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📘 AWS IAM Explained Desi-Style — With Hall Passes, Principals & Guest Lecturers! (Part 1)
- The IAM School Series uses school analogies to simplify and explain AWS IAM concepts in a fun and relatable way.
- IAM is likened to a school's principal, managing security and access within AWS, ensuring the right people have the right permissions.
- IAM building blocks include IAM Users (students/teachers), IAM Groups (departments), IAM Roles (guest lecturers), Policies (hall passes), Trust Policies, Authentication, and Authorization.
- IAM ensures least privilege access, granting only necessary permissions to users like allowing uploading logs but restricting other actions.
- Trust in IAM refers to who can assume a role, while Permissions dictate what actions can be taken, similar to approving a guest speaker in a school scenario.
- Real-world examples like granting Lambda permission to write to DynamoDB illustrate the application of Trust and Permissions policies.
- IAM simplifies complex AWS concepts through relatable school scenarios, emphasizing the importance of least privilege access.
- IAM School Series aims to make learning IAM enjoyable with desi-style explanations and memorable visual breakdowns.
- IAM is compared to the school rulebook of the cloud, managing access and permissions like a principal.
- Future parts of the IAM School Series promise more desi-style IAM explanations, visual breakdowns, real-world AWS use cases, and the importance of permissions.
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