Account protection and access controls: MFA, federation, IAM Identity Center, and Amazon Cognito

By the end you’ll be able to

• Explain how multi-factor authentication (MFA) strengthens sign-in security for the root user and IAM-based access.
• Identify appropriate uses of federation to provide access through an external identity provider instead of creating separate long-term IAM users.
• Describe AWS IAM Identity Center as the service for centrally managing workforce access to AWS accounts and applications.