Impossible Cloud Documentation
  • Company overview
    • What is Impossible Cloud
  • Getting Started
    • Getting Started with Impossible Cloud Storage
      • Setting up
      • Next steps
      • Getting support
  • Feature Release Notes
    • 29th April 2025
  • Impossible cloud storage Guide
    • Storage Console URLs and API Endpoints
    • Storage Console
      • Accessing the console
        • Signing up for Impossible Cloud Storage
        • Signing in to Impossible Cloud Storage
        • Session lifetime limits
      • Interacting with the console
        • Navigating the menu
        • Using the panel
    • Buckets and Objects
      • Creating a bucket
      • Storing objects in a bucket
      • Interacting with objects
      • Creating folders in a bucket
      • Interacting with folders and buckets
      • Public File Sharing via URLs
      • Emptying a Bucket
      • Limitations
      • Versioning and object lock
        • Enabling versioning
        • Using versioning
        • Enabling object lock
        • Using object lock
    • Access keys
    • CLI User Guide
      • AWS CLI installation instructions
      • AWS CLI configuration
      • Using Impossible Cloud with AWS CLI
      • AWS CLI basic commands
      • AWS CLI advanced commands
        • Examples
      • AWS CLI for cloud-to-cloud migration scenarios
      • AWS CLI Credentials & Config chain
      • AWS CLI: IAM
        • Limitations
        • List of supported operations
        • Operations Descriptions and Examples
    • Usage
      • Storage Calculation
      • Fair use policy
    • Profile settings
      • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
        • Enabling and Disabling MFA
        • MFA Reset
        • Organization-Wide Policies
  • Security
    • Securing Your Data
    • Identity Access Management (IAM)
      • Managing Users
      • Managing Groups
      • Managing Policies
    • CORS support
      • Limitations
      • CORS Configuration
  • Integrations with other applications
    • Backup Software Integrations Guides
    • Cloud Storage Browsers Integrations Guides
    • Media Management Software Integrations Guides
    • NAS Applications Integrations Guides
  • Other support resources
    • Impossible Cloud Management Console (ICMC)
    • Knowledge Base
    • Help Center
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Enabling and Disabling MFA

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By default, your Impossible Cloud Storage account does not have Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enabled. However, turning on MFA is a snap and it significantly boosts the security of your account.

Impossible Cloud Storage Console provides the ability to enable MFA for you and your organization.

To enable MFA:

  1. Navigate to the Profile Settings page.

  2. Click the Multi-Factor Authentication switcher button to enable MFA. You will notice the switcher turn green, indicating that MFA is now active.

Once you have enabled MFA, you will be asked to set it up at your next login. You will need an authenticator application to generate a unique code to login to Impossible Cloud Storage Console.

The Impossible Cloud Storage Console's Multi-Factor Authentication supports various third-party authenticator applications, such as Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, or others. Once you set up the MFA authentication, Impossible Cloud Storage Console will ask for the unique code that is generated on your chosen authenticator application at every log in.

As a root user in Impossible Cloud Storage Console, you have the option to enable/disable MFA for sub-users linked to your account. Additionally, root users can also enforce MFA policy to the whole organization to protect all access to Impossible Cloud Storage Console. Learn more about this on section.

If you enable the "Enforce MFA policy to all users in your organization" checkbox and confirm the change, the MFA becomes mandatory for all sub-users, making it impossible for any sub-user to disable MFA.

To disable MFA:

  1. Go to the Profile Settings page.

  2. Click the Multi-Factor Authentication switcher button to disable MFA. The switcher will turn grey, indicating that MFA is now inactive.

Please note, disabling MFA will revert your login process to using only your username and password.

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