Description:
IAM password policies can prevent the reuse of a given password by the same user. It is recommended that the password policy prevent the reuse of passwords.
Rationale:
Preventing password reuse increases account resiliency against brute force login attempts.
Perform the following to set the password policy as prescribed:
From Console:
From Command Line:
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.