A step-by-step guide for implementing federated access to Amazon Athena using AWS IAM Identity Center, enabling single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) capabilities through an identity provider (IdP).

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<p>This article discusses how to enable federated access to Amazon Athena using AWS IAM Identity Center. It provides a step-by-step guide to configure identity federation, SAML applications, IAM roles and policies, grant permissions using AWS Lake Formation, and set up third-party SQL clients to connect and query data through Athena.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>Prerequisites for the solution</li>
<li>Federated onboarding with IAM Identity Center and creating SAML applications</li>
<li>Creating a SAML identity provider (IdP) in IAM</li>
<li>Creating IAM roles and policies for sensitive and non-sensitive data access</li>
<li>Attaching policies to IAM roles and granting permissions via AWS Lake Formation</li>
<li>Setting up JDBC connections in PyCharm and SQL Workbench to connect to Athena</li>
<li>Conclusion summarizing the solution</li>
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