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AWS PRE:INVENT SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS: WHAT CHANGED AND WHY IT MATTERS

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AWS has added a new CLI command, `aws login`, which allows users to obtain short-lived credentials for AWS even if the account isn't configured with IAM Identity Center. AWS IAM Outbound Identity Federation now allows AWS users or services to request a short-lived JWT for external services that trust your AWS account, which can replace the use of hardcoded, long-term credentials or API keys in Lambda or EC2. AWS has also enabled Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) for S3, which allows users to define access permissions to S3 using tags instead of listing every bucket in an IAM policy.