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Serverless Authentication and Authorization with Amazon Cognito

This course will teach you to leverage Amazon Cognito to configure both of these for a serverless application on AWS.

Intermediate
22m
(37)

Created by David Tucker

Last Updated Dec 03, 2025

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Serverless Authentication and Authorization with Amazon Cognito

This course will teach you to leverage Amazon Cognito to configure both of these for a serverless application on AWS.

Intermediate
22m
(37)

Created by David Tucker

Last Updated Dec 03, 2025

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What you'll learn

Incorrectly configuring authentication and authorization for an application can open up dangerous security gaps. In this course, Serverless Authentication and Authorization with Amazon Cognito, you’ll learn how to leverage Amazon Cognito as a managed authentication and authorization provider for a serverless application on AWS. First, you’ll explore the auth needs of a serverless application. Next, you’ll discover how you can leverage Amazon Cognito user pools and identity pools. Finally, you’ll learn how to implement app-based roles with Cognito Groups. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Amazon Cognito needed to create an auth architecture for a serverless application.

Serverless Authentication and Authorization with Amazon Cognito
Intermediate
22m
(37)
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David Tucker - Pluralsight course - Serverless Authentication and Authorization with Amazon Cognito
David Tucker
42 courses 4.7 author rating 4628 ratings

David is a Webby Award winning cloud development consultant that focuses on cloud native web, mobile, and IoT applications. He has over 15 years of experience building digital solutions.

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