Cloud IAM and Misconfigurations — Roadmap Step & Resources
Overly permissive roles and policies as the leading cause of cloud breaches
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 2 days
- Roadmap: Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker
Before this step
Study resources
- AWS IAM Documentation (Article) — AWS's official IAM documentation covering roles, policies and least privilege.
- Cloud Misconfigurations Explained (Video) — Covers overly permissive IAM roles as the leading cause of cloud breaches.
- AWS Security and Compliance Explained (Video) — KodeKloud's practical explanation of cloud security and compliance fundamentals, directly applicable to shared responsibility and misconfiguration risks.
Part of
- Cloud Security Basics — section
- Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker roadmap — the full learning path