorization, and access control
- Learn the components of IAM as well as its reporting features
- Understand the core principles of cross-account access using IAM
- How to implement and configure cross-account access
- Define how the Key encryption process works
- Explain the differences between the different key types
- Create and modify Key policies
- Understand how to rotate, delete and reinstate keys
- Define how to import your own Key material