AWS is making multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for privileged users, specifically management account root users and standalone account root users. Customers must enable MFA within a 30-day grace period to maintain account access.


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Gizchina: GOODBYE PASSWORDS; HELLO PASSKEYS FROM APPLE, GOOGLE, AND MICROSOFT

Internet passwords death may have been proclaimed many times before. But this time, with Apple,…

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Biometric Update: Transparency can drive digital ID equity, policy forum panelists say

An event last week on ‘Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead’ held by the Better…

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Tech Republic: Unphishable mobile MFA through hardware keys

Passwords are a mess, MFA can be more of a stopgap than a solution to…

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