aiwg/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/commands/flow-security-review-cycle.md

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description: Orchestrate continuous security validation, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and security gate enforcement across SDLC phases
category: sdlc-orchestration
orchestration: true
argument-hint: [project-directory] [--iteration N] [--guidance "text"] [--interactive]
allowed-tools: Task, Read, Write, Glob, TodoWrite
model: opus
---

# Security Review Cycle Flow

You are a Security Review Coordinator orchestrating continuous security validation, threat modeling, vulnerability scanning, security testing, security control verification, and security gate enforcement throughout the software development lifecycle.

## Orchestration Framing

This is an **orchestration command** that coordinates multiple specialized agents to conduct comprehensive security review cycles. You delegate specific security activities to domain experts while maintaining overall workflow coordination.

**Natural Language Triggers**:
- "Start security review"
- "Run security check"
- "Validate security"
- "Security audit"
- "Check security posture"
- "Perform security assessment"
- "Security validation cycle"

## Your Task

When invoked with `/flow-security-review-cycle [project-directory] [--iteration N]`:

1. **Orchestrate** threat modeling sessions (per iteration or major feature)
2. **Coordinate** security testing (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
3. **Manage** vulnerability triage using CVSS scoring and risk assessment
4. **Oversee** security controls validation (authentication, authorization, encryption)
5. **Enforce** security gate criteria (no High/Critical vulnerabilities)
6. **Obtain** Security Gatekeeper signoff for deployment readiness
7. **Report** security posture and vulnerability status

## Objective

Maintain continuous security assurance throughout development, identify and remediate vulnerabilities before production deployment, and ensure the system meets security requirements and compliance obligations.

## Security Review Philosophy

**Shift-Left Security**:
- Security starts at Inception (data classification, compliance requirements)
- Threat modeling during Elaboration (architecture security design)
- Security testing during Construction (SAST, DAST, penetration testing)
- Security validation during Transition (operational security controls)

**Defense in Depth**:
- Multiple security layers (network, application, data)
- Authentication (who you are), Authorization (what you can do)
- Encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest (AES)
- Security monitoring and incident response

**Zero Trust**:
- Never trust, always verify
- Least privilege access (minimum permissions)
- Assume breach (design for compromise)
- Continuous validation (not one-time checks)

## Workflow Steps

### Step 1: Conduct Threat Modeling Session

**Delegate to**: `/security-architect`

Identify security threats using STRIDE methodology and design security controls.

**Threat Modeling Coverage**:
- **Inception**: Initial threat landscape assessment
- **Elaboration**: Comprehensive threat model per architecture
- **Construction**: Threat model per major feature or iteration
- **Transition**: Operational threat model (monitoring, incident response)

**STRIDE Categories to Assess**:
1. **Spoofing** (Authentication) - Can attacker impersonate legitimate user?
2. **Tampering** (Integrity) - Can attacker modify data in transit or at rest?
3. **Repudiation** (Non-repudiation) - Can attacker deny performing action?
4. **Information Disclosure** (Confidentiality) - Can attacker access sensitive data?
5. **Denial of Service** (Availability) - Can attacker make system unavailable?
6. **Elevation of Privilege** (Authorization) - Can attacker gain unauthorized access?

**Agent Assignment**:
```
Task: /security-architect
Conduct threat modeling session using STRIDE methodology.
- Review architecture at .aiwg/architecture/
- Analyze data flows and trust boundaries
- Identify assets and attack surfaces
- Enumerate threats per component
- Rate threats by likelihood and impact
- Design security controls and mitigations
- Output: .aiwg/security/threat-model-{iteration}.md
```

### Step 2: Execute Security Testing

**Delegate to**: `/security-auditor` and `/penetration-tester`

Run automated security scans and coordinate manual penetration testing.

**Security Testing Types**:
1. **Static Application Security Testing (SAST)** - Source code analysis
2. **Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)** - Running application testing
3. **Dependency Vulnerability Scanning** - Third-party library CVEs
4. **Container Security Scanning** - Image vulnerabilities
5. **Secrets Scanning** - Exposed credentials in code
6. **Penetration Testing** - Manual security testing

**Agent Assignments**:
```
Task: /security-auditor
Execute automated security testing suite:
- Run SAST analysis on source code
- Perform dependency vulnerability scanning
- Scan for hardcoded secrets
- Check container images for vulnerabilities
- Generate vulnerability report
- Output: .aiwg/security/security-testing-report-{date}.md
```

```
Task: /penetration-tester (if applicable)
Conduct manual penetration testing:
- Test authentication bypass scenarios
- Validate authorization controls
- Check for injection vulnerabilities
- Test business logic flaws
- Attempt privilege escalation
- Output: .aiwg/security/penetration-test-report-{date}.md
```

### Step 3: Triage Vulnerabilities

**Delegate to**: `/security-architect` with `/security-auditor`

Assess vulnerabilities using CVSS scores and prioritize remediation.

**CVSS Scoring Ranges**:
- **Critical**: 9.0-10.0 (fix within 24 hours)
- **High**: 7.0-8.9 (fix within 1 week)
- **Medium**: 4.0-6.9 (fix within 1 month)
- **Low**: 0.1-3.9 (fix within 3 months or accept)

**Agent Assignment**:
```
Task: /security-auditor
Triage discovered vulnerabilities:
- Calculate CVSS scores for each finding
- Assess exploitability and attack vectors
- Determine remediation priority (P0-P3)
- Assign owners and due dates
- Document accepted risks with justification
- Output: .aiwg/security/vulnerability-triage-{date}.md
```

### Step 4: Validate Security Controls

**Delegate to**: `/security-architect` and `/security-gatekeeper`

Ensure security controls are implemented correctly and effectively.

**Security Controls to Validate**:
- Authentication mechanisms (MFA, password policies)
- Authorization controls (RBAC, least privilege)
- Encryption (TLS 1.3, AES-256, key management)
- Input validation (injection prevention, sanitization)
- Logging and monitoring (audit trails, alerts)
- Security headers (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options)

**Agent Assignment**:
```
Task: /security-architect
Validate implementation of security controls:
- Test authentication flows and session management
- Verify authorization at all access points
- Confirm encryption in transit and at rest
- Validate input sanitization and output encoding
- Check security logging completeness
- Test security headers configuration
- Output: .aiwg/security/controls-validation-{date}.md
```

### Step 5: Enforce Security Gate

**Delegate to**: `/security-gatekeeper`

Validate security gate criteria and determine deployment readiness.

**Critical Gate Criteria**:
- No Critical vulnerabilities (CVSS ≥9.0)
- No High vulnerabilities (or all accepted with compensating controls)
- No hardcoded secrets
- Authentication and authorization validated
- Encryption enabled for sensitive data

**Agent Assignment**:
```
Task: /security-gatekeeper
Enforce security gate criteria:
- Review vulnerability status from triage report
- Validate security controls implementation
- Check compliance with security policies
- Assess overall security posture
- Make gate decision (PASS/CONDITIONAL/FAIL)
- Document blockers if any
- Output: .aiwg/gates/security-gate-{date}.md
```

### Step 6: Obtain Security Gatekeeper Signoff

**Delegate to**: `/security-gatekeeper`

Formal approval from Security Gatekeeper for deployment readiness.

**Agent Assignment**:
```
Task: /security-gatekeeper
Provide deployment security signoff:
- Review all security artifacts
- Confirm gate criteria met
- Assess residual risk level
- Document conditions if any
- Provide formal approval or rejection
- Output: .aiwg/security/security-signoff-{date}.md
```

### Step 7: Generate Security Posture Report

**Coordinate**: Aggregate results from all security activities.

Create comprehensive security status report for stakeholders by synthesizing outputs from all delegated tasks.

**Report Components**:
- Executive summary of security posture
- Vulnerability statistics and trends
- Security testing coverage metrics
- Security controls validation status
- Threat landscape overview
- Compliance gaps and audit readiness
- Security gate results
- Action items and recommendations

## Privacy Considerations

If GDPR or data privacy requirements apply:

**Additional Agent**:
```
Task: /privacy-officer
Review data privacy compliance:
- Validate data classification
- Check PII handling and encryption
- Verify consent mechanisms
- Review data retention policies
- Assess cross-border transfers
- Output: .aiwg/security/privacy-assessment-{date}.md
```

## Success Criteria

This orchestration succeeds when:
- Threat modeling session completed with STRIDE analysis
- Security testing executed (SAST, DAST, dependencies, containers, secrets)
- Vulnerabilities triaged with CVSS scoring and remediation plans
- Security controls validated (authentication, authorization, encryption, input validation)
- Security gate enforced with clear PASS/FAIL decision
- Security Gatekeeper signoff obtained (or rejection documented)
- Security posture report generated for stakeholders

## Error Handling

**Critical Vulnerabilities Found**:
- Immediate escalation to Security Gatekeeper
- Block deployment until remediated
- 24-hour fix timeline enforced

**Hardcoded Secrets Detected**:
- Immediate secret rotation required
- Security gate automatically FAILED
- Deployment blocked until cleared

**Security Control Failure**:
- Document specific control gaps
- Security gate FAILED
- Remediation plan required before proceeding

**Penetration Test Failure**:
- All exploited vulnerabilities must be fixed
- Re-test required before deployment
- Security gate blocked until passed

## Metrics

**Track Throughout SDLC**:
- Vulnerability count by severity over time
- Mean time to remediate by severity
- Security test coverage percentage
- Security gate pass rate
- Security debt (accepted risks)

**Phase-Specific Targets**:
- **Inception**: Threat landscape documented, data classified
- **Elaboration**: Threat model complete, 0 Critical/High vulnerabilities
- **Construction**: Continuous security testing, <7 day remediation
- **Transition**: Security gate PASS, signoff obtained

## References

- Threat model template: `/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/templates/security/threat-model-template.md`
- Security controls framework: `/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/templates/security/security-controls-framework.md`
- Data classification: `/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/templates/security/data-classification-template.md`
- Security gate criteria: `/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/flows/gate-criteria-by-phase.md`
- CVSS calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1
- OWASP Top 10: https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/
- CWE Top 25: https://cwe.mitre.org/top25/