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AWS Security Profile: Liam Wadman, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Identity

AWS Security Profile: Liam Wadman, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Identity

In the AWS Security Profile series, I interview some of the humans who work in AWS Security and help keep our customers safe and secure. In this profile, I interviewed Liam Wadman, Senior Solutions Architect for AWS Identity. Pictured: Liam making quick informed decisions about risk and reward How long have you been at AWS […]

AWS Security Profile: Get to know the AWS Identity Solutions team

AWS Security Profile: Get to know the AWS Identity Solutions team

Remek Hetman, Principal Solutions Architect on the Identity Solutions team In this profile, I met with Ilya Epshteyn, Senior Manager of the AWS Identity Solutions team, to chat about his team and what they’re working on. Let’s start with the basics. What does the Identity Solutions team do? We are a team of specialist solutions […]

Simplify fine-grained authorization with Amazon Verified Permissions and Amazon Cognito

Simplify fine-grained authorization with Amazon Verified Permissions and Amazon Cognito

July 20, 2023: This post had been updated on the code samples to match the most recent documentation for the JavaScript SDK and the Verified Permissions API. June 28, 2023: The article has been updated to make the console example and documentation consistent. AWS customers already use Amazon Cognito for simple, fast authentication. With the […]

Expanded eligibility for the free MFA security key program

Since the broad launch of our multi-factor authentication (MFA) security key program, customers have been enthusiastic about the program and how they will use it to improve their organizations’ security posture. Given the level of interest, we’re expanding eligibility for the program to allow more US-based AWS account root users and payer accounts to take […]

Top 2021 AWS service launches security professionals should review – Part 2

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we shared an overview of some of the most important 2021 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security service and feature launches. In this follow-up, we’ll dive deep into additional launches that are important for security professionals to be aware of and understand across all AWS services. There have already […]