Setting Up 2FA
Learn how to set up 2FA to protect your AWS account.
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In this lesson, you’ll learn to set up two-factor authentication (2FA, also sometimes called multi-factor Authentication [MFA]) for the root account. This is a very important step to secure your AWS account and prevent unauthorized access.
Please note that you need a smartphone to set up 2FA in the way we will do in this lesson. We’ll use the most common way of setting up 2FA by using a Virtual MFA device.
Virtual MFA devices are apps that you install on your smartphone and that provide the authentication code. There are multiple to choose from. Some examples are Authy, Aegis (open ...