AWS Security Blog
Tag: Amazon Verified Access
How we designed Cedar to be intuitive to use, fast, and safe
This post is a deep dive into the design of Cedar, an open source language for writing and evaluating authorization policies. Using Cedar, you can control access to your application’s resources in a modular and reusable way. You write Cedar policies that express your application’s permissions, and the application uses Cedar’s authorization engine to decide which […]
How to use AWS Verified Access logs to write and troubleshoot access policies
On June 19, 2023, AWS Verified Access introduced improved logging functionality; Verified Access now logs more extensive user context information received from the trust providers. This improved logging feature simplifies administration and troubleshooting of application access policies while adhering to zero-trust principles. In this blog post, we will show you how to manage the Verified Access […]
A walk through AWS Verified Access policies
AWS Verified Access helps improve your organization’s security posture by using security trust providers to grant access to applications. This service grants access to applications only when the user’s identity and the user’s device meet configured security requirements. In this blog post, we will provide an overview of trust providers and policies, then walk through […]
Three key security themes from AWS re:Invent 2022
AWS re:Invent returned to Las Vegas, Nevada, November 28 to December 2, 2022. After a virtual event in 2020 and a hybrid 2021 edition, spirits were high as over 51,000 in-person attendees returned to network and learn about the latest AWS innovations. Now in its 11th year, the conference featured 5 keynotes, 22 leadership sessions, […]