Authentication and authorization are essential to data security. In this course, you’ll learn about the resources and services offered by AWS, and how authentication and authorization are managed on AWS. You’ll then learn about the AWS Management Console for managing services and the use of AWS accounts and their management. Next, you’ll examine IAM users, groups, and roles, as well as AWS regions and availability zones. You’ll see how to register an account on AWS, create an IAM administrative user, and manage IAM users with groups and roles. Lastly, you’ll examine how to enable and configure multi-factor authentication with AWS. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2020 certification exam.