Back to skills
SKILL.md
Security Aws Compliance Checker
BSecurityAutomated compliance checking against CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 benchmarks
- 6 stars
- 0 votes
- 0 copies
- 2 views
- Added September 11, 2026
Works with
Security analysis
88/100- Sends environment variables or credentials to an external URL
npx -y skills add ranbot-ai/awesome-skills --skill security-aws-compliance-checker --agent claude-codeAre you the author of Security Aws Compliance Checker?
Add the live security badge to your README. It updates with every re-scan.
[](https://www.skillsdirectory.com/skills/ranbot-ai-security-aws-compliance-checker)---
name: aws-compliance-checker
description: Automated compliance checking against CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 benchmarks
category: Security & Systems
source: antigravity
tags: [python, api, ai, document, security, aws, rag]
url: https://github.com/sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/security/aws-compliance-checker
---
# 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 "
Attribution
Comments
Loading comments…
Newsletter
Get the weekly list of safe new skills, and the ones we pulled.