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Secure by Design: AWS enhances centralized security controls as MFA requirements expand

Arynn Crow — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:58:22 +0000

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’ve built our services with secure by design principles from day one, including features that set a high bar for our customers’ default security posture. Strong authentication is a foundational component in overall account security, and the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the simplest and most effective […]

Passkeys enhance security and usability as AWS expands MFA requirements

Arynn Crow — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:30:19 +0000

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is designed to be the most secure place for customers to run their workloads. From day one, we pioneered secure by design and secure by default practices in the cloud. Today, we’re taking another step to enhance our customers’ options for strong authentication by launching support for FIDO2 passkeys as a […]

Secure by Design: AWS to enhance MFA requirements in 2024

Steve Schmidt — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:03:28 +0000

Security is our top priority at Amazon Web Services (AWS). To that end, I’m excited to share that AWS is further strengthening the default security posture of our customers’ environments by requiring the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA), beginning with the most privileged users in their accounts. MFA is one of the simplest and most […]

You can now assign multiple MFA devices in IAM

Liam Wadman — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:17:05 +0000

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), security is our top priority, and configuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) on accounts is an important step in securing your organization. Now, you can add multiple MFA devices to AWS account root users and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users in your AWS accounts. This helps you to raise the […]

See yourself in cyber: Highlights from Cybersecurity Awareness Month

CJ Moses — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:44:22 +0000

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to a close, we want to share some of the work we’ve done and made available to you throughout October. Over the last four weeks, we have shared insights and resources aligned with this year’s theme—”See Yourself in Cyber”—to help advance awareness training, and inspire people to join the rapidly […]

The Lack Of Native MFA For Active Directory Is A Big Sin For Microsoft

Bozho — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:02:10 +0000

Active Directory is dominant in the enterprise world (as well as the public sector). From my observation, the majority of organization rely on Active Directory for their user accounts. WhileContinue reading

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Eligible customers can now order a free MFA security key

CJ Moses — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:02:32 +0000

One of the best ways for individuals and businesses to protect themselves online is through multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA offers an additional layer of protection to help prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to systems or data. In fall 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security began offering a free MFA security key to AWS account […]

How US federal agencies can authenticate to AWS with multi-factor authentication

Kyle Hart — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 20:07:15 +0000

This post is part of a series about how AWS can help your US federal agency meet the requirements of the President’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. We recognize that government agencies have varying degrees of identity management and cloud maturity and that the requirement to implement multi-factor, risk-based authentication across an entire […]

Announcement: Availability of AWS Recommendations for the management of AWS root account credentials

Jonathan Jenkyn — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:40:39 +0000

When AWS customers open their first account, they assume the responsibility for securely managing access to their root account credentials, under the Shared Responsibility Model. Initially protected by a password, it is the responsibility of each AWS customer to make decisions based on their operational and security requirements as to how they configure and manage […]

How to configure Duo multi-factor authentication with Amazon Cognito

Mahmoud Matouk — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:32:44 +0000

Adding multi-factor authentication (MFA) reduces the risk of user account take-over, phishing attacks, and password theft. Adding MFA while providing a frictionless sign-in experience requires you to offer a variety of MFA options that support a wide range of users and devices. Let’s see how you can achieve that with Amazon Cognito and Duo Multi-Factor […]