AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now enables AWS workloads in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region to securely authenticate with external services using short-lived JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).

Key Details

• AWS workloads in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region can authenticate with external services using short-lived JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
• Outbound identity federation eliminates the need for long-term credentials or complex workarounds when accessing third-party cloud providers, SaaS providers, and self-hosted apps.
• Administrators can enforce token properties via IAM policies and audit token usage using CloudTrail logs.

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