Amazon IAM
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service that helps you securely control access to AWS resources. With IAM, you manage users and their permissions to use AWS services and resources, allowing you to define who can access what, under which conditions.
Core Information
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Overview & Role
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service that helps you securely control access to AWS resources. With IAM, you manage users and their permissions to use AWS services and resources, allowing you to define who can access what, under which conditions.
Domain Classification & Tags
Performance Profile
#performance_profileTypical read and write throughput, payload size and processing latency.
Read Performance Profile
Throughput: High (designed for frequent, low-latency authorization checks)
Payload Size: Small (typically policy documents, user/role metadata)
Processing Latency: Low (tens of milliseconds, often single-digit milliseconds for cached or regional requests)
Write Performance Profile
Throughput: Moderate (designed for administrative operations, not high-volume data writes)
Payload Size: Small to Medium (policy documents, user/role creation/update requests)
Processing Latency: Moderate (hundreds of milliseconds to a few seconds, depending on complexity and propagation)
Architecture Diagram
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Features
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Typical Use Cases
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Known Customers
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Known Integrations
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Connectors
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Reference Architectures
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Security Features
#security_featuresBuilt-in security and access-control capabilities.
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Known Issues
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Guidelines
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Standards & Compliance
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