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Lake Formation

AWS Lake Formation manages access to Data Catalog resources and their Amazon S3 data. It checks permissions, supplies allowed metadata, and can provide temporary data access to integrated analytical engines.

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  • AWS Glue Data Catalog
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Athena
  • AWS Glue
  • Amazon EMR
  • Amazon Redshift Spectrum
  • Credential vending
  • Cross-account data sharing

Source: AWS Lake Formation: How it works. Checked 2026-11-03.