Checks if AWS multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled for all AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users that use a console password. The rule is COMPLIANT if MFA is enabled.
Note
Re-evaluation Timeline
Re-evaluating this rule within 4 hours of the first evaluation will have no effect on the results.
Managed Rules and Global IAM Resource Types
The global IAM resource types onboarded before February 2022
(AWS::IAM::Group, AWS::IAM::Policy, AWS::IAM::Role, and AWS::IAM::User)
can only be recorded by AWS Config in AWS Regions where AWS Config was available before February 2022.
These resource types cannot be recorded in Regions supported by AWS Config after February 2022.
For a list of those Regions,
see Recording AWS Resources | Global Resources.
If you record a global IAM resource type in at least one Region, periodic rules that report compliance on the global IAM resource type will run evaluations in all Regions where the periodic rule is added, even if you have not enabled the recording of the global IAM resource type in the Region where the periodic rule was added.
To avoid unnecessary evaluations, you should only deploy periodic rules that report compliance on a global IAM resource type to one of the supported Regions. For a list of which managed rules are supported in which Regions, see List of AWS Config Managed Rules by Region Availability.
Identifier: MFA_ENABLED_FOR_IAM_CONSOLE_ACCESS
Resource Types: AWS::IAM::User
Trigger type: Periodic
AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (Thailand), Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich) Region
Parameters:
- None
AWS CloudFormation template
To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.
