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Comprehensive AWS security posture assessment using AWS CLI and security best practices
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AWS Security Audit
Perform comprehensive security assessments of AWS environments to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
Review scope and execution boundaries
Select the exact account/role, partition, regions and control/framework version before collecting evidence; verify identity with aws sts get-caller-identity. Read-only assessment is the default. Commands that create MFA devices, change policies/keys, enable services, rotate secrets or create alarms require an approved change scope and rollback plan. Keep evidence and secret material out of shared logs.
These are partial examples, not certification or complete benchmark implementations. Control numbers are illustrative historical mappings, not a pinned current benchmark. Record PASS/FAIL/UNKNOWN/NOT-APPLICABLE per control with evidence and coverage. AccessDenied, API errors, missing permissions, absent pages and unimplemented checks are UNKNOWN, never PASS. Use paginators for SDK listings and cover all selected regions/accounts; never infer completeness from no findings. Shell snippets require Bash/GNU date, AWS CLI, jq and error checking (set -euo pipefail in complete scripts). Generate the IAM credential report first, wait for COMPLETE and decode its base64 Content; parse CSV by header in production. Credential reports are sensitive.
When to Use
Use this skill when you need to audit AWS security posture, identify vulnerabilities, or prepare for compliance assessments.
Audit Categories
Identity & Access Management
- Overly permissive IAM policies
- Unused IAM users and roles
- MFA enforcement gaps
- Root account usage
- Access key rotation
Network Security
- Open security groups (0.0.0.0/0)
- Public S3 buckets
- Unencrypted data in transit
- VPC flow logs disabled
- Network ACL misconfigurations
Data Protection
- Unencrypted EBS volumes
- Unencrypted RDS instances
- S3 object encryption and required key-policy coverage
- Backup policies missing
- KMS key rotation disabled
Logging & Monitoring
- CloudTrail disabled
- CloudWatch alarms missing
- VPC Flow Logs disabled
- S3 access logging disabled
- Config recording disabled
Security Audit Commands
IAM Security Checks
Network Security Checks
Data Protection Checks
Logging & Monitoring Checks
Automated Security Audit Script
Assessment result model
Do not calculate a security score from stubs or skipped checks. For each control report account/region/resource, evidence timestamp, exact check and PASS/FAIL/UNKNOWN/NOT-APPLICABLE. Explicitly list unqueried regions, unavailable permissions, pagination failures and controls requiring manual evidence. Public ingress may be intentional; severity depends on port/protocol, IPv6 exposure, asset sensitivity and compensating controls.
Compliance Mapping
CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark
- 1.1: Root account usage
- 1.2-1.14: IAM policies and MFA
- 2.1-2.9: Logging (CloudTrail, Config, VPC Flow Logs)
- 4.1-4.3: Monitoring and alerting
PCI-DSS
- Requirement 1: Network security controls
- Requirement 2: Secure configurations
- Requirement 8: Access controls and MFA
- Requirement 10: Logging and monitoring
HIPAA
- Access controls (IAM)
- Audit controls (CloudTrail)
- Encryption (EBS, RDS, S3)
- Transmission security (TLS/SSL)
Remediation Priorities
Critical (Fix Immediately)
- Root account access keys
- Public RDS snapshots
- Security groups open to 0.0.0.0/0 on sensitive ports
- CloudTrail disabled
High (Fix Within 7 Days)
- Users without MFA
- Unencrypted data at rest
- Missing VPC Flow Logs
- Overly permissive IAM policies
Medium (Fix Within 30 Days)
- Old access keys (>90 days)
- Missing S3 access logging
- Unused IAM users
- KMS key rotation disabled
Example Prompts
- "Run a comprehensive security audit on my AWS account"
- "Check for IAM security issues"
- "Find all unencrypted resources"
- "Generate a security compliance report"
- "Calculate my AWS security score"
Best Practices
- Run audits weekly
- Automate with Lambda/EventBridge
- Export results to S3 for trending
- Integrate with SIEM tools
- Track remediation progress
- Document exceptions with business justification
Kiro CLI Integration
Additional Resources
Limitations
- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.
Security
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Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingskills/security/aws-security-audit/SKILL.md
Popularity
- Repository stars
- 48,713
- Repository forks
- 7,073
- 7-day trend score
- 54
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