Policy: AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.08 - Ensure IAM password policy requires minimum length of 14 or greater (Automated)

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 policy targets the following resource types:

AWS > IAM > Account Password Policy

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management` `Skip` `Check: Level 1 (Scored)`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

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

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0108

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0108") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0108'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0108'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0108"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0108"