Amazon Cognito enhances client secret management with secret rotation and custom secrets

Amazon Cognito ยท 2026-02-26

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What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your Cognito app clients to utilize the new client secret rotation and custom secrets feature, allowing for on-demand secret rotation and the use of custom secrets, which can be implemented through the AWS Management Console, CLI, SDKs, or CloudFormation.

For Platform Teams

Adopt the new client secret rotation and custom secrets feature in Amazon Cognito to provide your organization with improved security and flexibility in managing authentication credentials, enabling a smoother transition during secret rotations and supporting migration from other authentication systems.

For Executives

Evaluate the new client secret rotation and custom secrets feature in Amazon Cognito to enhance security and streamline credential management for your applications, reducing the risk of unauthorized access and improving overall authentication processes.

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