What is MFA?
Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is an extra layer of protection on top of your username and password. MFA in AWS (Amazon Web Services) is an IAM best practice that helps you to secure services that require a second authentication in addition to the username and password credentials.
Configuring MFA Delete On S3 Buckets
The AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is a cloud service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to store your data securely. You can access this service through your IAM role or root user account. In this article, we’ll see how to secure your S3 data in addition to the IAM policies through the MFA assignment. Furthermore, we’ll cover how to set up MFA Delete for your AWS S3 bucket and its usage while deleting an object from the S3.