Identity Federation for Amazon Web Services

Name: Identity Federation for Amazon Web Services
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Explanation of typical questions on Identity Federation appearing in AWS Certified Solutions Architect exams

Created byOstap Soroka

Last updated 11/2018

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What you'll learn

Understand AWS identity federation scenarios.
Answer certification exam questions on this topic.

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 34m total length

Introduction6:00
Identity federation in AWS is explained by this course, covering authentication vs authorization and how a trusted identity provider enables cross-system access for a service provider, improving security.
Federation Broker scenario6:46
Explore how a federation broker acts as a proxy that authenticates corporate users against a local identity store, issues temporary AWS credentials, and enforces permissions via internal policy.
Web Identity Federation scenario6:59
Explore AWS web identity federation using OpenID Connect with third-party providers, configure Cognito providers and roles, and grant mobile apps temporary credentials via assume role.
SAML Federation scenario9:40
Learn how SAML 2.0 federation connects an internal identity provider with AWS as the service provider, issuing SAML assertions to grant temporary credentials and enable single sign-on.
Cross Account Access scenario3:00
Learn how cross-account access works in AWS identity federation by creating a trusted account role with minimum permissions and using assume role for temporary access.
Approaching the exam1:40
Apply Folarin strategies to approach certification exams with long questions, read from the end, identify the exact question, and focus on relevant facts to save time by staying rested.

Requirements

Good understanding of web programming. Basic understanding of AWS cloud.
Understanding what Amazon Resource Name (ARN) is
Understanding of AWS IAM Roles and Policies
Understanding of AWS IAM Access Key Id and Secret Access Key

Description

This course focuses on topic of Identity Federation in Amazon Web Services.

I gathered typical question scenarios about AWS Identity Federation that appear in AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional exams. I explain in detail how to approach those questions. I use visual diagrams and simple analogies to make it easy to understand.

Federation scenarios explained:

Federation broker
Wen Identity Federation
SAML Federation
Cross Account Access

After completing this course you will be better prepared to AWS certification exam.

Who this course is for:

One aiming to pass AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional exam