07 - IAM Password Require Upper Case

Ensure IAM Passwords require at least uppercase character

IAM allows for creating users directly with in the AWS console for end users to be allowed to interact with the various services that AWS offers. Password complexity should be enforced and this reason is why password length is important. For this reason it is considered a security best practice not keep using the same password. Ensuring that it is restricted will help you with CIS and NIST Compliance.

Audit & Remediation

Login into your AWS account
Navigate to the IAM service at: https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam
on the left panel, select Account settings then select the Set password policy button.

Under Set password policy select the Require at least one Uppercase letter from Latin alphabet (a-z).

Repeat the outlined steps for each AWS account that you have.

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