AWS Security Blog
Tag: SAML
How to monitor the expiration of SAML identity provider certificates in an Amazon Cognito user pool
With Amazon Cognito user pools, you can configure third-party SAML identity providers (IdPs) so that users can log in by using the IdP credentials. The Amazon Cognito user pool manages the federation and handling of tokens returned by a configured SAML IdP. It uses the public certificate of the SAML IdP to verify the signature […]
How to use Google Workspace as an external identity provider for AWS IAM Identity Center
January 25, 2024: This post is no longer current. Please see this tutorial for the updated info. March 21, 2023: We modified the description of a permission set in the Introduction. March 8, 2023: We updated the post to reflect some name changes (G Suite is now Google Workspace; AWS Single Sign-On is now AWS […]
How to use customer managed policies in AWS IAM Identity Center for advanced use cases
September 23, 2022: This post had been updated to reflect main benefits on using CMPs with permission sets. Are you looking for a simpler way to manage permissions across all your AWS accounts? Perhaps you federate your identity provider (IdP) to each account and divide permissions and authorization between cloud and identity teams, but want […]
How to automate AWS account creation with IAM Identity Center user assignment
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. Background AWS Control Tower offers a straightforward way to set up and govern an Amazon Web Services (AWS) multi-account environment, following prescriptive best practices. […]
Configure AWS IAM Identity Center ABAC for EC2 instances and Systems Manager Session Manager
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. In this blog post, I show you how to configure AWS IAM Identity Center to define attribute-based access control (ABAC) permissions to manage Amazon […]
Authenticate AWS Client VPN users with AWS IAM Identity Center
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. AWS Client VPN is a managed client-based VPN service that enables users to use an OpenVPN-based client to securely access their resources in Amazon […]
Configure SAML single sign-on for Kibana with AD FS on Amazon Elasticsearch Service
September 9, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. It’s a common use case for customers to integrate identity providers (IdPs) with Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) to achieve single sign-on (SSO) with Kibana. This integration makes it possible for users to leverage their existing identity credentials and offers […]
Build an end-to-end attribute-based access control strategy with AWS IAM Identity Center and Okta
April 25, 2023: We’ve updated this blog post to include more security learning resources. September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. IAM Identity CenterThis blog post discusses the benefits of using […]
Building fine-grained authorization using Amazon Cognito, API Gateway, and IAM
September 8, 2023: It’s important to know that if you activate user sign-up in your user pool, anyone on the internet can sign up for an account and sign in to your apps. Don’t enable self-registration in your user pool unless you want to open your app to allow users to sign up. June 5, […]
How to create SAML providers with AWS CloudFormation
May 10, 2023:Read more updated information about creating SAML providers with AWS CloudFormation here. August 10, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. June 24, 2020: We updated the first 3 paragraphs of […]