Compliance

Track compliance requirements and generate audit trail reports. Use when auditing controls, checking policies, generating audit trails.

Security toolkit for logging, tracking, and exporting compliance-related activities. Each command records timestamped entries to its own log file. Call without arguments to view recent entries; call with arguments to record a new entry.

Commands

Command	What it does
compliance generate <input>	Record a generate entry (no args = show recent)
compliance check-strength <input>	Record a check-strength entry (no args = show recent)
compliance rotate <input>	Record a rotate entry (no args = show recent)
compliance audit <input>	Record an audit entry (no args = show recent)
compliance store <input>	Record a store entry (no args = show recent)
compliance retrieve <input>	Record a retrieve entry (no args = show recent)
compliance expire <input>	Record an expire entry (no args = show recent)
compliance policy <input>	Record a policy entry (no args = show recent)
compliance report <input>	Record a report entry (no args = show recent)
compliance hash <input>	Record a hash entry (no args = show recent)
compliance verify <input>	Record a verify entry (no args = show recent)
compliance revoke <input>	Record a revoke entry (no args = show recent)
compliance stats	Show summary statistics across all log files
compliance export <fmt>	Export all data to json, csv, or txt format
compliance search <term>	Search all log entries for a keyword
compliance recent	Show the 20 most recent history entries
compliance status	Health check — version, entry count, disk usage, last activity
compliance help	Show help message
compliance version	Show version (v2.0.0)

Data Storage

All data is stored locally in ~/.local/share/compliance/. Each command writes to its own .log file (e.g., audit.log, policy.log). A unified history.log tracks all activity with timestamps.

Requirements

• Bash 4+
• Standard Unix utilities (wc, du, tail, grep, date, sed)

When to Use

• Logging compliance audit findings, policy checks, and security events with timestamps
• Tracking credential rotations, revocations, and strength checks over time
• Recording data store/retrieve operations for audit trail purposes
• Searching historical compliance entries by keyword
• Exporting compliance records to JSON, CSV, or plain text for regulatory reporting

Examples

# Record an audit finding
compliance audit "reviewed access controls for prod database — 3 issues found"

# Log a credential rotation
compliance rotate "rotated API keys for payment gateway"

# Record a policy update
compliance policy "updated data retention policy to 90 days"

# Check password strength assessment
compliance check-strength "admin account meets complexity requirements"

# Search all logs for "database"
compliance search database

# Export compliance records to JSON
compliance export json

# View overall stats
compliance stats

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