New: OIDC Authentication for S3 Storage

We’re excited to introduce OIDC (OpenID Connect) as a new authentication method for S3 storage. This is a more secure way to send cloud recordings and session transcriptions from Whereby Embedded to your AWS S3 buckets.

OIDC authentication is a great choice if you want stronger security without storing any long-lived access keys. This is because the authentication credentials for this method are automatically rotated and used only for the duration needed to upload your recordings and transcriptions.

The OIDC method is an alternative to our existing access-key authentication mode, giving teams that require stronger security controls a modern option based on short-lived credentials instead of long-lived access keys.

It’s also particularly well-suited for teams running in cloud or containerized environments.

OIDC is completely optional. So if you’re already using self-hosted storage for recordings or transcriptions, nothing will change unless you decide to enable OIDC. To find out more about how it works and how to configure it, read our documentation here.

OIDC authentication is available to users on a paid Whereby Embedded plan, and at this time, it only supports AWS storage. We plan to expand support to additional providers in the future.

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