# AWS IAM in layman's terms

DevFeed: [AWS IAM in layman's terms](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/aws-iam-in-layman-s-terms-29585.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/aws-iam-in-laymans-terms/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Shuo Yang)

Published: 2021-06-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam.md>), [IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iam.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Infrastructure as code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-code.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [aws-iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-iam.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [diagram](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diagram.md>), [figure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figure.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iam.md>), [infrastructure-as-code-iac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code-iac.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains AWS IAM roles, STS, identity pools, and IAM policy mechanisms. It focuses on separating access-control responsibilities between central security or platform teams and individual application development teams, including the interaction between permission boundaries and identity-based policies.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to leverage the right AWS IAM policy mechanisms to build responsibility separation between a central platform team and individual development teams.