Central root account management is available through IAM console, AWS CLI or AWS SDK, with additional details for obtaining root credentials on the AWS blog. You might also like Take a look at the ...

AWS announced it would soon start requiring MFA for standalone account root users – those outside of AWS organizations – when signing in to the AWS Management Console, with other root user types also ...

Sign in to the AWS Management Console If setting up for a root user, choose My Security Credentials. If setting up for an IAM user, choose Security credentials.

A general AWS root user best practice is to set the password rotation period to at least 90 days. For even more security, set it to 60 days. Create administrative accounts. For day-to-day ...

AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring ...

Amazon has long recommended that you use your AWS root account as seldom as possible, using instead an IAM account. The main reason for this recommendation is of course, that the root account is ...

“Beginning in July 2024, root users of standalone accounts — those that aren’t managed with AWS Organizations — will be required to use MFA when signing in to the AWS Management Console ...

Cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure have several options for IAM policies. The following are best practices to consider when using these platforms. 1) Protect the Root ...

The new version of Security Hub also prioritizes “active risks” based on combined threat and vulnerability intelligence and supports bulk remediation workflows. AWS says that in testing, customers ...