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AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports catalog-vended credentials with Apache Iceberg REST catalog federation

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AWS·Nov 6, 2026, 08:00 AMFeatureSecurity-relevantAI-assisted summary

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Glue Data Catalog can now use vended credentials from external Iceberg REST catalogs to read external Iceberg tables.
Supports coarse-grained table grants, temporary S3‑scoped credentials, and Lake Formation row/column access control for cross‑account sharing.
Feature available through the Lake Formation console, CLI, and SDKs in all commercial AWS regions.

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