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

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

• 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

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

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

# Validate all security controls
securitycontrol validate

# Test a specific control
securitycontrol test ctrl-001

# List available controls
securitycontrol controls

# Generate validation report
securitycontrol report

# Check control status
securitycontrol status

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))
}

Controls that prevent security incidents.

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

Controls that detect security incidents.

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

Controls that correct security incidents.

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

Controls that discourage security violations.

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

Controls that restore systems after incidents.

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

# Run all tests
go test ./...

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

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

$ 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%

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

• 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

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

MIT License

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

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

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