Check MFA Is Enabled for AWS IAM Root Accounts

Ensuring Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled for AWS IAM root accounts is critical as it provides an additional layer of security beyond just a password, significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access. This protection helps prevent potential security breaches and enhances overall account security by requiring a second form of verification.

This policy pack can help you configure the following settings for IAM root accounts:

Check and alarm if root accounts do not have MFA enabled

Documentation

Review policy settings →

Getting Started

Requirements

Terraform
Guardrails mods:
- @turbot/aws-iam

Credentials

To create a policy pack through Terraform:

Ensure you have Turbot/Admin permissions (or higher) in Guardrails
Create access keys in Guardrails

And then set your credentials:

export TURBOT_WORKSPACE=myworkspace.acme.com
export TURBOT_ACCESS_KEY=acce6ac5-access-key-here
export TURBOT_SECRET_KEY=a8af61ec-secret-key-here

Please see Turbot Guardrails Provider authentication for additional authentication methods.

Usage

Install Policy Pack

Note
By default, installed policy packs are not attached to any resources.

Policy packs must be attached to resources in order for their policy settings to take effect.

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/turbot/guardrails-samples.git
cd guardrails-samples/policy_packs/aws/iam/check_mfa_is_enabled_for_root_accounts

Run the Terraform to create the policy pack in your workspace:

terraform init
terraform plan

Then apply the changes:

terraform apply

Apply Policy Pack

Log into your Guardrails workspace and attach the policy pack to a resource.

If this policy pack is attached to a Guardrails folder, its policies will be applied to all accounts and resources in that folder. The policy pack can also be attached to multiple resources.

For more information, please see Policy Packs.