# AWS Lake Formation

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In the Lake Formation integration, Immuta orchestrates [Lake Formation access controls](#user-content-fn-1)[^1] on data registered in the Glue Data Catalog. Then, Immuta users who have been granted access to the Glue Data Catalog table or view can query it using one of these analytic engines:

* Amazon Athena
* Amazon EMR Spark
* [Amazon Redshift Spectrum](#user-content-fn-2)[^2]

## [Getting started with AWS Lake Formation](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/aws-lake-formation/getting-started-with-aws-lake-formation)

This getting started guide outlines how to integrate AWS Lake Formation with Immuta.

## How-to guide

[Register an AWS Lake Formation connection](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/aws-lake-formation/register-an-aws-lake-formation-connection)

## Reference guides

* [AWS Lake Formation](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/aws-lake-formation/reference-guides/aws-lake-formation): This guide describes the design and components of the integration.
* [Security and compliance](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/aws-lake-formation/reference-guides/security-and-compliance): This guide provides an overview of the Immuta features that provide security for your users and that allow you to prove compliance and monitor for anomalies.
* [Protecting data](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/aws-lake-formation/reference-guides/protecting-data): This guide provides an overview of how to protect AWS securables with Immuta policies.
* [Accessing data](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/aws-lake-formation/reference-guides/accessing-data): This guide provides an overview of how AWS users access data registered in Immuta.

[^1]: Amazon Lake Formation is an AWS security model that allows you to govern access to Glue Data Catalog tables and views.

[^2]: You cannot use the AWS Lake Formation connection if you are using data policies on Redshift Spectrum data sources. Instead, use the [Amazon Redshift Spectrum integration](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/redshift/amazon-redshift-view-based-integration).\
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    See the [AWS Lake Formation reference guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/configuration/integrations/reference-guides/aws-lake-formation#limitations-and-known-issues) for details.