Amazon wants to make it more difficult for attackers to compromise Amazon Web Services (AWS) root accounts, by requiring those account holders to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA options for AWS accounts AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to companies, governments, and individuals. The root account holder is the first identity created when creating an AWS account and the most privileged user, as it has access to all AWS services and resources in … More →

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