If you are looking for a secured place to collect user information, provide identity verification and manage PII, one solution that could solve all your challenges is AWS Cognito.
Security, Performance, Cost Effectiveness and Functionality. All in one.
AWS Cognito is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows developers to easily add user authentication and authorization to their applications.
- Create a Cognito User Pool: The first step in using Cognito is to create a user pool, which is a container for user identities. This can be done through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or SDKs.
- Add Users to the User Pool: Once the user pool is created, you can add users to it by either creating them manually or through a sign-up process.
- Implement Authentication: Cognito provides several ways to authenticate users, including email and password, social identity providers such as Google and Facebook, and SAML identity providers such as ADFS and Okta.
- Authorize Access to Resources: Cognito provides fine-grained access control through the use of roles and policies. These can be used to control access to AWS resources such as S3, DynamoDB, and Lambda.
- Use the Cognito SDKs: Cognito also provides SDKs for several popular platforms such as JavaScript, iOS, and Android, which make it easy to integrate Cognito into your application.
- Monitor and Manage User Pool: You can monitor and manage the user pool through the AWS Management Console or by using the AWS CLI.
Note: You will also need to have an AWS account and set up IAM roles and policies to allow Cognito access to other AWS services.
