accans-sec-skills

Symfony / PHP webapp security review — Security Component (firewalls, voters, access_control, role hierarchies), Doctrine ORM injection patterns (raw DQL, QueryBuilder, expr()), Twig auto-escape and |raw, CSRF + session, PHP-specific RCE classes (unserialize, include/require, system/exec, eval, type juggling), configuration discipline (.env, secrets vault, profiler in prod), and recent Symfony CVE patterns. Covers Symfony-based CMSes (Sulu, Ibexa, Bolt) and custom Symfony webapps.

Astro security review — render-mode attack surface (SSG/SSR/hybrid), set:html and MDX content collections (XSS + author trust), API routes and middleware (auth, scope), adapter-specific runtime models (Cloudflare/Vercel/Netlify/Node), env-var hygiene (PUBLIC_ prefix), and Decap CMS pairing (OAuth backend, token storage, branch-based editorial workflow).

Evidence collection and packaging for security audits — evidence types (inspection/observation/inquiry/re-performance/automated), cadence per control, chain of custody, period tagging, WORM storage and retention, auditor delivery. Usable for SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIS2, DORA, and internal audits.

EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (2022/2554) compliance — scope (financial entities + critical ICT TPPs), five pillars (ICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing incl. TLPT, third-party risk, information sharing), and Dutch oversight via DNB/AFM.

Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA / GEB) workflow against AVG Art 35 — trigger check (AP criteria and WP 248), systematic description, necessity, risk analysis from the data subject's perspective, measures and residual risk, prior consultation with the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ISMS implementation and certification prep — clauses 4-10 (context, leadership, planning, support, operation, evaluation, improvement), Annex A 93 controls across four themes, Statement of Applicability, Stage 1/Stage 2 audit prep, and the certification cycle.

EU NIS2 Directive (2022/2555) gap analysis — scope determination (essential vs important entities across 18 sectors), governance obligations (Art 20), 10 baseline risk-management measures (Art 21), incident reporting timelines (Art 23), and Dutch implementation via the Cyberbeveiligingswet.

Policy-drafting workflow for security policies — AUP, Incident Response Plan, Access Control, Data Classification, BCP, Change Management, Vendor Management, Crypto, and Remote Work. Structure with Purpose/Scope/Statement/Roles/Enforcement/Review, ISO 27001 Annex A.5 alignment, NL/EN drafting.

Risk-management workflow — risk identification, qualitative and quantitative analysis (likelihood × impact, FAIR basis), evaluation against risk appetite, treatment (avoid/mitigate/transfer/accept), heatmaps and trend, with ISO 31000 and ISO 27005 as the methodology base.

SOC 2 Type II prep — AICPA Trust Services Criteria (Security required plus Availability/Confidentiality/Processing Integrity/Privacy), Common Criteria CC1–CC9, Type I vs Type II choice, evidence-collection rhythm, auditor-friendly packaging, Complementary User Entity Controls.

Vendor security questionnaire workflow — vendor tiering, standardized questionnaires (CAIQ, SIG-Lite/Core, VSA), custom authoring, evidence reuse against existing attestations (SOC 2, ISO 27001), and ongoing vendor-risk monitoring.

SOC alert-tuning workflow — false-positive reduction via targeted suppressions (rule-id + reason + expiry), baseline learning, rule retirement, severity recalibration, and metrics (alert volume, mean-time-to-triage, fatigue index). Prevents detection collapse without losing coverage.

Digital-forensics assistant for IR context — memory analysis via Volatility 3, disk-imaging hygiene (write-blocker, hash validation), timeline reconstruction via plaso/log2timeline, file-system artifacts per OS. Audit-grade evidence; courtroom-grade chain of custody requires additional specialized forensics work.

Threat-intel IOC workflow — feed curation (MISP/OpenCTI/vendor/ENISA/CISA), deduplication, confidence scoring (TLP, source reputation, age, sightings), enrichment pipeline to SIEM/EDR, retro-hunt over an N-day window, and lifecycle (expiry + retirement).

Incident Response runbook — NIST SP 800-61 phases (Preparation/Detection-Analysis/Containment-Eradication-Recovery/Lessons-Learned), per-scenario playbooks (ransomware, BEC, data exfil, credential compromise, cloud), regulatory reporting (NIS2 24h/72h, AVG breach 72h, DORA), comms templates, and post-incident review.

Identity-log triage workflow — anomaly patterns per provider (AWS CloudTrail, Azure AD/Entra, Google Workspace, Okta), session and token misuse, MFA-bypass signals, conditional-access evasion, and cross-provider correlation. Produces a prioritized finding list routed to ir-runbook or detection-engineer.

Malware triage workflow — sandbox output analysis (CAPE/Hybrid-Analysis/ANY.RUN/Joe Sandbox), YARA rule scaffolding at pattern level, IOC extraction, and TTP mapping to MITRE ATT&CK. Sandbox-only discipline; do not detonate in production or without an isolated runtime.

Purple-team operations — structured detection validation against MITRE ATT&CK through planned emulation, measured coverage gaps, joint red+blue debrief, and tracked closure via D3FEND mapping. Bridge between the pentest bundle and the blue bundle.

SIEM query-builder workflow — Splunk SPL, Microsoft Sentinel/Defender KQL, Elastic EQL/KQL, with cross-translation patterns, performance tuning (data models, summary indexes, CCS), and query-by-detection-need. Source layer for detection-engineer, log-triage, and threat-hunt.

Active Directory attack paths — BloodHound path analysis, Kerberos abuse (Kerberoasting/AS-REP roasting/silver/golden ticket classes), delegation flaws (unconstrained/constrained/RBCD), DCSync, ADCS ESC1-8 at pattern level, and Tier-0 hygiene as a defensive model.

Command-and-Control infrastructure hygiene for red teams — redirector architecture (HTTP/HTTPS/DNS), traffic shaping (sleep/jitter/staging), TLS-cert and domain aging, OPSEC checklist, and defensive detection opportunities mapped to ATT&CK Command and Control (TA0011).

Exploit-chain assembly methodology — combining multiple medium-impact findings into one high-impact path (Open Redirect + OAuth = ATO, SSRF + cloud-metadata = creds, IDOR + privilege escalation, prototype pollution + downstream gadget). Pattern-level, with chain-aware CVSS scoring and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.

Pattern-level payload library for XSS, SSTI, LFI, SSRF, and command injection — context detection (HTML body/attribute/JS/CSS/URL), encoding-bypass shapes (URL/HTML/Unicode/double), polyglots, WAF-bypass patterns at syntax level. No version-specific weaponized exploits.

Pentest report builder — executive summary, methodology, finding template with CVSS v3.1/v4.0 scoring, reproduction steps, impact and remediation per finding, remediation roadmap, retest sign-off, and appendices. Works for web-app, network, red-team, and bug-bounty reports.

Phishing-simulation campaign workflow — RoE and ethical-scope template, population segmentation, pretexting patterns (HR/IT/finance/vendor/calendar), infrastructure (sender domain, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, tracking), click-rate and credential-success metrics, opt-out and duty of care, NL/EU AVG context for employee monitoring.

Post-exploitation methodology mapped to MITRE ATT&CK tactics — privilege escalation, credential access, discovery, lateral movement, persistence and defense evasion across Windows/Linux/cloud. Pattern-level technique categories with D3FEND defensive counters and a detection opportunity per step.

Web vulnerability triage — JWT flaws (alg confusion, none alg, kid injection), deserialization (Java/Python/PHP/Ruby/Node), prototype pollution, OAuth misconfigs (redirect_uri, PKCE, scope), CSRF, DOM XSS, SSRF. Classification, impact assessment at pattern level, and handoff to remediation.

API security review against OWASP API Top 10 2023. Covers auth (OAuth2/JWT/API-keys), object-level authorization (BOLA/IDOR), schema validation, rate-limiting, CORS, SSRF, and GraphQL-specific concerns (introspection, query depth, batching).

CI/CD pipeline hardening for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI — trust-model (pull_request_target vs pull_request), action pinning to SHA, OIDC-based cloud access, permissions minimization, runner isolation, and supply-chain gates (SLSA provenance, signing).

Docker and OCI image hardening — base-image selection, USER/caps/read-only FS discipline, distroless migration, build-time scanning with trivy/grype, image signing via sigstore, and runtime guardrails (seccomp, AppArmor).

Dynamic Application Security Testing workflow — OWASP ZAP automation (baseline/full/API scans), Burp Suite Professional playbooks, Burp Collaborator for out-of-band detection, auth-state orchestration, and CI integration with scope-safe active scanning.

Django security review — CSRF, ORM-level SQL injection (raw/extra/annotate), template injection via |safe, admin hardening, middleware ordering, settings deploy checklist, and recent Django CVE patterns.

IaC misconfig scanning and cloud-aware review for Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible and Pulumi. Covers tool orchestration (checkov/tfsec/kics/cfn-nag), policy-as-code (OPA/Conftest), CIS benchmark mapping, IAM over-permission detection, drift monitoring.

Kubernetes security review — RBAC discipline, Pod Security Standards (baseline/restricted), NetworkPolicy default-deny, admission controllers (Kyverno/Gatekeeper/VAP), External Secrets Operator, and runtime monitoring via Falco and audit logs.

Next.js security review — middleware auth-bypass patterns (CVE-2025-29927), Server Actions auth/CSRF, Server/Client Component boundary and SSR data leaks, auth.js (NextAuth) config, route handlers as API, Image Optimization SSRF, security headers via middleware.

Rails security review — Brakeman integration, mass-assignment via strong_parameters, SQL injection in ActiveRecord, template injection via html_safe/raw, Devise hardening, credentials.yml.enc, force_ssl and CSP config, recent Rails/Rack CVE patterns.

SAST orchestration for Semgrep, CodeQL and SonarQube. Covers tool selection, ruleset curation, PR-comment integration, noise reduction with baselines, and language-specific linters (bandit, gosec, brakeman, eslint-security) when they add coverage.

Spring Boot security review — Spring Security config (SecurityFilterChain), OAuth2/OIDC client and resource-server, method-level @PreAuthorize, JWT validation, actuator endpoint lockdown, CSRF model for web vs API, and recent Spring CVE patterns (Spring4Shell, SpEL injection, authorization bypasses).

Software supply-chain defense — SBOM generation (CycloneDX/SPDX), SLSA build provenance, artifact signing with sigstore/cosign, dependency-confusion and typosquat defense, and consumer-side verification of what you pull in.

Triage dependency vulnerabilities against CISA KEV, EPSS, reachability and compensating controls — turn a raw Dependabot/Snyk/osv-scanner dump into fix-now/sprint/quarter/accept decisions with rationale.