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Adding threat detection to custom authentication flow with Amazon Cognito advanced security features

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Recently, passwordless authentication has gained popularity compared to traditional password-based authentication methods. Application owners can add user management to their applications while offloading most of the security heavy-lifting to Amazon Cognito. You can use Amazon Cognito to customize user authentication flow by implementing passwordless authentication. Amazon Cognito enhances the …

How to set up SAML federation in Amazon Cognito using IdP-initiated single sign-on, request signing, and encrypted assertions

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When an identity provider (IdP) serves multiple service providers (SPs), IdP-initiated single sign-on provides a consistent sign-in experience that allows users to start the authentication process from one centralized portal or dashboard. It helps administrators have more control over the authentication process and simplifies the management. However, when you …