Organizations often believe that creating IAM users and assigning policies is enough to secure AWS. In reality, most cloud breaches begin with identity misuse, over-permissioned roles, exposed credentials, or poor trust relationships.

In this session, we'll explore real-world IAM security mistakes, demonstrate how attackers abuse misconfigured identities, and show practical techniques to harden AWS environments.

Topics include:

IAM users vs IAM roles
Least privilege in practice
Permission boundaries
IAM Access Analyzer
AWS Organizations SCPs
Temporary credentials
MFA enforcement
Detecting risky permissions using CloudTrail

The session concludes with a live demonstration of common IAM misconfigurations and how to secure them using AWS-native services.

Attendees will leave with immediately applicable security practices they can implement in their AWS accounts.