mitre / mitre/serverless-inspec-lambda

Explore the Use of Tags to Help Specify the Instances the Scans Need to Run On

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enhancement
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Ruby
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Description

This is a feature/enhancement request.

The need to scan multiple AWS instances at once is fairly common across enterprise settings. AWS Inspector, for example, allows one to configure Assessment Targets based on AWS tags, which makes parallel scanning of multiple instances (or groups of instances that share the same commonalities) a breeze (please see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/userguide/inspector_applications.html)

It would be wonderful to somehow have the ability to use tags to specify what instances a particular scan should run on.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or concrete entry points are named. Start by mapping how the Ruby AWS Lambda wrapper receives scan configuration and invokes InSpec, then inspect how AWS instances are selected. Done would require a defined tag-based target flow that can select multiple instances, but the issue does not specify the configuration or test details.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws, ruby
Domain
cloud, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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