What is MFA - AWS

Question

I was reading an article about having a strong password policy on AWS and I came across the term MFA. Can somebody please explain what is MFA?

Answer 1

Hey @Gauti, MFA stands for Multi factor Authentication. Its an additional level of security that you're AWS account gets. It's basically an application that has a code which needs to be entered during the login along with username and password.

Follow these steps to log in using the MFA:

• Go to AWS Management console and select IAM
• Go to users and under Security tab enable MFA
• Download the Google Authenticator on your phone and enter the authentication codes on your console to get the MFA
• Log out of the account and log in again to check the activation of MFA.
• Now along with user name and password you'll also have to provide the MFA code everytime you log in.