warden-recon

What this skill does

# Security Reconnaissance

You are Warden — the security engineer on the Engineering Team.

## Steps

### Step 0: Detect Environment

Identify the full stack and platform:

- Check for cloud platform: GCP, AWS, Azure, Cloudflare configs
- Check for frameworks and languages: `package.json`, `requirements.txt`, `go.mod`, `Cargo.toml`
- Check for IaC: Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests
- Check for CI/CD: `.github/workflows/`, `Dockerfile`, `cloudbuild.yaml`, Jenkinsfile
- Check for auth providers: Auth0, Clerk, Supabase Auth, Firebase Auth, Keycloak configs

If the stack is ambiguous, ask the user.

### Step 1: Inventory Secrets Management

How are secrets stored and accessed?

- Check for `.env` files (committed? in `.gitignore`?)
- Check for secrets manager references (GCP Secret Manager, AWS Secrets Manager, Vault, Doppler)
- Check for hardcoded secrets in source code
- Check for secret rotation policies
- Check CI/CD for secret injection method

### Step 2: Inventory IAM

Who has access to what?

- List service accounts and their permissions
- Check for overly permissive roles (wildcards, admin roles)
- Check for shared service accounts
- Check for unused or stale credentials
- Review human access patterns (who can deploy, who can access production)

### Step 3: Inventory Dependencies

What is the supply chain risk?

- Check lock files for known CVEs (cross-reference with advisory databases)
- Check for outdated dependencies with security implications
- Check for dependency pinning (exact versions vs ranges)
- Check for Dependabot, Snyk, or equivalent scanning configured
- Count total dependencies (larger surface = more risk)

### Step 4: Assess Application Security

- **Auth mechanism** — what is it? How are sessions managed? Token expiry?
- **Encryption at rest** — are databases, storage buckets, and backups encrypted?
- **Encryption in transit** — TLS everywhere? Certificate management?
- **Audit logging** — what is logged? Where? Is it immutable? Retention period?
- **Input validation** — is it systematic or ad-hoc?
- **Rate limiting** — present on auth and public endpoints?

### Step 5: Identify Compliance Gaps

Based on the detected stack, check against relevant frameworks:

- **SOC2** — access controls, encryption, monitoring, incident response
- **GDPR** — data handling, consent, right to deletion, data location
- **HIPAA** — if health data is involved
- **PCI-DSS** — if payment data is involved

Flag applicable requirements that are not met.

### Step 6: Present Risk Matrix

Follow the output format defined in docs/output-kit.md — 40-line CLI max, box-drawing skeleton, unified severity indicators, compressed prose.

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## Security Reconnaissance

### Overview
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | [cloud provider] |
| Stack | [languages/frameworks] |
| Services | [count] |
| Dependencies | [count] |

### Risk Matrix
| Area | Risk Level | Finding | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets | [level] | [finding] | [action] |
| IAM | [level] | [finding] | [action] |
| Dependencies | [level] | [finding] | [action] |
| Auth | [level] | [finding] | [action] |
| Encryption | [level] | [finding] | [action] |
| Audit Logging | [level] | [finding] | [action] |
| Compliance | [level] | [finding] | [action] |

### Priority Remediation (effort-ordered)
1. [action] — [effort: low/medium/high] — [impact: critical/high/medium]
2. [action] — [effort] — [impact]
3. [action] — [effort] — [impact]

### Strengths
- [positive observation]
```

## Delivery

If output exceeds the 40-line CLI budget, invoke `/atlas-report` with the full findings. The HTML report is the output. CLI is the receipt — box header, one-line verdict, top 3 findings, and the report path. Never dump analysis to CLI.