AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a global AWS service used to manage access to AWS resources. When an AWS account is first created, a root account is created automatically. The root user has full access to the account. However, it is best practice not to use the root user for everyday tasks. Instead, […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) started as an internal infrastructure used by Amazon. Over time, the company realised other organisations could benefit from the same infrastructure, so they began offering it as a service. The first AWS service launched was SQS (Simple Queue Service), which allowed applications to communicate asynchronously using message queues. Today AWS provides