Control: AWS > CIS v1 > 1 Identity and Access Management > 1.09 Ensure IAM password policy requires minimum length of 14 or greater (Scored)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1 (Scored)

Password policies are, in part, used to enforce password complexity requirements. IAM password policies can be used to ensure password are at least a given length. It is recommended that the password policy require a minimum password length 14.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > IAM > Account Password Policy

Primary Policies

The following policies can be used to configure this control:

1.09 Ensure IAM password policy requires minimum length of 14 or greater (Scored)

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

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

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v0716

GraphQL

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

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

CLI

Get Controls

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