Benefits of enabling MFA on the AWS
- MFA ensures only authorised personnel with both valid password and second factor authentication can access AWS S3 Bucket.
- MFA can be setup by the IAM users to provide extra security for already authorised AWS services.
- You can add more than one MFA devices. This will help you to access the account using the other MFA device, in case of the devices is lost, stolen and inaccessible.
Configuring MFA Delete On S3 Buckets
The AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is a cloud service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to store your data securely. You can access this service through your IAM role or root user account. In this article, we’ll see how to secure your S3 data in addition to the IAM policies through the MFA assignment. Furthermore, we’ll cover how to set up MFA Delete for your AWS S3 bucket and its usage while deleting an object from the S3.