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Cloud and Infrastructure

331What is IAM and Why It Matters
332Authentication vs Authorization
333IAM Core Concepts: Identities and Resources
334The Principle of Least Privilege
335IAM Policies: The Language of Permissions
336Identity-Based vs Resource-Based Policies
337Effect, Action, and Resource in Policies
338Policy Evaluation Logic
339Root Account and Administrative Access
340IAM Service Boundaries and Scope
341Temporary vs Permanent Credentials
342Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Basics
343Access Keys and Credential Management
344IAM Audit and Compliance Logging
345Users vs Service Accounts
346Creating and Managing User Identities
347User Authentication Methods
348Access Keys and Programmatic Access
349Groups Fundamentals
350Creating and Organizing Groups
351Assigning Users to Groups
352Roles vs Policies
353IAM Roles for Resources
354Cross-Account Roles
355Role Trust Policies
356Temporary Security Credentials
357Service-Linked Roles
358Instance Profiles and Metadata
359Group and Role Naming Conventions
360Auditing Group and Role Membership
361Policy Structure and Syntax
362Principal, Action, and Resource Elements
363Allow vs Deny Effects
364Policy Evaluation Logic
365Wildcards and Pattern Matching
366Condition Keys and Context
367Policy Variables and Dynamic Policies
368Least Privilege Principle
369Policy Boundaries and Guardrails
370Service Control Policies (SCPs)
371Policy Validation and Testing
372Access Analyzer for Policy Review
373Policy Versioning and Change Management
374Common Policy Anti-Patterns
375Policy Documentation and Governance
376AWS IAM Service Overview
377AWS IAM Users and Root Account
378AWS IAM Groups
379AWS IAM Roles and Trust Policies
380AWS IAM Policy Structure and Syntax
381AWS IAM Policy Evaluation Logic
382AWS Service-Linked Roles
383AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO)
384AWS Organizations and SCPs
385Azure Active Directory Overview
386Azure RBAC Fundamentals
387Azure Built-in Roles
388Azure Custom Roles
389Azure Managed Identities
390Azure Service Principals
391GCP IAM Overview and Hierarchy
392GCP IAM Roles: Basic, Predefined, Custom
393GCP Service Accounts
394GCP IAM Conditions
395Cross-Provider IAM Federation

Cloud and Infrastructure

331What is IAM and Why It Matters
332Authentication vs Authorization
333IAM Core Concepts: Identities and Resources
334The Principle of Least Privilege
335IAM Policies: The Language of Permissions
336Identity-Based vs Resource-Based Policies
337Effect, Action, and Resource in Policies
338Policy Evaluation Logic
339Root Account and Administrative Access
340IAM Service Boundaries and Scope
341Temporary vs Permanent Credentials
342Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Basics
343Access Keys and Credential Management
344IAM Audit and Compliance Logging
345Users vs Service Accounts
346Creating and Managing User Identities
347User Authentication Methods
348Access Keys and Programmatic Access
349Groups Fundamentals
350Creating and Organizing Groups
351Assigning Users to Groups
352Roles vs Policies
353IAM Roles for Resources
354Cross-Account Roles
355Role Trust Policies
356Temporary Security Credentials
357Service-Linked Roles
358Instance Profiles and Metadata
359Group and Role Naming Conventions
360Auditing Group and Role Membership
361Policy Structure and Syntax
362Principal, Action, and Resource Elements
363Allow vs Deny Effects
364Policy Evaluation Logic
365Wildcards and Pattern Matching
366Condition Keys and Context
367Policy Variables and Dynamic Policies
368Least Privilege Principle
369Policy Boundaries and Guardrails
370Service Control Policies (SCPs)
371Policy Validation and Testing
372Access Analyzer for Policy Review
373Policy Versioning and Change Management
374Common Policy Anti-Patterns
375Policy Documentation and Governance
376AWS IAM Service Overview
377AWS IAM Users and Root Account
378AWS IAM Groups
379AWS IAM Roles and Trust Policies
380AWS IAM Policy Structure and Syntax
381AWS IAM Policy Evaluation Logic
382AWS Service-Linked Roles
383AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO)
384AWS Organizations and SCPs
385Azure Active Directory Overview
386Azure RBAC Fundamentals
387Azure Built-in Roles
388Azure Custom Roles
389Azure Managed Identities
390Azure Service Principals
391GCP IAM Overview and Hierarchy
392GCP IAM Roles: Basic, Predefined, Custom
393GCP Service Accounts
394GCP IAM Conditions
395Cross-Provider IAM Federation

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Lesson 352 of 2,989·7. Identity and Access ManagementPro lesson

Roles vs Policies

Understand the difference between roles as identity containers and policies as permission definitions.

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