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Amazon AWS API Gateway Integration

AWS API Gateway is a fully managed service that acts as a "front door" for applications to access data or business logic from backend services. It handles the heavy lifting of managing API traffic, security authentication, and versioning so developers can focus on building features

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Amazon AWS API Gateway

Benefits with Ory + Amazon AWS API Gateway Integration

Use Cases

CIAM

Solves the challenge of securing consumer APIs by enforcing fine-grained authorization policies at the edge, ensuring a unified authentication experience.

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B2B IAM

Enhances B2B platform security by decoupling complex identity logic from backend services, reducing development overhead and protecting against unauthorized access.

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Agent IAM

Overcomes the challenge of governing machine-to-machine traffic by validating AI agent sessions and tokens at the API gateway layer

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Core Functionality

  1. Flexible API Security

    Secure your REST APIs with customizable Lambda authorizers or use native JWT authorizers for streamlined HTTP APIs.

  2. Optimized Performance

    Fine-tune caching strategies to perfectly balance rapid cold starts with responsive token revocation.

  3. Advanced Access Control

    Implement custom, claim-based authorization logic using Lambda authorizers for complex security requirements.

  4. Efficient Verification

    Maintain fast execution times and minimize latency by utilizing lean JWKS libraries for signature validation.

  5. Seamless Identity Integration

    Connect directly to Ory's issuer URLs to effortlessly validate bearer tokens and protect your backend services

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