SourceAWS IAM identity federation to external services is now available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud Region
AWS has enabled IAM identity federation for workloads in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud Region. This allows these workloads to authenticate with external services using short-lived JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
Why it matters
Organizations using this EU-based cloud can now securely connect to third-party SaaS and cloud providers without relying on risky long-term credentials.
The details
- Workloads exchange IAM credentials for short-lived JWTs to access external services.
- Administrators use IAM policies to control token properties and CloudTrail logs for auditing.
- The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is located entirely within the European Union.
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AWS European Sovereign Cloud is located in Germany
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud region is located in Germany.
AWS European Sovereign Cloud is located in European Union
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is entirely located within the European Union.
AWS IAM is related to AWS European Sovereign Cloud
AWS IAM identity federation is now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud Region.
AWS IAM is related to AWS CloudTrail
Administrators can audit IAM token usage using CloudTrail logs.
AWS IAM uses JSON Web Tokens
AWS IAM enables workloads to authenticate with external services using short-lived JSON Web Tokens.
AWS IAM uses Outbound Identity Federation
AWS IAM uses outbound identity federation to enable workloads to securely authenticate with external services.
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AWS owns AWS CloudTrail
AWS provides CloudTrail for audit event logging.
AWS IAM uses Access Control
AWS IAM identity federation lets administrators securely control access to AWS resources.
Related events
AWS IAM Outbound Identity Federation Launched in AWS European Sovereign Cloud Region
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