Tag: Authentication

Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition offers multiple authentication methods to securely authenticate database user access and meet different security needs. The most common method of authentication is using a user name and password. This can create additional overhead for both users and database administrators to manage and rotate these credentials; it also requires additional investments in […]

January 2024: This post was reviewed and updated for accuracy. Storing user names and passwords directly in applications is not a best practice. Saving credentials as plaintext should never occur in a secure application. As a solution, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies can assign permissions that determine who is allowed to manage Amazon […]

September 8, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. In this blog post, we show how you can secure your Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) domain with authentication and authorization based on Microsoft Active Directory (AD). You do so by using an Nginx reverse proxy, running custom authorization code. […]