Control: AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.08 - Ensure IAM password policy prevents password reuse

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

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. Preventing password reuse increases account resiliency against brute force login attempts.

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-cisv6-0#/control/types/r0208

Category URI

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

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/control/types/r0208") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/control/types/r0208'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/control/types/r0208"