This course covered all things related to IAM users, from the user dashboard, to the creation and management of users. AWS IAM is one of those services that you need to become very familiar with as it's a fundamental part of your security process and ties in with any security governance controls that you might need to adhere to, whether they are either internal or external. Having a solid grasp of how to manage your users in IAM will help prevent you from having unnecessary security risks and exposures within your environment.

IAM user management is key to maintaining secure access controls at both the programmatic and console level. You should ensure you are regularly reviewing the following. The groups that are associated with your users to ensure those user still need access to those groups. You should monitor the Last Activity to identify any users who could potentially be removed and deleted from IAM. Implement multi-factor authentication, especially for any users who have an elevated level of permission.

Rotate and change passwords regularly. Remove console access for those users who have not signed into it for an extended period of time. Rotate access keys on a regular basis. And remove programmatic access for users who have not used their Access Key for an extended period of time.

That now brings me to the end of this lecture and to the end of this course, and so you should now have a greater understanding of IAM users and how to create, manage and review them to maintain a secure environment. Feedback on our courses here at Cloud Academy is valuable to both us as trainers and any students looking to take the same course in the future. If you have any feedback, positive or negative, it would be greatly appreciated if you can contact support@cloudacademy.com. Thank you for your time and good luck with your continued learning of cloud computing. Thank you.