Authorization Briefing — Amazon Verified Permissions General Availability

Executive briefing: AWS announced Amazon Verified Permissions reached general availability on 13 June 2023. The service externalizes authorization logic using the Cedar policy language and exposes APIs to evaluate requests consistently across microservices.

Key features

• Cedar policy engine. Developers write human-readable policies with role, attribute, and relationship semantics validated at compile time.
• Managed authorization store. AWS hosts policy and identity data, providing versioning, evaluation APIs, and decision logs.
• Simulation and auditing. Built-in simulation tools and CloudTrail integration support safe policy changes and compliance reporting.

Implementation guidance

• Model design. Define schema definitions for resources, actions, and context attributes before migrating application checks.
• Integration patterns. Use the evaluation API or SDKs within API gateways, Lambda authorizers, and custom services to enforce decisions.
• Governance. Establish policy review workflows and CI/CD gates to lint Cedar code and validate simulations before deployment.

Enablement moves

• Train platform teams on Cedar semantics and common policy patterns like ABAC and relationship-based access control.
• Migrate legacy authorization logic incrementally, starting with centralized services or partner integrations.
• Instrument CloudWatch metrics and logs to monitor decision latency and denied requests.

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