Tag: AWS Identity

In the AWS Security Profile series, I interview some of the humans who work in AWS Security and help keep our customers safe and secure. In this profile, I interviewed Liam Wadman, Senior Solutions Architect for AWS Identity. Pictured: Liam making quick informed decisions about risk and reward How long have you been at AWS […]

Remek Hetman, Principal Solutions Architect on the Identity Solutions team In this profile, I met with Ilya Epshteyn, Senior Manager of the AWS Identity Solutions team, to chat about his team and what they’re working on. Let’s start with the basics. What does the Identity Solutions team do? We are a team of specialist solutions […]

July 20, 2023: This post had been updated on the code samples to match the most recent documentation for the JavaScript SDK and the Verified Permissions API. June 28, 2023: The article has been updated to make the console example and documentation consistent. AWS customers already use Amazon Cognito for simple, fast authentication. With the […]

November 6, 2025: The MFA Security Key program, which provided eligible customers with free MFA devices, has been discontinued effective November 6th, 2025. While existing devices will continue to function normally, no new orders for MFA security keys will be accepted after the program closure date. Since the broad launch of our multi-factor authentication (MFA) […]

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we shared an overview of some of the most important 2021 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security service and feature launches. In this follow-up, we’ll dive deep into additional launches that are important for security professionals to be aware of and understand across all AWS services. There have already […]