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Understanding IAM and Basic Network Security in the Cloud

In this lab, you will be creating a user in AWS IAM and creating new firewall rules within your environment. When addressing security concerns of your environment, it is important to understand how to design a safe network to allow only the access that is needed. In the end, you will learn how to create a basic user and protect your network with the most used firewall rules.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Published
Clock icon Nov 03, 2023

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create a New User in IAM

    Here you will create a new user in the AWS IAM console.

  2. Challenge

    Create Firewall Rules to Allow Certain Traffic within the Network

    Here is where you will create firewall rules within a security group.

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