AWS Security Blog

Tag: WebAuthn

You can now assign multiple MFA devices in IAM

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), security is our top priority, and configuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) on accounts is an important step in securing your organization. Now, you can add multiple MFA devices to AWS account root users and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users in your AWS accounts. This helps you to raise the […]

How to implement password-less authentication with Amazon Cognito and WebAuthn

January 28, 2025: The following blog post highlights how to implement passwordless authentication with Amazon Cognito and WebAuthn. Amazon Cognito added support for passwordless authentication, including passkeys, email one-time passwords (OTPs), and SMS OTPs, for secure and seamless sign-ins. However, this blog post may still be of interest to you if you want to learn […]