aws-compliance-checker
Automated compliance checking against CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 benchmarks
Best use case
aws-compliance-checker is best used when you need a repeatable AI agent workflow instead of a one-off prompt.
Automated compliance checking against CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 benchmarks
Teams using aws-compliance-checker should expect a more consistent output, faster repeated execution, less prompt rewriting.
When to use this skill
- You want a reusable workflow that can be run more than once with consistent structure.
When not to use this skill
- You only need a quick one-off answer and do not need a reusable workflow.
- You cannot install or maintain the underlying files, dependencies, or repository context.
Installation
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Manual Installation
- Download SKILL.md from GitHub
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How aws-compliance-checker Compares
| Feature / Agent | aws-compliance-checker | Standard Approach |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Support | Not specified | Limited / Varies |
| Context Awareness | High | Baseline |
| Installation Complexity | Unknown | N/A |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this skill do?
Automated compliance checking against CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 benchmarks
Where can I find the source code?
You can find the source code on GitHub using the link provided at the top of the page.
SKILL.md Source
# AWS Compliance Checker
Automated compliance validation against industry standards including CIS AWS Foundations, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2.
## When to Use
Use this skill when you need to validate AWS compliance against industry standards, prepare for audits, or maintain continuous compliance monitoring.
## Supported Frameworks
**CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark**
- Identity and Access Management
- Logging and Monitoring
- Networking
- Data Protection
**PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry)**
- Network security
- Access controls
- Encryption
- Monitoring and logging
**HIPAA (Healthcare)**
- Access controls
- Audit controls
- Data encryption
- Transmission security
**SOC 2**
- Security
- Availability
- Confidentiality
- Privacy
## CIS AWS Foundations Checks
### Identity & Access Management (1.x)
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# cis-iam-checks.sh
echo "=== CIS IAM Compliance Checks ==="
# 1.1: Root account usage
echo "1.1: Checking root account usage..."
root_usage=$(aws iam get-credential-report --output text | \
awk -F, 'NR==2 {print $5,$11}')
echo " Root password last used: $root_usage"
# 1.2: MFA on root account
echo "1.2: Checking root MFA..."
root_mfa=$(aws iam get-account-summary \
--query 'SummaryMap.AccountMFAEnabled' --output text)
echo " Root MFA enabled: $root_mfa"
# 1.3: Unused credentials
echo "1.3: Checking for unused credentials (>90 days)..."
aws iam get-credential-report --output text | \
awk -F, 'NR>1 {
if ($5 != "N/A" && $5 != "no_information") {
cmd = "date -d \"" $5 "\" +%s"
cmd | getline last_used
close(cmd)
now = systime()
days = (now - last_used) / 86400
if (days > 90) print " ⚠️ " $1 ": " int(days) " days inactive"
}
}'
# 1.4: Access keys rotated
echo "1.4: Checking access key age..."
aws iam list-users --query 'Users[*].UserName' --output text | \
while read user; do
aws iam list-access-keys --user-name "$user" \
--query 'AccessKeyMetadata[*].[AccessKeyId,CreateDate]' \
--output text | \
while read key_id create_date; do
age_days=$(( ($(date +%s) - $(date -d "$create_date" +%s)) / 86400 ))
if [ $age_days -gt 90 ]; then
echo " ⚠️ $user: Key $key_id is $age_days days old"
fi
done
done
# 1.5-1.11: Password policy
echo "1.5-1.11: Checking password policy..."
policy=$(aws iam get-account-password-policy 2>&1)
if echo "$policy" | grep -q "NoSuchEntity"; then
echo " ❌ No password policy configured"
else
echo " ✓ Password policy exists"
echo "$policy" | jq '.PasswordPolicy | {
MinimumPasswordLength,
RequireSymbols,
RequireNumbers,
RequireUppercaseCharacters,
RequireLowercaseCharacters,
MaxPasswordAge,
PasswordReusePrevention
}'
fi
# 1.12-1.14: MFA for IAM users
echo "1.12-1.14: Checking IAM user MFA..."
aws iam get-credential-report --output text | \
awk -F, 'NR>1 && $4=="false" {print " ⚠️ " $1 ": No MFA"}'
```
### Logging (2.x)
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# cis-logging-checks.sh
echo "=== CIS Logging Compliance Checks ==="
# 2.1: CloudTrail enabled
echo "2.1: Checking CloudTrail..."
trails=$(aws cloudtrail describe-trails \
--query 'trailList[*].[Name,IsMultiRegionTrail,LogFileValidationEnabled]' \
--output text)
if [ -z "$trails" ]; then
echo " ❌ No CloudTrail configured"
else
echo "$trails" | while read name multi_region validation; do
echo " Trail: $name"
echo " Multi-region: $multi_region"
echo " Log validation: $validation"
# Check if logging
status=$(aws cloudtrail get-trail-status --name "$name" \
--query 'IsLogging' --output text)
echo " Is logging: $status"
done
fi
# 2.2: CloudTrail log file validation
echo "2.2: Checking log file validation..."
aws cloudtrail describe-trails \
--query 'trailList[?LogFileValidationEnabled==`false`].Name' \
--output text | \
while read trail; do
echo " ⚠️ $trail: Log validation disabled"
done
# 2.3: S3 bucket for CloudTrail
echo "2.3: Checking CloudTrail S3 bucket access..."
aws cloudtrail describe-trails \
--query 'trailList[*].S3BucketName' --output text | \
while read bucket; do
public=$(aws s3api get-bucket-acl --bucket "$bucket" 2>&1 | \
grep -c "AllUsers")
if [ "$public" -gt 0 ]; then
echo " ❌ $bucket: Publicly accessible"
else
echo " ✓ $bucket: Not public"
fi
done
# 2.4: CloudTrail integrated with CloudWatch Logs
echo "2.4: Checking CloudWatch Logs integration..."
aws cloudtrail describe-trails \
--query 'trailList[*].[Name,CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn]' \
--output text | \
while read name log_group; do
if [ "$log_group" = "None" ]; then
echo " ⚠️ $name: Not integrated with CloudWatch Logs"
else
echo " ✓ $name: Integrated with CloudWatch"
fi
done
# 2.5: AWS Config enabled
echo "2.5: Checking AWS Config..."
recorders=$(aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders \
--query 'ConfigurationRecorders[*].name' --output text)
if [ -z "$recorders" ]; then
echo " ❌ AWS Config not enabled"
else
echo " ✓ AWS Config enabled: $recorders"
fi
# 2.6: S3 bucket logging
echo "2.6: Checking S3 bucket logging..."
aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[*].Name' --output text | \
while read bucket; do
logging=$(aws s3api get-bucket-logging --bucket "$bucket" 2>&1)
if ! echo "$logging" | grep -q "LoggingEnabled"; then
echo " ⚠️ $bucket: Access logging disabled"
fi
done
# 2.7: VPC Flow Logs
echo "2.7: Checking VPC Flow Logs..."
aws ec2 describe-vpcs --query 'Vpcs[*].VpcId' --output text | \
while read vpc; do
flow_logs=$(aws ec2 describe-flow-logs \
--filter "Name=resource-id,Values=$vpc" \
--query 'FlowLogs[*].FlowLogId' --output text)
if [ -z "$flow_logs" ]; then
echo " ⚠️ $vpc: No flow logs enabled"
else
echo " ✓ $vpc: Flow logs enabled"
fi
done
```
### Monitoring (3.x)
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# cis-monitoring-checks.sh
echo "=== CIS Monitoring Compliance Checks ==="
# Check for required CloudWatch metric filters and alarms
required_filters=(
"unauthorized-api-calls"
"no-mfa-console-signin"
"root-usage"
"iam-changes"
"cloudtrail-changes"
"console-signin-failures"
"cmk-changes"
"s3-bucket-policy-changes"
"aws-config-changes"
"security-group-changes"
"nacl-changes"
"network-gateway-changes"
"route-table-changes"
"vpc-changes"
)
log_group=$(aws cloudtrail describe-trails \
--query 'trailList[0].CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn' \
--output text | cut -d: -f7)
if [ -z "$log_group" ] || [ "$log_group" = "None" ]; then
echo " ❌ CloudTrail not integrated with CloudWatch Logs"
else
echo "Checking metric filters for log group: $log_group"
existing_filters=$(aws logs describe-metric-filters \
--log-group-name "$log_group" \
--query 'metricFilters[*].filterName' --output text)
for filter in "${required_filters[@]}"; do
if echo "$existing_filters" | grep -q "$filter"; then
echo " ✓ $filter: Configured"
else
echo " ⚠️ $filter: Missing"
fi
done
fi
```
### Networking (4.x)
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# cis-networking-checks.sh
echo "=== CIS Networking Compliance Checks ==="
# 4.1: No security groups allow 0.0.0.0/0 ingress to port 22
echo "4.1: Checking SSH access (port 22)..."
aws ec2 describe-security-groups \
--query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId,GroupName,IpPermissions]' \
--output json | \
jq -r '.[] | select(.[2][]? |
select(.FromPort == 22 and .IpRanges[]?.CidrIp == "0.0.0.0/0")) |
" ⚠️ \(.[0]): \(.[1]) allows SSH from 0.0.0.0/0"'
# 4.2: No security groups allow 0.0.0.0/0 ingress to port 3389
echo "4.2: Checking RDP access (port 3389)..."
aws ec2 describe-security-groups \
--query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId,GroupName,IpPermissions]' \
--output json | \
jq -r '.[] | select(.[2][]? |
select(.FromPort == 3389 and .IpRanges[]?.CidrIp == "0.0.0.0/0")) |
" ⚠️ \(.[0]): \(.[1]) allows RDP from 0.0.0.0/0"'
# 4.3: Default security group restricts all traffic
echo "4.3: Checking default security groups..."
aws ec2 describe-security-groups \
--filters Name=group-name,Values=default \
--query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId,IpPermissions,IpPermissionsEgress]' \
--output json | \
jq -r '.[] | select((.[1] | length) > 0 or (.[2] | length) > 1) |
" ⚠️ \(.[0]): Default SG has rules"'
```
## PCI-DSS Compliance Checks
```python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# pci-dss-checker.py
import boto3
def check_pci_compliance():
"""Check PCI-DSS requirements"""
ec2 = boto3.client('ec2')
rds = boto3.client('rds')
s3 = boto3.client('s3')
issues = []
# Requirement 1: Network security
sgs = ec2.describe_security_groups()
for sg in sgs['SecurityGroups']:
for perm in sg.get('IpPermissions', []):
for ip_range in perm.get('IpRanges', []):
if ip_range.get('CidrIp') == '0.0.0.0/0':
issues.append(f"PCI 1.2: {sg['GroupId']} open to internet")
# Requirement 2: Secure configurations
# Check for default passwords, etc.
# Requirement 3: Protect cardholder data
volumes = ec2.describe_volumes()
for vol in volumes['Volumes']:
if not vol['Encrypted']:
issues.append(f"PCI 3.4: Volume {vol['VolumeId']} not encrypted")
# Requirement 4: Encrypt transmission
# Check for SSL/TLS on load balancers
# Requirement 8: Access controls
iam = boto3.client('iam')
users = iam.list_users()
for user in users['Users']:
mfa = iam.list_mfa_devices(UserName=user['UserName'])
if not mfa['MFADevices']:
issues.append(f"PCI 8.3: {user['UserName']} no MFA")
# Requirement 10: Logging
cloudtrail = boto3.client('cloudtrail')
trails = cloudtrail.describe_trails()
if not trails['trailList']:
issues.append("PCI 10.1: No CloudTrail enabled")
return issues
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("PCI-DSS Compliance Check")
print("=" * 50)
issues = check_pci_compliance()
if not issues:
print("✓ No PCI-DSS issues found")
else:
print(f"Found {len(issues)} issues:\n")
for issue in issues:
print(f" ⚠️ {issue}")
```
## HIPAA Compliance Checks
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# hipaa-checker.sh
echo "=== HIPAA Compliance Checks ==="
# Access Controls (164.308(a)(3))
echo "Access Controls:"
aws iam get-credential-report --output text | \
awk -F, 'NR>1 && $4=="false" {print " ⚠️ " $1 ": No MFA (164.312(a)(2)(i))"}'
# Audit Controls (164.312(b))
echo ""
echo "Audit Controls:"
trails=$(aws cloudtrail describe-trails --query 'trailList[*].Name' --output text)
if [ -z "$trails" ]; then
echo " ❌ No CloudTrail (164.312(b))"
else
echo " ✓ CloudTrail enabled"
fi
# Encryption (164.312(a)(2)(iv))
echo ""
echo "Encryption at Rest:"
aws ec2 describe-volumes \
--query 'Volumes[?Encrypted==`false`].VolumeId' \
--output text | \
while read vol; do
echo " ⚠️ $vol: Not encrypted (164.312(a)(2)(iv))"
done
aws rds describe-db-instances \
--query 'DBInstances[?StorageEncrypted==`false`].DBInstanceIdentifier' \
--output text | \
while read db; do
echo " ⚠️ $db: Not encrypted (164.312(a)(2)(iv))"
done
# Transmission Security (164.312(e)(1))
echo ""
echo "Transmission Security:"
echo " Check: All data in transit uses TLS 1.2+"
```
## Automated Compliance Reporting
```python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# compliance-report.py
import boto3
import json
from datetime import datetime
def generate_compliance_report(framework='cis'):
"""Generate comprehensive compliance report"""
report = {
'framework': framework,
'generated': datetime.now().isoformat(),
'checks': [],
'summary': {
'total': 0,
'passed': 0,
'failed': 0,
'score': 0
}
}
# Run all checks based on framework
if framework == 'cis':
checks = run_cis_checks()
elif framework == 'pci':
checks = run_pci_checks()
elif framework == 'hipaa':
checks = run_hipaa_checks()
report['checks'] = checks
report['summary']['total'] = len(checks)
report['summary']['passed'] = sum(1 for c in checks if c['status'] == 'PASS')
report['summary']['failed'] = report['summary']['total'] - report['summary']['passed']
report['summary']['score'] = (report['summary']['passed'] / report['summary']['total']) * 100
return report
def run_cis_checks():
# Implement CIS checks
return []
def run_pci_checks():
# Implement PCI checks
return []
def run_hipaa_checks():
# Implement HIPAA checks
return []
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
framework = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 'cis'
report = generate_compliance_report(framework)
print(f"\n{framework.upper()} Compliance Report")
print("=" * 50)
print(f"Score: {report['summary']['score']:.1f}%")
print(f"Passed: {report['summary']['passed']}/{report['summary']['total']}")
print(f"Failed: {report['summary']['failed']}/{report['summary']['total']}")
# Save to file
with open(f'compliance-{framework}-{datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")}.json', 'w') as f:
json.dump(report, f, indent=2)
```
## Example Prompts
- "Run CIS AWS Foundations compliance check"
- "Generate a PCI-DSS compliance report"
- "Check HIPAA compliance for my AWS account"
- "Audit against SOC 2 requirements"
- "Create a compliance dashboard"
## Best Practices
- Run compliance checks weekly
- Automate with Lambda/EventBridge
- Track compliance trends over time
- Document exceptions with justification
- Integrate with AWS Security Hub
- Use AWS Config Rules for continuous monitoring
## Kiro CLI Integration
```bash
kiro-cli chat "Use aws-compliance-checker to run CIS benchmark"
kiro-cli chat "Generate PCI-DSS report with aws-compliance-checker"
```
## Additional Resources
- [CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark](https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/amazon_web_services)
- [AWS Security Hub](https://aws.amazon.com/security-hub/)
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