Policy: AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Security > SEC 02. How do you manage identities for people and machines? > Use strong sign-in mechanisms

Enforce minimum password length, and educate users to avoid common or re-used passwords. Enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) with software or hardware mechanisms to provide an additional layer.

See Use strong sign-in mechanisms for more information.

Resource Types

This policy targets the following resource types:

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Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Security > SEC 02. How do you manage identities for people and machines?

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Skip`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Skip` `True` `False`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/turbot#/control/categories/other

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/sec02EnforceMechanisms

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/sec02EnforceMechanisms") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/sec02EnforceMechanisms'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/sec02EnforceMechanisms'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/sec02EnforceMechanisms"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/sec02EnforceMechanisms"