# Securing Cloud Infrastructure with Teleport and AWS Identity Federation

DevFeed: [Securing Cloud Infrastructure with Teleport and AWS Identity Federation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/securing-cloud-infrastructure-with-teleport-and-aws-identity-federation-29822.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/secure-aws-with-teleport-aws-identity-federation/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Janakiram MSV)

Published: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Amazon EC2](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-ec2.md>), [Amazon EKS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-eks.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [account](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/account.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credentials.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iam.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [least-privilege](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/least-privilege.md>), [managed-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/managed-services.md>), [operations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operations.md>), [organization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organization.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [policies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policies.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Teleport and AWS Identity Federation can centralize access to AWS cloud infrastructure. It describes account and user sprawl, federated IAM access, least-privilege delegation, just-in-time privilege escalation, and policy enforcement across the AWS console, SDK, and CLI.

## Source excerpt

The rise of cloud computing has proliferated AWS accounts and users--essential partners for enterprises tackling long-term strategic initiatives and day-to-day DevOps.