# AWS Identity and Access Management

## Intoduction

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service that helps you securely control access to AWS resources. You use IAM to control who is authenticated (signed in) and authorized (has permissions) to use resources.

## What are we going to cover

This module will primarily cover

* Misconfigurations with AWS IAM.
* Privilege escalation via IAM policy versions.


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