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AWS IAM Identity Center

Define a custom session duration and terminate active sessions in IAM Identity Center

September 12, 2023: This post has been updated to reflect the increased maximum session duration limit from 7 days to 90 days in IAM Identity Center. Managing access to accounts and applications requires a balance between delivering simple, convenient access and managing the risks associated with active user sessions. Based on your organization’s needs, you […]

How to revoke federated users’ active AWS sessions

February 6, 2023: Updates added to explain an additional detail regarding the sourceIdentity field. In addition to using the sourceIdentity field to reference the user through various roles they have assumed, you may also construct your IAM trust policies to enforce acceptable sourceIdentity values or ensure any value for sourceIdentity is set. When you use […]