# Identity and Access Management for Network Flow Monitor
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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an AWS service that helps an administrator securely control access to AWS resources. IAM administrators control who can be *authenticated* (signed in) and *authorized* (have permissions) to use Network Flow Monitor resources. IAM is an AWS service that you can use with no additional charge.

**Topics**
+ [How Network Flow Monitor works with IAM](security_iam_service-with-iam-network-flow-monitor.md)
+ [AWS managed policies](security-iam-awsmanpol-network-flow-monitor.md)
+ [Service-linked roles](using-service-linked-roles-network-flow-monitor.md)