Cognitor

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Cognito

It the AWS Service to give user identity with the web or mobile application.

Cognito User Pools

• Sign in functionality for app users.
• Integrate with API Gateway & ALB for user authentication

Cognito Identity Pools (Federated Identities)

• Provide temporary credential to access AWS resources.
• Can integrate with Cognitor User Pool as an identity provider.

Cognito Row Level Security in DynamoDB

• Allow user only access on the items that’s created by that users. Based on dynamodb:LeadingKeys to detect this condition for any IAM policies.