Amazon Cloud Division Announces General Availability of AWS Authenticated Access
Verified Access is designed to address the security concerns associated with working from home or locations other than a fixed workplace without installing a VPN, and it’s a solution that promises to be more reliable than the commercial VPNs many of us may be using at some point. Customized access to our working servers.
The tool allows granular control over access to different apps and services, and a number of third-party integrations have been confirmed, including Okta.
AWS authenticated access
AWS also added two new features, demonstrating its commitment to making authenticated access better over time.
Integration with AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) means customers can protect web applications by filtering out common vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting while maintaining fine-grained control over access.
Additionally, the tool allows you to pass signing identity context to application endpoints, such as email, username, and other attributes. The announcement explains the following benefits:
“This enables you to personalize your application using this context without having to re-authenticate the user for personalization. The signing context allows the application to cryptographically verify that Authenticated Access has authenticated the request.
After helping customers migrate during the preview phase, the company provided two common use cases that might apply to companies looking to transition. They include AWS site-to-site VPNs and Internet-facing enterprise applications.
The post also touches on some key areas to consider before migrating applications to AWS authenticated access, highlighting the fact that the transition may not be as black and white as some would like.
