Federated and Mobile Access
Even though this is not explicitly called out as one of the items in the exam outline, knowing how to connect your accounts via federated methods will be useful when answering the exam questions. Understanding the concepts of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and identity providers (IdPs) and how they simplify secure access to your accounts is key. There may be standalone questions related to these concepts or they may be embedded within questions on other topics. This chapter will cover the necessary aspects of these important topics so that when these items come up, both in the exam and in your real-life tasks, you will have the understanding needed to tackle them with confidence.
The following main topics will be covered in this chapter:
- What is federated access?
- Enabling SSO with corporate account identities using SAML
- Social federation
- Amazon Cognito
