Explain the difference between identity-based policies and resource-based policies, and give an example use case for each.

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Lingesh Kumar K · Accepted Answer

Identity-based policies are attached to users, groups, or roles to grant permissions (e.g., allowing an IAM user to access S3). Resource-based policies are attached directly to resources to control who can access them (e.g., an S3 bucket policy allowing another account to read objects).

Explain the difference between identity-based policies and resource-based policies, and give an example use case for each.

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