Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Types:

• AWS Identity and Access Management
• Cloud IAM (GCP)
• Single sign-on: Keycloak
• SailPoint
• CyberArk
• IAM Access Analyzer

Examples policies

• aws:RequestedRegion (April 2018)
• iam:ChangePassword
• arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ReadOnlyAccess

Related terms

• Acceptto, Perimeter 81 and TokenEx
• Deepnet Security
• OpenStack Identity - Keystone
• Access Management (AM) Magic Quadrant
• Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM)
• Amazon RDS IAM Authentication

Activities

• Read Security best practices in IAM https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html
• IAM FAQ

See also

• aws iam [ create-user, create-group, get-user, list-users | list-policies | list-attached-user-policies | attach-user-policy | list-attached-user-policies | list-roles | get-account-summary | put-group-policy | put-role-policy | put-user-policy | create-login-profile | aws iam delete-virtual-mfa-device | aws iam list-virtual-mfa-devices | aws iam create-saml-provider | aws iam list-account-aliases | aws iam create-role | aws iam change-password| enable-mfa-device | list-instance-profiles
• IAM: AWS IAM Identity Center, AWS Identity and Access Management, Google Cloud IAM, Azure IAM, SailPoint, CyberArk, CIAM, ForgeRock, iam:ChangePassword, aws iam, AdministratorAccess, Context keys, IAM Access Analyzer, AWS policy, AWS managed policies, IAMUserChangePassword, AWS Roles, List of AWS policies, Resource-based policy, aws-iam-authenticator, IRSA, RDS Authentication, AccessDenied, AWS Authentication, AWS IAM external access analyzer
• Single sign-on: Okta, Red Hat Single Sign-On, Keycloak, SAML, ADFS, Access Management Magic Quadrant, Oracle Access Manager, AWS SSO, Azure Active Directory, Federated authentication, Google Workspace: set up SSO via SAML for Amazon Web Services, Login with, Microsoft account, Shibboleth

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