Cloud Security Automation
Authorization Boundary
- Require account IDs, role ARNs/principals, and read-only credentials in scope before any live query.
- Default to read-only APIs and
--dry-run/plan mode for any change.
- Do not exfiltrate customer data; redact resource names if shared outside the engagement.
Posture Workflow
- Inventory: accounts, subscriptions, projects, regions, services in use, owners, tags.
- Baseline: pull config via
aws configservice, az resource graph, gcloud asset, plus prowler, scout-suite, cloudsploit, steampipe.
- Score: map findings to CIS, NIST 800-53, Well-Architected, and CSA CCM.
- IaC pre-flight:
checkov, tfsec, kics, terrascan, cfn-nag on PRs; block on critical.
- Remediate: produce least-privilege IAM diffs, network restrictions, encryption defaults, and logging fixes as code, not console clicks.
- Drift watch: compare desired state to live; alert on out-of-band changes.
Focus Areas
- IAM: wildcard actions, cross-account trust, unused roles, long-lived keys, OIDC federation.
- Network: public S3/Blob/GCS, 0.0.0.0/0 ingress, exposed databases, lateral paths.
- Data: encryption at rest, KMS key policies, backup posture, PII tagging.
- Logging: CloudTrail/Activity Logs/Audit Logs coverage, retention, SIEM ingestion.
- Identity: MFA, conditional access, SCP/Org Policy guardrails, break-glass accounts.
Output Contract
inventory.json, findings.csv (with severity, control, evidence, fix).
iac-patches/: ready-to-PR diffs.
runbooks/: incident-grade response for each top finding.
posture-trend.md: weekly delta with regressions called out.