From the course: Modern Cloud Security: Shift-Left, Observability, and Automated Defense
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Monitoring and auditing IAM
From the course: Modern Cloud Security: Shift-Left, Observability, and Automated Defense
Monitoring and auditing IAM
- [Instructor] Observability means keeping an eye on what's happening in your system so you can understand and fix problems quickly. For IAM in the cloud, observability is very important as it helps protect your resources and data. Here's why. With observability, you can monitor who is accessing your cloud resources and what they are doing. If someone tries to access something they shouldn't, you can detect it right away and stop them. Sometimes users or admins might accidentally give too many permissions or forget to secure something. Observability tools can alert you to these mistakes, so you can fix them quickly. In the cloud, things change fast. Someone might add a new user, update a policy, or remove a permission. Observability lets you track these changes as they happen and make sure they don't create risks. Monitoring IAM is useful for fixing problems faster if something breaks, like a permission issue or a failed login. Observability gives you the details you need to fix it…
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