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Supports identity-based policies Yes Identity-based policies are JSON permissions policy documents that you can attach to an identity, such as an IAM user, group of users, or role. These policies control what actions users and roles can perform, on which resources, and under what conditions. To learn how to create an identity-based policy, see IAM User Guide. With IAM identity-based policies, you can specify allowed or denied actions and resources as well as the conditions under which actions are allowed or denied. You can't specify the principal in an identity-based policy because it applies to the user or role to which it is attached. To learn about all of the elements that you can use in a JSON policy, see IAM User Guide. Identity-based policy examples for Direct Connect To view examples of Direct Connect identity-based policies, see Resource-based policies within Direct Connect Supports resource-based policies No Resource-based policies are JSON policy documents that you attach to a resource. Examples of resource-based policies are IAM role trust policies and Amazon S3 bucket policies. In services that support resource-based policies, service administrators can use them to control access to a specific resource. For the resource where the policy is attached, the policy defines what actions a specified principal can perform on that resource and under what conditions. You must To enable cross-account access, you can specify an entire account or IAM entities in another acc...

• • • • • 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 Maintaining a separate set of credentials to authenticate users and authorize access for each resource is not only tedious, it’s not scalable. A common way to solve this challenge is to use a central identity store such as Client VPN supports identity federation with SAML 2.0 for Client VPN endpoints. Deploying custom SAML applications can present some challenges, specifically around the mapping of attributes between what the SP expects to receive and what the IdP can provide. We’ve taken the guesswork out of the process and show you the exact mappings needed for the Client VPN to AWS IAM Identity Center integration. The integration lets you use AWS IAM Identity Center groups to not only grant access to create a Client VPN connection, but also to allow access to specific network ranges based upon group membership. We walk you through setting up all of the components required to implement the authentication workflow described in Figure 1. This consists of creating the custom SAML applications and tying them into Figure 1: Authentication workflow The steps illustrated in Figure 1 are: • The user opens the AWS-provided VPN client on their device and initiates a connection to the Client VPN endpoint. • The Client VPN endpoint sends an IdP URL and authentication request back to the client, based on the infor...

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Cloud security at AWS is the highest priority. As an AWS customer, you benefit from data centers and network architectures that are built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. Security is a shared responsibility between AWS and you. The shared responsibility model describes this as security of the cloud and security in the cloud: • Security of the cloud – AWS is responsible for protecting the infrastructure that runs AWS services in the AWS Cloud. AWS also provides you with services that you can use securely. Third-party auditors regularly test and verify the effectiveness of our security as part of the AWS Compliance Programs . To learn about the compliance programs that apply to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), see AWS Services in Scope by Compliance Program . • Security in the cloud – Your responsibility is determined by the AWS service that you use. You are also responsible for other factors including the sensitivity of your data, your company's requirements, and applicable laws and regulations. This documentation helps you understand how to apply the shared responsibility model when using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS). The following topics show you how to configure IAM and AWS STS to meet your security and compliance objectives. You also learn how to use other AWS services that help you to monitor and secure your IAM resources.

Regardless of where employees are working, they need to access their organization’s resources like apps, files, and data. The traditional way of doing things was to have the vast majority of workers work on-site, where company resources were kept behind a firewall. Once on-site and logged in, employees could access the things they needed. Now, however, hybrid work is more common than ever and employees need secure access to company resources whether they’re working on-site or remotely. This is where IAM gives secure access to company resources—like emails, databases, data, and applications—to verified entities, ideally with a bare minimum of interference. The goal is to manage access so that the right people can do their jobs and the wrong people, like hackers, are denied entry. The need for secure access extends beyond employees working on company machines. It also includes contractors, vendors, business partners, and people working on personal devices. IAM makes sure that each person who should have access has the right level of access at the right time on the right machine. Because of this, and the role it plays in an organization’s cybersecurity, IAM is a vital part of modern IT. With an IAM system, the organization can quickly and accurately verify a person’s identity and that they have the necessary permissions to use the requested resource during each access attempt. There are two parts to granting secure access to an organization’s resources: Identity management an...