--- title: "API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito" url: https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2 source_url: https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/05/api-verified-permissions-cognito/ type: article source: "InfoQ" published: 2024-05-01T15:01:04.049Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z tags: ["aws", "authorization"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS has announced that Amazon API Gateway requests can now be authorized with Amazon Verified Permissions. This runtime authorization engine allows fine-grained authorization models to be built and evaluated in real-time. By leveraging AWS Cognito tokens and the Lambda Authorizer, users can enhance access control. Alternative approaches for access control include OpenFGA and Permit.io's Policy Decision Point. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#authorization](https://daily.dev/tags/authorization) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2)