Best practices for securing AWS account

Changing IAM user password

In-order to avoid potential compromise of credentials, it is recommended to replace every IAM user’s password, every 90 days.

• Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at:

https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/

• In the navigation pane, choose Users.
• Choose the name of the user whose password you want to change.
• Choose the Security credentials tab, and then under Sign-in credentials, choose Manage password next to Console password.
• Choose whether to have IAM generate a password or create a custom password:

• To have IAM generate a password, choose Autogenerated password.
• To create a custom password, choose Custom password, and type the password.

• To require the user to create a new password when signing in, choose Require password reset. Then choose Apply.
• If you choose the option to generate a password, choose Show in the New password dialog box. This lets you view the password so you can share it with the user.
• Log off the AWS Management Console.