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Securing Access to AWS Using MFA–Part 2
In part I of our series on multi-factor authentication (MFA), we mentioned that the next topic would be securing access to AWS APIs with MFA. This week’s guest blogger Kai Zhao, Product Manager on our AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) team, will give a brief overview of AWS MFA-protected API access. Introduction MFA-protected API […]
Understanding the API Options for Securely Delegating Access to Your AWS Account
Thinking about building a secure delegation solution to grant temporary access to your AWS account? This week’s guest blogger Kai Zhao, Product Manager on our AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) team, will discuss some considerations when deciding on an approach: Introduction Using temporary security credentials (“sessions”) enables you to securely delegate access to your AWS environment […]
Securing Access to AWS Using MFA–Part 1
In this series of blog posts, we’ll walk through different ways to keep your AWS resources secure using AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). As a best practice, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your account with AWS MFA. It’s a simple way to add an extra layer of protection on top of your username […]