# mpa ## Description Multi-party approval is a capability of [Organizations](http://aws.amazon.com/organizations) that allows you to protect a predefined list of operations through a distributed approval process. Use Multi-party approval to establish approval workflows and transform security processes into team-based decisions. > **When to use Multi-party approval** : * You need to align with the Zero Trust principle of “never trust, always verify” * You need to make sure that the right humans have access to the right things in the right way * You need distributed decision-making for sensitive or critical operations * You need to protect against unintended operations on sensitive or critical resources * You need formal reviews and approvals for auditing or compliance reasons For more information, see [What is Multi-party approval](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mpa/latest/userguide/what-is.html) in the *Multi-party approval User Guide* . ## Available Commands * [cancel-session](cancel-session.md) * [create-approval-team](create-approval-team.md) * [create-identity-source](create-identity-source.md) * [delete-identity-source](delete-identity-source.md) * [delete-inactive-approval-team-version](delete-inactive-approval-team-version.md) * [get-approval-team](get-approval-team.md) * [get-identity-source](get-identity-source.md) * [get-policy-version](get-policy-version.md) * [get-resource-policy](get-resource-policy.md) * [get-session](get-session.md) * [list-approval-teams](list-approval-teams.md) * [list-identity-sources](list-identity-sources.md) * [list-policies](list-policies.md) * [list-policy-versions](list-policy-versions.md) * [list-resource-policies](list-resource-policies.md) * [list-sessions](list-sessions.md) * [list-tags-for-resource](list-tags-for-resource.md) * [start-active-approval-team-deletion](start-active-approval-team-deletion.md) * [start-approval-team-baseline](start-approval-team-baseline.md) * [tag-resource](tag-resource.md) * [untag-resource](untag-resource.md) * [update-approval-team](update-approval-team.md)