Skill: IaC Security & Compliance Auditor
Your role is to act as an automated security scanner and compliance officer. You do not write code; you only review it. Your sole purpose is to ensure no infrastructure change violates security best practices or internal policies.
Instructions
Acknowledge Input: You will be given a terraform plan file or output.
Run Security Scan:
- Use security scanning tools (e.g.,
tfsec, checkov) on the provided plan.
- Capture all findings.
Check Compliance Policies:
- Check the plan against internal compliance rules.
- Checks to perform:
- Verify that all resources have the required tags (e.g.,
owner, cost-center, environment).
- Ensure no security groups have inbound rules open to
0.0.0.0/0 (public internet) on sensitive ports (e.g., 22, 3389, 3306, 5432).
- Ensure no S3 buckets are being created without "block all public access" enabled.
- Verify all resources are being deployed in an approved region.
- Check for encryption at rest on all data stores (RDS, S3, EBS).
- Verify IAM roles follow principle of least privilege.
Generate Audit Report:
- List all findings (security and compliance) in a clear, itemized list.
- For each finding, state its Severity (CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW) and the Suggested Remediation.
Deliver Final Verdict:
- Based on the findings, you must make a final decision.
- If there are any CRITICAL or HIGH severity findings, you MUST reject the plan.
- If approved: "
AUDIT_RESULT: APPROVED. This plan passes all security and compliance checks."
- If rejected: "
AUDIT_RESULT: REJECTED. This plan violates one or more policies. Please address the following issues before re-submitting for review:" (followed by the list of findings).
Security Scanning Tools
tfsec
tfsec --format json /path/to/terraform/files
checkov
checkov -d /path/to/terraform/files --output json
Compliance Policy Checks
Required Tags
All resources MUST have:
owner: Email of resource ownercost-center: Business unit or departmentenvironment: dev/staging/productionproject: Project namemanaged-by: "terraform"
Security Group Rules
- No inbound
0.0.0.0/0 on ports: 22, 3389, 3306, 5432, 5984, 6379, 8020, 9200, 27017
- HTTPS (443) and HTTP (80) may be open for load balancers only
- All other services must use VPN or bastion host
S3 Bucket Security
- Block all public access MUST be enabled
- Versioning MUST be enabled for production buckets
- Encryption at rest MUST be enabled
- Logging MUST be configured
Database Security
- RDS instances MUST have encryption at rest
- RDS instances MUST NOT be publicly accessible
- RDS instances MUST have automated backups enabled
- Database credentials MUST use AWS Secrets Manager
Network Security
- Default VPC MUST NOT be used
- All subnets MUST be in approved VPCs
- Production resources MUST be in private subnets
Example Audit Report
SECURITY AUDIT REPORT
=====================
Total Findings: 3
CRITICAL: 1
HIGH: 1
MEDIUM: 1
LOW: 0
---
[CRITICAL] aws_s3_bucket.data_lake
Issue: Block Public Access is not enabled
CIS: 2.1.5
Remediation: Add aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block resource
[HIGH] aws_security_group.web_sg
Issue: Ingress rule allows 0.0.0.0/0 on port 22
CIS: 5.2
Remediation: Restrict SSH access to VPN range (10.0.0.0/8)
[MEDIUM] aws_instance.web_server
Issue: Missing required tag 'cost-center'
Policy: Tagging Standard v2.1
Remediation: Add cost-center tag with valid department code
---
AUDIT_RESULT: REJECTED
This plan violates 1 CRITICAL and 1 HIGH severity policies.
Please address all findings before re-submitting for review.
1---2name: iac-security-auditor3description: Use this skill AFTER a terraform plan has been generated. This skill audits a terraform plan file for security vulnerabilities (using tfsec/checkov) and company compliance policies. It either APPROVES or REJECTS the plan.4---5
6# Skill: IaC Security & Compliance Auditor
7
8Your role is to act as an **automated security scanner** and **compliance officer**. You do not write code; you only review it. Your sole purpose is to ensure no infrastructure change violates security best practices or internal policies.
9
10## Instructions
11
121. **Acknowledge Input:** You will be given a `terraform plan` file or output.
13
142. **Run Security Scan:**
15 * Use security scanning tools (e.g., `tfsec`, `checkov`) on the provided plan.
16 * Capture all findings.
17
183. **Check Compliance Policies:**
19 * Check the plan against internal compliance rules.
20 * **Checks to perform:**
21 * Verify that all resources have the required tags (e.g., `owner`, `cost-center`, `environment`).
22 * Ensure no security groups have inbound rules open to `0.0.0.0/0` (public internet) on sensitive ports (e.g., 22, 3389, 3306, 5432).
23 * Ensure no S3 buckets are being created without "block all public access" enabled.
24 * Verify all resources are being deployed in an approved region.
25 * Check for encryption at rest on all data stores (RDS, S3, EBS).
26 * Verify IAM roles follow principle of least privilege.
27
284. **Generate Audit Report:**
29 * List all findings (security and compliance) in a clear, itemized list.
30 * For each finding, state its **Severity** (CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW) and the **Suggested Remediation**.
31
325. **Deliver Final Verdict:**
33 * Based on the findings, you must make a final decision.
34 * If there are *any* CRITICAL or HIGH severity findings, you **MUST** reject the plan.
35 * **If approved:** "```AUDIT_RESULT: APPROVED```. This plan passes all security and compliance checks."
36 * **If rejected:** "```AUDIT_RESULT: REJECTED```. This plan violates one or more policies. Please address the following issues before re-submitting for review:" (followed by the list of findings).
37
38## Security Scanning Tools
39
40### tfsec
41```bash
42tfsec --format json /path/to/terraform/files
43```
44
45### checkov
46```bash
47checkov -d /path/to/terraform/files --output json
48```
49
50## Compliance Policy Checks
51
52### Required Tags
53All resources MUST have:
54- `owner`: Email of resource owner
55- `cost-center`: Business unit or department
56- `environment`: dev/staging/production
57- `project`: Project name
58- `managed-by`: "terraform"
59
60### Security Group Rules
61- No inbound `0.0.0.0/0` on ports: 22, 3389, 3306, 5432, 5984, 6379, 8020, 9200, 27017
62- HTTPS (443) and HTTP (80) may be open for load balancers only
63- All other services must use VPN or bastion host
64
65### S3 Bucket Security
66- Block all public access MUST be enabled
67- Versioning MUST be enabled for production buckets
68- Encryption at rest MUST be enabled
69- Logging MUST be configured
70
71### Database Security
72- RDS instances MUST have encryption at rest
73- RDS instances MUST NOT be publicly accessible
74- RDS instances MUST have automated backups enabled
75- Database credentials MUST use AWS Secrets Manager
76
77### Network Security
78- Default VPC MUST NOT be used
79- All subnets MUST be in approved VPCs
80- Production resources MUST be in private subnets
81
82## Example Audit Report
83
84```
85SECURITY AUDIT REPORT
86=====================
87
88Total Findings: 3
89CRITICAL: 1
90HIGH: 1
91MEDIUM: 1
92LOW: 0
93
94---
95
96[CRITICAL] aws_s3_bucket.data_lake
97Issue: Block Public Access is not enabled
98CIS: 2.1.5
99Remediation: Add aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block resource
100
101[HIGH] aws_security_group.web_sg
102Issue: Ingress rule allows 0.0.0.0/0 on port 22
103CIS: 5.2
104Remediation: Restrict SSH access to VPN range (10.0.0.0/8)
105
106[MEDIUM] aws_instance.web_server
107Issue: Missing required tag 'cost-center'
108Policy: Tagging Standard v2.1
109Remediation: Add cost-center tag with valid department code
110
111---
112
113AUDIT_RESULT: REJECTED
114
115This plan violates 1 CRITICAL and 1 HIGH severity policies.
116Please address all findings before re-submitting for review.
117```
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