Scenario: To minimize the risk of an 'Insider Threat' accidentally deleting a production database, you want to require 'MFA' for any delete operation performed via the AWS CLI or SDK. How can you enforce this?

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Correct Answer: IAM Policy with a condition 'aws:MultiFactorAuthPresent: true' for the DeleteDBInstance action

IAM policy conditions can enforce that a user must have authenticated with MFA before performing sensitive actions....

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Scenario: To minimize the risk of an 'Insider Threat' accidentally deleting a production database, you want to require 'MFA' for any delete operation performed via the AWS CLI or SDK. How can you enforce this?

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Correct Answer

IAM Policy with a condition 'aws:MultiFactorAuthPresent: true' for the DeleteDBInstance action

Why This Answer Is Correct

IAM policy conditions can enforce that a user must have authenticated with MFA before performing sensitive actions.

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