Control: AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.09 - Ensure IAM password policy prevents password reuse (Automated)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1 (Scored)

IAM password policies can prevent the reuse of a given password by the same user. It is recommended that the password policy prevent the reuse of passwords. This control checks whether the number of passwords to remember is set to 24. The control state will be in Alarm if the value is not set to 24.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > IAM > Account Password Policy

Policies

This control type relies on these other policies when running actions:

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r0109

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070404

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r0109") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r0109'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r0109"