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Ensure IAM user password is rotated every 90 days or less

It is recommended that passwords be regularly rotated. If your AWS account does have a password policy that requires password rotation, ensure that the IAM user passwords are changed according to the current password policy. Rotating passwords will reduce the window of opportunity for a password that is associated with a compromised or terminated account to be used. passwords should be rotated to ensure that data cannot be accessed with an old password which might have been lost, cracked, or stolen.

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Risk Level: High
Cloud Entity: IAM User
CloudGuard Rule ID: D9.AWS.IAM.98
Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

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IamUser where passwordEnabled='true' should have passwordLastChanged after(-90, 'days')

REMEDIATION

From Portal

  1. Login to the AWS Management Console: https://console.aws.amazon.com/
  2. Click Services
  3. Click IAM
  4. Click on Users
  5. Select on the relevant user
  6. Click on Security Credentials
  7. Under 'Sign-in credentials' go to 'Console password' and click on 'Manage'
  8. select 'Require password reset'
    Note : make sure that the user has permission to change his or her password.
  9. Login to this user account and create new password.
  10. Repeat steps 5-9 for other relevant IAM users.

From Command Line

  1. To update password, run:
aws iam update-login-profile --user-name USER_NAME --password NEW_PASSWORD --password-reset-required

References

  1. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_passwords_admin-change-user.html
  2. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_passwords_enable-user-change.html
  3. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/update-login-profile.html

IAM User

An IAM user is an entity that you create in AWS to represent the person or service that uses it to interact with AWS. A user in AWS consists of a name and credentials.

Compliance Frameworks

  • AWS CloudGuard Best Practices
  • AWS CloudGuard SOC2 based on AICPA TSC 2017
  • AWS HITRUST v11.0.0
  • AWS MITRE ATT&CK Framework v11.3
  • AWS NIST 800-53 Rev 5
  • AWS PCI-DSS 4.0
  • AWS Security Risk Management

Updated over 1 year ago