diff --git a/common/defaults.tf b/common/defaults.tf
index 768a441..47ff65b 100644
--- a/common/defaults.tf
+++ b/common/defaults.tf
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 
 locals {
   _defaults = {
+    "account_settings" = {
+      allow_users_to_change_password = true
+      hard_expiry                    = false
+      max_password_age               = 89
+      minimum_password_length        = 14
+      password_reuse_prevention      = 24
+      require_lowercase_characters   = true
+      require_numbers                = true
+      require_symbols                = true
+      require_uppercase_characters   = true
+    }
     "load-balancer" = {
       "gov"           = ["190560391635", "048591011584"]
       "us-gov-east-1" = "190560391635"