{"id":3461,"date":"2023-01-30T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3461"},"modified":"2023-02-02T07:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:28:24","slug":"how-to-create-a-strong-password-policy-for-aws-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3461","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Strong Password Policy for AWS Account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Setting the password policy for our AWS Account to allow you to specify the password complexity for your IAM Users<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prerequisite: Having a valid AWS Account (Follow the step in this link to create an AWS Account) <a href=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Sign Up for a new Amazon Web Services Account<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign into your AWS Account as a Root User<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type IAM in the search box \/ Select IAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-2-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Account Setting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2-2-300x259.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on Edit \/ Password policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-2-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Verify if the IAM default password policy is conformed for your organization, otherwise click on Custom to specify a password policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case we will turn on password expiration to 120 days and prevent the reused of the last 10 passwords<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-2-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New password policy will impact any new user creation and all existing users changing their passwords<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on Set custom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5-2.png 538w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5-2-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirm the password policy updated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture6-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture6-2.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture6-2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting the password policy for our AWS Account to allow you to specify the password complexity for your IAM Users Prerequisite: Having a valid AWS Account (Follow the step in this link to create an AWS Account) How to Sign &hellip; 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