identity-hardening

Enforce MFA for federated cloud access by integrating an Identity Provider (IdP) to apply centralized Conditional Access policies and Service Control Policies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This removes local IAM accounts and secures human authentication by default.

Secure root accounts and just-in-time privileged access by enabling root account protection, configuring time-bound sessions with external IDs for cross-account roles, and establishing auditable break-glass procedures stored outside the cloud environment.

Harden cross-cloud role trust by requiring external IDs for cross-account roles and centralizing user lifecycle management through SCIM provisioning from a single IdP, ensuring strict trust verification across multi-cloud deployments.

Identity hardening works for both new account provisioning and re-hardening existing environments. It applies IdP-side MFA, SSO federation, and role-trust hardening to establish a secure identity foundation regardless of the current cloud state.

Break-glass procedures must be stored outside the cloud to guarantee rapid, accountable access during emergencies when IdP federation or MFA enforcement mechanisms might be unavailable. This ensures audit-friendly recovery without compromising security.