Control: 1.8 Ensure multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled for the account owner

Description

Requires account owners to provide multiple factors of login credentials to authenticate their identity and gain access to IBM Cloud resources.

Remediation

From Console

1. Log in to IBM Cloud.
2. From the Menubar, click Manage > Access (IAM).
3. Click Settings > Account login.
4. Click Edit for the Account login setting.
5. Select None, Non-federated users only, or All users depending on which type of authentication you want to require.
6. Select the checkbox to confirm that you understand the impact of requiring MFA for users in your account, if you select the non-federated users only option.
7. Click Update.