# Supporting ASD's multi-factor authentication campaign: Why MFA matters more than ever

DevFeed: [Supporting ASD's multi-factor authentication campaign: Why MFA matters more than ever](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/supporting-asd-s-multi-factor-authentication-campaign-why-mfa-matters-more-than-ever-58910.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/supporting-asds-multi-factor-authentication-campaign-why-mfa-matters-more-than-ever/>)

Author: Grace Zhang

Published: 2026-09-23T14:45:44Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [AWS Security Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-security-blog.md>)

Topics: [MFA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mfa.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Passkeys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passkeys.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [access-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-management.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [australia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/australia.md>), [australian-signals-directorate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/australian-signals-directorate.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-identity-and-access-management-iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [credential-stuffing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credential-stuffing.md>), [credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credentials.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [foundational-100](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/foundational-100.md>), [mfa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mfa.md>), [multi-factor-authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-factor-authentication.md>), [passkeys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passkeys.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-blog.md>), [security-identity-compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-identity-compliance.md>)

## AI overview

AWS supports the Australian Signals Directorate's campaign encouraging organizations and individuals to enable multi-factor authentication. The article explains MFA's role in defending against credential-focused attacks and describes AWS's phased enforcement of MFA for root users across account types, including support for passkeys and security keys.

## Source excerpt

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has this month issued a clear call to action through its Multi-factor authentication: Switch it on campaign, urging businesses, organisations, and individuals to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) across their online accounts. At AWS, we strongly support this message. As threat actors continue to target credentials through phishing, credential stuffing, and [...]