TMA-IBMCLOUD-ACCOUNT-MFA

Ensure multi-factor authentication is enabled for all users in the account

HighLevel 1Automatedibmcloud

Description

Account-level MFA forces a second factor for every login. The account setting mfa must not be NONE / NONE_NO_ROPC (TOTP4ALL or a LEVEL setting covers federated users as well). Read-only ibmcloud CLI calls using the current CLI session and targeted region (ibmcloud login, or IBMCLOUD_API_KEY); JSON output is parsed with grep/sed/awk. A missing CLI, plugin or session fails the check.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

out=$(ibmcloud iam account-settings --output json 2>/dev/null) || exit 1
v=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | sed -n 's/.*"mfa"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | head -n 1)
case "$v" in
  ''|NONE|NONE_NO_ROPC) exit 1 ;;
  *) echo compliant ;;
esac

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

ibmcloud iam account-settings-update --mfa TOTP4ALL (or LEVEL1-3 for IBMid/App ID users), or Manage > Access (IAM) > Settings > Authentication.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: ibmcloudiam
Reference: CIS IBM Cloud Foundations Benchmark v2.0.0 - Identity and Access Management - account-level MFA (verify section number for your release)

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target ibmcloud