---
names:
  full: "AWS Account IAM Password Policy minimum password length is 14 characters or less"
  contextual: "IAM Password Policy minimum password length is 14 characters or less"
description: "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."
type: "COMPLIANCE_POLICY"
categories:
  - "SECURITY"
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cis-aws-v7.0.0/02/08"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/identity-and-access-governance/credential-lifecycle-management"
  - "/frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/iam/07"
similarPolicies:
  cloudConformity:
  # One policy for 1.8 and 1.9. Checks are combined into one policy
    - url: "https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/aws/IAM/password-policy.html"
      name: "IAM Password Policy"