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A Cloud Guru

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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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

45m

Published

Nov 03, 2023

Challenge

Create a New User in IAM

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

Create Firewall Rules to Allow Certain Traffic within the Network

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

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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