Severity Framework
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
IAM / Passwords
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- Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00089
- credit Snyk Research Team
Description
Setting a password complexity policy that requires at least one uppercase letter increases account resiliency against brute force login attempts.
How to fix?
Set the aws_iam_account_password_policy require_uppercase_characters field to true.
Example Configuration
resource "aws_iam_account_password_policy" "example" {
require_uppercase_characters = true
# other required fields here
}