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Category: Security

Evaluating access control methods to secure HAQM API Gateway APIs

This post is written by Bryant Bost, Cloud Application Architect. There is not a one-size-fits-all approach to access control for HAQM API Gateway. Properties of your application such as API type, identity provider, client access patterns, privacy requirements, and others influence the design of your access control solution. Understanding the types of access control available […]

Protecting your API using HAQM API Gateway and AWS WAF — Part 2

This post courtesy of Heitor Lessa, AWS Specialist Solutions Architect – Serverless In Part 1 of this blog, we described how to protect your API provided by HAQM API Gateway using AWS WAF. In this blog, we show how to use API keys between an HAQM CloudFront distribution and API Gateway to secure access to […]

Centralizing security with HAQM API Gateway and cross-account AWS Lambda authorizers

This post courtesy of Diego Natali, AWS Solutions Architect Customers often have multiple teams working on APIs. They might have separate teams working on individual API functionality, and another handling secure access control. You can now use an AWS Lambda function from a different AWS account as your API integration backend. Cross-account Lambda authorizers allow […]

Control access to your APIs using HAQM API Gateway resource policies

This post courtesy of Tapodipta Ghosh, AWS Solutions Architect HAQM API Gateway provides you with a simple, flexible, secure, and fully managed service that lets you focus on building core business services. API Gateway supports multiple mechanisms of access control using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Lambda authorizers, and HAQM Cognito. You may […]

Extending HAQM Linux 2 with EPEL and Let’s Encrypt

This post courtesy of Jeff Levine Solutions Architect for HAQM Web Services HAQM Linux 2 is the next generation of HAQM Linux, a Linux server operating system from HAQM Web Services (AWS). HAQM Linux 2 offers a high-performance Linux environment suitable for organizations of all sizes. It supports applications ranging from small websites to enterprise-class, […]

Sharing Secrets with AWS Lambda Using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

This post courtesy of Roberto Iturralde, Sr. Application Developer- AWS Professional Services Application architects are faced with key decisions throughout the process of designing and implementing their systems. One decision common to nearly all solutions is how to manage the storage and access rights of application configuration. Shared configuration should be stored centrally and securely with […]