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Remediation

Perform the following to set the password policy as prescribed:

From Console​

  1. Login to AWS Console (with appropriate permissions to View Identity Access Management Account Settings).
  2. Go to IAM Service on the AWS Console.
  3. Click on Account Settings on the Left Pane.
  4. Check Prevent password reuse.
  5. Set Number of passwords to remember is set to 24.

From Command Line​

  1. Run the following command:
aws iam update-account-password-policy --password-reuse-prevention 24

Note: All commands starting with aws iam update-account-password-policy can be combined into a single command.