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name: gcp-security-scanner description: GCP security configuration scanning and hardening using Security Command Center, Forseti, and ScoutSuite allowed-tools:

• Bash
• Read
• Write
• Glob
• Grep
• WebFetch graph: domains: [domain:security] specializations: [specialization:security-compliance] skillAreas: [skill-area:vulnerability-scanning-remediation, skill-area:application-security-testing] roles: [role:security-engineer, role:devops-engineer] workflows: [workflow:security-audit, workflow:vulnerability-management]

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GCP Security Scanner Skill

Purpose

Automated Google Cloud Platform security configuration scanning and hardening to identify misconfigurations, compliance violations, and security risks across GCP projects and organizations.

Capabilities

Security Command Center Integration

• Leverage GCP Security Command Center findings
• Review vulnerability and threat findings
• Check Security Health Analytics results
• Monitor Event Threat Detection alerts
• Track Container Threat Detection findings
• Generate compliance reports

IAM Security Analysis

• Analyze IAM policies for over-permissive access
• Check service account key usage and rotation
• Identify excessive permissions
• Review organization policy constraints
• Detect cross-project access
• Audit IAM recommender suggestions

VPC Firewall Analysis

• Review firewall rules for overly permissive access
• Check for open management ports
• Validate VPC Service Controls
• Review Shared VPC configurations
• Check Private Google Access settings
• Analyze VPC flow logs configuration

Cloud Storage Security

• Identify publicly accessible buckets
• Check bucket IAM policies
• Validate uniform bucket-level access
• Review bucket encryption settings
• Check access logging configuration
• Verify retention policies

Cloud KMS Configuration

• Review key ring and key configurations
• Check key rotation policies
• Validate IAM policies on keys
• Review HSM key protection levels
• Check external key manager usage
• Audit key access patterns

Audit Logging Verification

• Validate Cloud Audit Logs configuration
• Check data access logging
• Review admin activity logging
• Verify log export configuration
• Check Cloud Logging retention
• Validate alert policies

Organization Policy Assessment

• Review organization policy constraints
• Check service restriction policies
• Validate resource location constraints
• Review VM external IP restrictions
• Check service account creation policies

GCP Services Covered

Category	Services
Identity	IAM, Cloud Identity, Workforce Identity
Compute	Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Functions
Storage	Cloud Storage, Persistent Disks
Database	Cloud SQL, Spanner, BigQuery, Firestore
Network	VPC, Firewall, Cloud Armor, Cloud CDN
Security	Security Command Center, Cloud KMS, BeyondCorp
Monitoring	Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Audit Logs

Integrations

• Security Command Center: GCP native CSPM
• Forseti Security: Open-source GCP security toolkit
• ScoutSuite: Multi-cloud security auditing
• Cloud Asset Inventory: Resource visibility
• IAM Recommender: Permission optimization

Target Processes

• Cloud Security Architecture Review
• Compliance Monitoring
• GCP Project Hardening
• Security Posture Assessment

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "scanType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["full", "cis", "pci", "hipaa", "iso27001", "custom"],
      "description": "Type of security scan"
    },
    "projects": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "GCP project IDs to scan"
    },
    "organization": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "GCP organization ID for org-wide scanning"
    },
    "services": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "Specific services to scan"
    },
    "severityThreshold": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["critical", "high", "medium", "low"]
    },
    "complianceFrameworks": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": ["CIS", "PCI-DSS", "HIPAA", "ISO27001", "SOC2", "NIST"]
      }
    },
    "includeSCC": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Include Security Command Center findings"
    }
  },
  "required": ["scanType"]
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "scanId": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "scanTimestamp": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "projectsScanned": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "organizationId": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "summary": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "totalChecks": { "type": "integer" },
        "passed": { "type": "integer" },
        "failed": { "type": "integer" },
        "warnings": { "type": "integer" }
      }
    },
    "findingsBySeverity": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "critical": { "type": "integer" },
        "high": { "type": "integer" },
        "medium": { "type": "integer" },
        "low": { "type": "integer" }
      }
    },
    "findings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "checkId": { "type": "string" },
          "severity": { "type": "string" },
          "service": { "type": "string" },
          "project": { "type": "string" },
          "resourceName": { "type": "string" },
          "description": { "type": "string" },
          "remediation": { "type": "string" },
          "complianceMapping": { "type": "array" }
        }
      }
    },
    "sccFindings": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "organizationPolicyStatus": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "recommendations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

skill: {
  name: 'gcp-security-scanner',
  context: {
    scanType: 'cis',
    projects: ['my-project-id'],
    complianceFrameworks: ['CIS', 'SOC2'],
    includeSCC: true,
    severityThreshold: 'medium'
  }
}