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name: evidence-artifact-collector description: Generates CLI commands and API scripts to collect point-in-time evidence for audit controls. Automates evidence gathering from cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and outputs formatted reports. allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Write, Edit

Evidence Artifact Collector

Generates scripts to collect audit evidence from cloud infrastructure. Automates the most labor-intensive part of compliance - evidence gathering.

Quick Commands

Generate AWS evidence script:

node plugins/grc-engineer/scripts/collect-evidence.js "MFA for all root users" aws

Generate Azure evidence script:

node plugins/grc-engineer/scripts/collect-evidence.js "All storage accounts encrypted" azure

Generate GCP evidence script:

node plugins/grc-engineer/scripts/collect-evidence.js "IAM bindings audit" gcp

Supported Providers

• aws - AWS CLI and boto3 scripts
• azure - Azure CLI and Python SDK scripts
• gcp - gcloud CLI and Python SDK scripts
• kubernetes - kubectl commands
• terraform - Terraform state queries

Output Formats

• python - Python script with boto3/azure-sdk/google-cloud
• bash - Shell script with CLI commands
• json - Direct API query results
• markdown - Formatted evidence report
• pdf - PDF report (requires additional dependencies)

Example Controls

• "MFA for all root users"
• "All S3 buckets encrypted"
• "CloudTrail logging enabled"
• "Security groups restrict access"
• "IAM policies follow least privilege"
• "Database encryption at rest"
• "Network ACLs configured"

Generated Script Features

• Point-in-time evidence collection
• Timestamped results
• Multiple output formats
• Error handling and validation
• Ready-to-run commands

Example Output

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Evidence Collection Script
Control: MFA for all root users
Provider: AWS
Generated: 2025-01-15T10:30:00Z
"""

import boto3
import json
from datetime import datetime

iam = boto3.client('iam')

def collect_mfa_evidence():
    """Collect evidence for MFA requirement on root users."""
    evidence = {
        "control": "MFA for all root users",
        "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
        "results": []
    }
    
    # Get account summary
    summary = iam.get_account_summary()
    mfa_enabled = summary['SummaryMap'].get('AccountMFAEnabled', 0)
    
    evidence["results"].append({
        "check": "Root account MFA status",
        "status": "PASS" if mfa_enabled == 1 else "FAIL",
        "details": f"MFA Enabled: {mfa_enabled == 1}"
    })
    
    return evidence

if __name__ == "__main__":
    result = collect_mfa_evidence()
    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))

Prerequisites

• Control description or control ID
• Optional: Cloud provider (defaults to aws)
• Optional: Output format (defaults to python)