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AWS IAM Core Concepts

Understanding the fundamentals of identity and access management are foundational skills. This course will teach you the familiarity with AWS Identity and Access Management required to jumpstart your journey with IAM within AWS.

Beginner
1h 6m

Created by Fernando Medina Corey

Last Updated Jan 14, 2026

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AWS IAM Core Concepts

Understanding the fundamentals of identity and access management are foundational skills. This course will teach you the familiarity with AWS Identity and Access Management required to jumpstart your journey with IAM within AWS.

Beginner
1h 6m

Created by Fernando Medina Corey

Last Updated Jan 14, 2026

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What you'll learn

Understanding the principles behind correctly configuring identity and access management within an AWS context is a daunting challenge. In this course, AWS IAM Core Concepts, you’ll gain the ability to configure AWS IAM with confidence. First, you’ll explore establishing secure access to AWS. Next, you’ll discover how to implement policy and role-based access controls. Finally, you’ll learn how to design appropriate permission models for your AWS organization. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of AWS IAM needed to configure AWS IAM in your own applications.

AWS IAM Core Concepts
Beginner
1h 6m
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Fernando Medina Corey - Pluralsight course - AWS IAM Core Concepts
Fernando Medina Corey
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Fernando works full time learning the newest trends and tools in application development in order to share them with application developers and architects. He especially enjoys helping others learn about cloud infrastructure offerings to better support the needs of developers and the organizations that they work with.

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