securitycontrol - Security Control Validation Engine

Validate and test security controls to ensure they are working effectively.

Go beyond configuration checks to validate that security controls actually work.

🚀 Features

• Control Validation: Test security controls to verify effectiveness
• Control Management: Manage security controls and frameworks
• Validation Testing: Execute validation tests on controls
• Effectiveness Scoring: Score control effectiveness
• Issue Detection: Identify control gaps and issues
• Report Generation: Generate validation reports

📦 Installation

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/hallucinaut/securitycontrol.git
cd securitycontrol
go build -o securitycontrol ./cmd/securitycontrol
sudo mv securitycontrol /usr/local/bin/

Install via Go

go install github.com/hallucinaut/securitycontrol/cmd/securitycontrol@latest

🎯 Usage

Validate Controls

# Validate all security controls
securitycontrol validate

Test Specific Control

# Test a specific control
securitycontrol test ctrl-001

List Controls

# List available controls
securitycontrol controls

Generate Report

# Generate validation report
securitycontrol report

Check Status

# Check control status
securitycontrol status

Programmatic Usage

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/hallucinaut/securitycontrol/pkg/control"
    "github.com/hallucinaut/securitycontrol/pkg/validate"
)

func main() {
    // Create control validator
    validator := control.NewControlValidator()
    
    // Add controls
    commonControls := control.CreateCommonControls()
    for _, ctrl := range commonControls {
        validator.AddControl(ctrl)
    }
    
    // Validate controls
    for _, ctrl := range commonControls {
        result := validator.ValidateControl(ctrl.ID)
        if result != nil {
            fmt.Printf("Control: %s\n", result.ControlName)
            fmt.Printf("Status: %s\n", result.Status)
            fmt.Printf("Effectiveness: %.1f%%\n", result.Effectiveness*100)
        }
    }
    
    // Create test validator
    testValidator := validate.NewControlValidator()
    
    // Add tests
    commonTests := validate.CreateCommonControlTests()
    for _, test := range commonTests {
        testValidator.AddControlTest(test)
    }
    
    // Run validation
    results := testValidator.Validate()
    fmt.Printf("Validation Results: %d\n", len(results))
}

🔍 Control Categories

Preventive Controls

Controls that prevent security incidents.

• Access Control Policy
• Multi-Factor Authentication
• Network Segmentation
• Encryption

Detective Controls

Controls that detect security incidents.

• Security Monitoring
• Intrusion Detection
• Log Analysis
• Anomaly Detection

Corrective Controls

Controls that correct security incidents.

• Incident Response
• Backup and Recovery
• System Restoration
• Data Recovery

Deterrent Controls

Controls that discourage security violations.

• Security Awareness
• Warning Messages
• Security Policies
• Legal Agreements

Recovery Controls

Controls that restore systems after incidents.

• Disaster Recovery
• Business Continuity
• System Redundancy
• Failover Systems

🧪 Validation Methods

Method	Description	Example
Documentation	Review policy documents	Check access control policy
Interview	Interview control owners	Discuss incident response procedures
Observation	Observe control operation	Watch monitoring systems
Testing	Execute control tests	Test authentication
Automation	Automated validation scripts	Run security scanners

📊 Control Status

Status	Description	Action
Implemented	Control is active	Verify effectiveness
Partially Implemented	Control is partially active	Complete implementation
Not Implemented	Control is not active	Plan implementation
Deprecated	Control is outdated	Replace with modern control

🏥 Effectiveness Scoring

Score	Status	Action
≥90%	EFFECTIVE	Maintain current state
70-89%	PARTIALLY_EFFECTIVE	Improve implementation
<70%	INEFFECTIVE	Significant improvement needed

🧪 Testing

# Run all tests
go test ./...

# Run with coverage
go test -cover ./...

# Run specific test
go test -v ./pkg/control -run TestValidateControl

📋 Example Output

$ securitycontrol validate

Security Control Validation
==========================

Controls to Validate:
  [1] Access Control Policy (preventive)
  [2] Multi-Factor Authentication (preventive)
  [3] Security Monitoring (detective)
  [4] Incident Response Plan (corrective)

Running Validation...

[EFFECTIVE] Access Control Policy
    Effectiveness: 90.0%
    Confidence: 85.0%

[PARTIALLY_EFFECTIVE] Multi-Factor Authentication
    Effectiveness: 75.0%
    Confidence: 80.0%

=== Security Control Validation Report ===

Validation Results:

[1] Access Control Policy
    ID: ctrl-001
    Status: EFFECTIVE
    Effectiveness: 90.0%
    Confidence: 85.0%

🏗️ Architecture

securitycontrol/
├── cmd/
│   └── securitycontrol/
│       └── main.go          # CLI entry point
├── pkg/
│   ├── control/
│   │   ├── control.go      # Control definitions
│   │   └── control_test.go # Unit tests
│   └── validate/
│       ├── validate.go     # Control validation
│       └── validate_test.go # Unit tests
└── README.md

🔒 Security Use Cases

• Control Testing: Validate security controls are working
• Compliance Audits: Test controls for compliance requirements
• Security Assessments: Evaluate control effectiveness
• Risk Management: Assess residual risk after controls
• Continuous Monitoring: Ongoing control validation
• Third-Party Validation: Independent control verification

🛡️ Best Practices

1. Validate controls regularly - Don't just configure them
2. Test in isolation - Validate individual controls
3. Document test results - Keep validation records
4. Use multiple methods - Combine testing approaches
5. Measure effectiveness - Quantify control performance
6. Continuous validation - Ongoing testing and monitoring

📄 License

MIT License

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Security control frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001)
• Security practitioners
• Control validation researchers

🔗 Resources

• NIST SP 800-53
• CIS Controls
• ISO 27001 Controls
• OWASP Security Controls

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