Control: AWS > CIS v1 > 1 Identity and Access Management > 1.14 Ensure hardware MFA is enabled for the "root" account (Scored)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2 (Scored)

The root account is the most privileged user in an AWS account. MFA adds an extra layer of protection on top of a user name and password. With MFA enabled, when a user signs in to an AWS website, they will be prompted for their user name and password as well as for an authentication code from their AWS MFA device. For Level 2, it is recommended that the root account be protected with a hardware MFA.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > IAM > Account Summary

Primary Policies

The following policies can be used to configure this control:

1.14 Ensure hardware MFA is enabled for the "root" account (Scored)

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0114

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070405

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0114") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0114'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0114"