Overview
Overview
+Root account security questions support account recovery and identity verification workflows. They should be configured and periodically reviewed by authorized account owners.
Remediation guidance
AWS remediation
+### Console +1. Sign in as the AWS account root user. +2. Open My Security Credentials. +3. In Account settings, configure security challenge questions. +4. Store answers in an approved secrets management process. +5. Review after ownership/team changes. + +### Notes +- There is no equivalent AWS CLI command for setting security challenge questions. +- This action is root-account and console-driven. + +### References +- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html +- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user_manage.html
Service-wide remediation
Recommended when many resources are affected: fix the platform baseline first so new resources inherit the secure setting, then remediate the existing flagged resources in batches.
Platform
Use the provider or platform baseline, preventive policy, and IaC modules to enforce this setting consistently when many resources are affected.
Operational rollout
- Fix the baseline first at the account, subscription, project, cluster, or tenant scope that owns this control.
- Remediate the currently affected resources in batches, starting with internet-exposed and production assets.
- Re-scan and track approved exceptions with an owner and expiry date.
Query logic
These are the stored checks tied to this control.
No stored query bodies are attached to this entry.
