# Security in AWS: IAM Best Practices and Advanced Techniques

DevFeed: [Security in AWS: IAM Best Practices and Advanced Techniques](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/security-in-aws-iam-best-practices-and-advanced-techniques-18016.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.guilleojeda.com/security-in-aws-iam-best-practices-and-advanced-techniques>)

Author: Guillermo Ojeda

Published: 2024-03-20T00:41:01Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Guille Ojeda](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/guille-ojeda.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>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Infrastructure as code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-code.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-iam.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iam.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [techniques](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/techniques.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on AWS IAM fundamentals, best practices, and advanced techniques. It covers users, groups, roles, IAM policies, granular access control, cross-account access, and automating IAM with Infrastructure as Code.

## Source excerpt

AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management) is the backbone of any AWS security strategy. It's the service that controls who can access your AWS resources and what actions they can perform. Get IAM right, and you're well on your way to a secure cloud de...