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)

#!/​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)

#!/​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 "