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Updated 13th October 2025
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Business Development Associate
<50M USD, IT ServicesFAVORABLE
“IAM gives strong security control system for managing AWS permissions at scale”
We use AWS IAM regularly for managing developer access, service permissions and deployment workflows across different AWS resources. It's honestly one of those services that becomes essential once infrastructure starts growing. The role based access setup and integration with other AWS services works really well.
The biggest challenge is policy management. Debugging permission issues can get frustrating with complex IAM policies or cross account access. Still, once the structure is properly organized, it gives strong control and visibility over access management.
Director of IT Services
<50M USD, ConstructionCRITICAL
“A reliable and free system, although the somewhat complex management causes some insecurity.”
My perception of the product is good because it's robust and also free with our AWS account (we didn't know that initially). On the other hand, in my opinion, it's such a complex system to manage that even a minor error can't be avoided or customized without affecting, for example, applying or blocking several users.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.
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Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
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IAM gives strong security control system for managing AWS permissions at scale
We use AWS IAM regularly for managing developer access, service permissions and deployment workflows across different AWS resources. It's honestly one of those services that becomes essential once infrastructure starts growing. The role based access setup and integration with other AWS services works really well. The biggest challenge is policy management. Debugging permission issues can get frustrating with complex IAM policies or cross account access. Still, once the structure is properly organized, it gives strong control and visibility over access management. - It Security & Risk Management Associate<50M USDIT ServicesReview Source
Granular Permissions Enhance Security in AWS IAM Amid Policy Structure Challenges
As an administrator, my overall experience with AWS IAM has been very positive. This service provides a full framework for controlling access to resources across the AWS ecosystem. It allows me to define granular permission, manage identities, and enfore the least-priviledge access to the users, roles, and services. From an operational standpoint, IAM is to secure cloud workloads and ensuring that access to critical resources is always tight. - It Engineer50M-1B USDBankingReview Source
Highly scaleble and secure identity management with strong native AWS integration
AWS identity and Access management has been highly effective in enforcing secure, role-based access control across our cloud environment. it offers strong integration with AWS services, fine grained policy management and high reliability through policy configuration and troubleshooting can be complex without adequate expertise - MANAGER50M-1B USDServices (non-Government)Review Source
AWS IAM Enables Precision Access Yet Requires Advanced Skills for Administration
My experience with AWS AIM has been fundamental to our operations. As we manage a consumer credit platform, security and compliance are our top priorities. IAM acts as the backbone of our security posture, allowing us to enforce strict governance over who can access our private algorithms and sensitive customer PII. - Operations Manager<50M USDServices (non-Government)Review Source
Granular AWS IAM Policies Enhance Security but Increase Management Complexity
Managing access across our diverse infrastructure requires strict security controls. AWS IAM provides incredible granularity, allowing us to enforce least-privilege policies perfectly across our engineering teams. However, the sheer complexity of managing these policies at scale can become an operational bottleneck.
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