SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company uses AWS Organizations with a multi-account setup. The security team needs to ensure that all users in all accounts use multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access the AWS Management Console. Which THREE steps should be taken to enforce this?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse SCPs with IAM policies, thinking SCPs can enforce MFA enrollment, when in fact SCPs only deny actions based on the presence of MFA and cannot force users to configure or use MFA at login.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Use AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO) with MFA enforcement for all accounts.
AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO) allows you to centrally manage user access and enforce MFA at the identity provider level. By configuring MFA enforcement in IAM Identity Center, all users federating into any account in the organization are required to present a valid MFA token before accessing the AWS Management Console, ensuring consistent enforcement across the multi-account setup.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Enable CloudTrail to log all console logins and alert if MFA is not used.
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs but does not enforce MFA.
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Use AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO) with MFA enforcement for all accounts.
Why this is correct
IAM Identity Center can enforce MFA centrally for all accounts.
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Use AWS Config rules to detect IAM users without MFA and automatically remediate by sending notifications.
Why this is correct
AWS Config can detect non-compliance and trigger remediation.
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Use a service control policy (SCP) to require MFA on all IAM users.
Why it's wrong here
SCPs cannot require MFA; they only deny actions.
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Create an IAM policy that requires MFA for ConsoleLogin and attach it to all IAM users in each account.
Why this is correct
IAM policies can require MFA for console access.
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