AWS IAM Works with Access Management
v How does IAM Work?
Identity
management solutions generally perform two tasks;
1.
IAM confirms that the user, software, or hardware is
who they say they are by authenticating their credentials against a database.
IAM cloud identity tools are more secure and flexible than traditional username
and password solutions.
2.
Identity access management systems grant only the
appropriate level of access. Instead of a username and password allowing access
to an entire software suite, IAM allows for narrow slices of access to be
portioned out, i.e. editor, viewer, and commenter in a content management
system.
v Difference
between Identity Management and Access Management:
Identity management confirms that you are you and stores information about you. An
Identity management database holds information about your identity- for
example, your job title and your direct reports- and authenticates that you
are, indeed, the person described in the database.
Access
management uses the information about your identity to determine which software
suites you’re allowed access to and what you’re allowed to do when you access
them. For example, access management will ensure that every manager with direct
reports has access to an app for timesheet approval, but not so much access
that they can approve their own timesheets.
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