Summary
In this lesson, we shall be looking at how AWS provides many different means of authentication.
Learning Objectives
- The different methods of authentication that can be implemented when using AWS
- The difference between username/password and Multi-factor authentication
- How to configure MFA authentication
- The process in which programmatic authentication is managed
- How IAM roles can be used to authenticate and authorize EC2 instances to access resources
- How Key Pairs are used to authenticate you to newly created EC2 instances
- The different options available with regards to federated authentication
Intended Audience
- AWS Administrators
- Security Engineers
- Security Architects
- And anyone who is looking to increase their knowledge of security and authentication within AWS
Prerequisites
You should have a basic understanding of AWS IAM and what the service is used for. It would also be advantageous if you had some basic hands-on experience of Amazon EC2, but it is not essential.
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