IAM.6

Hardware MFA should be enabled for the root user

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Automated

CRITICAL

AWS

AWS Identity and Access Management

AWS CIS Foundations v1.2 & v1.4, AWS Foundational Best Practice, CIS v8, PCI DSS v3.2.1, CDR, ISO27001, SOC2, NIST CSF, NIST.800-53.r5,

This AWS control checks whether your AWS account is enabled to use a hardware multi-factor authentication (MFA) device to sign in with root user credentials.