What is the primary purpose of AWS IAM Identity Center?

The primary purpose of AWS IAM Identity Center is to securely manage access to AWS resources. This service simplifies the management of permissions and identities across AWS accounts and services within an organization. By providing centralized access management, it allows organizations to enforce security policies, streamline user onboarding and offboarding, and manage role-based access controls effectively.

With IAM Identity Center, users can seamlessly sign in via single sign-on (SSO) using their corporate credentials, which enhances security by reducing the number of credentials users need to manage. This centralized approach to identity and access management is essential in ensuring that only authorized users gain access to specific AWS resources, thus minimizing the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.

In contrast, managing infrastructure as code, optimizing database performance, and analyzing security audits focus on different areas of AWS services that do not directly relate to identity management or securing access to resources. Therefore, these functions do not align with the primary role of AWS IAM Identity Center.