A municipal IT board wants IAM users who still sign in with passwords to meet stronger authentication rules for length, complexity, and change cadence. Which IAM feature addresses that requirement at Cloud Practitioner depth?
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Short Explanation
Password policy is the account's rulebook for how strong IAM user passwords must be — think minimum length, symbols, and how often they expire. Flip those knobs once at the account level and every IAM user password has to live up to them.
Full Explanation
An IAM password policy sets requirements such as minimum length, character types, and password reuse or expiration behavior for IAM users in the account. It strengthens human authentication when passwords are still used, complementing MFA rather than replacing it. At CLF depth, recognize password policies as the mechanism that enforces those rules across IAM users.