# Security Review Schedule

**Purpose**: Establish a periodic security review cadence to ensure continuous security posture improvement.

**Owner**: Security Team / Project Maintainers

**Last Updated**: 2025-11-06

---

## Review Cadence

### 🟢 Weekly (Automated)

**Frequency**: Every Sunday at 00:00 UTC

**Automation**: GitHub Actions (`.github/workflows/security.yml`)

**Activities**:
- ✅ Secret scanning (Gitleaks)
- ✅ Dependency vulnerability scanning (cargo-audit)
- ✅ Supply chain security checks (cargo-deny)

**Action Required**:
- Review GitHub Actions results
- Create issues for any findings
- Triage and assign to team members

**Responsible**: Automated (alerts sent to maintainers)

---

### 🟡 Weekly (Manual)

**Frequency**: Every Monday at 09:00 (after automated scans)

**Duration**: 15-30 minutes

**Activities**:
1. **Review Dependabot PRs**
   - Check for pending dependency updates
   - Merge approved updates
   - Test breaking changes locally if needed

2. **Review Security Scan Results**
   - Check previous day's automated scan results
   - Verify no new vulnerabilities introduced
   - Update tracking spreadsheet/board

3. **Monitor Open Issues**
   - Review security-labeled issues
   - Update priority and status
   - Assign owners for resolution

**Checklist**:
```markdown
- [ ] Review Dependabot PRs (https://github.com/d-o-hub/rust-self-learning-memory/pulls)
- [ ] Check security workflow results
- [ ] Review open security issues
- [ ] Update security dashboard/board
```

**Responsible**: Rotating team member (see [Assignment Schedule](#assignment-schedule))

---

### 🟠 Monthly

**Frequency**: First Monday of each month

**Duration**: 1-2 hours

**Activities**:

1. **Dependency Audit Deep Dive**
   ```bash
   # Run comprehensive checks
   cargo audit
   cargo deny check advisories
   cargo deny check licenses
   ```

2. **Hook Effectiveness Review**
   - Analyze hook failures from past month
   - Identify false positives
   - Update hook scripts if needed

3. **CI/CD Pipeline Review**
   - Review workflow run times
   - Check for failing jobs
   - Optimize caching strategies
   - Update GitHub Actions versions

4. **Security Documentation Update**
   - Review and update SECURITY.md
   - Update SECURITY_TRAINING.md with new scenarios
   - Document new security tools/practices

5. **Dependency License Review**
   - Verify all dependencies have approved licenses
   - Check for new license warnings
   - Update deny.toml if policies change

**Deliverables**:
- Monthly security report (use template below)
- Updated documentation
- Action items for next month

**Responsible**: Security Champion + 1 reviewer

---

### 🔴 Quarterly

**Frequency**: First week of Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct

**Duration**: Half-day (4 hours)

**Activities**:

1. **Comprehensive Security Audit**
   - Review all security configurations
   - Test hook scripts manually
   - Verify CI/CD security checks
   - Penetration testing (if applicable)

2. **Threat Modeling Session**
   - Identify new threats
   - Update threat model documentation
   - Review attack vectors
   - Assess risk mitigation strategies

3. **Security Tool Evaluation**
   - Research new security tools
   - Evaluate existing tool effectiveness
   - Consider upgrades or replacements
   - Test new tools in sandbox

4. **Training & Awareness**
   - Schedule team security training
   - Share security best practices
   - Review recent security incidents (industry-wide)
   - Update SECURITY_TRAINING.md

5. **Compliance Check**
   - Verify OWASP Top 10 mitigations
   - Check supply chain security best practices
   - Review secure development lifecycle adherence
   - Audit trail verification

6. **Policy Review**
   - Review and update security policies
   - Update deny.toml allowlists
   - Review hook timeout values
   - Update .gitignore for secrets

**Deliverables**:
- Quarterly security report
- Updated threat model
- Security roadmap for next quarter
- Training materials

**Responsible**: Full security team + project leads

---

## Assignment Schedule

### Weekly Review Rotation

| Week | Assigned Reviewer | Backup |
|------|------------------|--------|
| Week 1 | Security Champion | Maintainer A |
| Week 2 | Maintainer A | Maintainer B |
| Week 3 | Maintainer B | Security Champion |
| Week 4 | Security Champion | Maintainer A |

**Update**: Rotate at the beginning of each month

---

### Monthly Review Assignments (2025)

| Month | Primary Reviewer | Secondary Reviewer |
|-------|-----------------|-------------------|
| January | Security Champion | Maintainer A |
| February | Maintainer A | Maintainer B |
| March | Maintainer B | Security Champion |
| April | Security Champion | Maintainer A |
| May | Maintainer A | Maintainer B |
| June | Maintainer B | Security Champion |
| July | Security Champion | Maintainer A |
| August | Maintainer A | Maintainer B |
| September | Maintainer B | Security Champion |
| October | Security Champion | Maintainer A |
| November | Maintainer A | Maintainer B |
| December | Maintainer B | Security Champion |

---

## Review Templates

### Monthly Security Report Template

```markdown
# Monthly Security Review - [Month Year]

**Reviewer**: [Name]
**Date**: [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Review Period**: [Start Date] to [End Date]

## Summary
- **Overall Status**: 🟢 Green / 🟡 Yellow / 🔴 Red
- **Critical Issues**: [Number]
- **High Priority Issues**: [Number]
- **Medium/Low Issues**: [Number]

## Findings

### Vulnerabilities Discovered
1. [CVE-XXXX-XXXX] - [Description]
   - **Severity**: Critical/High/Medium/Low
   - **Affected**: [Package/Component]
   - **Status**: Fixed/In Progress/Backlog
   - **Resolution**: [Action taken]

### Dependency Updates
- **Total Dependabot PRs**: [Number]
- **Merged**: [Number]
- **Pending**: [Number]
- **Rejected**: [Number with reasons]

### CI/CD Pipeline
- **Workflow Success Rate**: [Percentage]
- **Average Run Time**: [Minutes]
- **Failed Jobs**: [List with reasons]

### Hook Effectiveness
- **Total Hook Executions**: [Estimate]
- **Blocked Actions**: [Number]
- **False Positives**: [Number]
- **Improvements Needed**: [List]

## Actions Taken
1. [Action description]
2. [Action description]

## Action Items for Next Month
1. [ ] [Task description] - Assigned: [Name] - Due: [Date]
2. [ ] [Task description] - Assigned: [Name] - Due: [Date]

## Metrics
- **Dependencies with vulnerabilities**: [Number]
- **Average fix time**: [Days]
- **License violations**: [Number]
- **Unsafe code blocks**: [Number]

## Recommendations
1. [Recommendation]
2. [Recommendation]

---
**Next Review**: [Date]
**Reviewer**: [Name]
```

---

### Quarterly Security Report Template

```markdown
# Quarterly Security Review - Q[N] [Year]

**Reviewers**: [Names]
**Date**: [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Review Period**: Q[N] [Year]

## Executive Summary
[High-level overview of security posture, key achievements, and critical issues]

## Quarterly Highlights
- **Security Incidents**: [Number]
- **Vulnerabilities Fixed**: [Number]
- **New Security Controls**: [List]
- **Training Sessions**: [Number]

## Detailed Findings

### 1. Vulnerability Management
- Total vulnerabilities discovered: [Number]
- Critical: [Number] | High: [Number] | Medium: [Number] | Low: [Number]
- Mean time to remediation: [Days]

### 2. Supply Chain Security
- Total dependencies: [Number]
- Dependencies with known vulnerabilities: [Number]
- License compliance: [Status]
- Source compliance: [Status]

### 3. CI/CD Security
- Workflows analyzed: [Number]
- Security checks passed: [Percentage]
- Build hardening: [Status]

### 4. Development Security (Hooks)
- Hook executions: [Estimate]
- Blocked dangerous operations: [Number]
- Developer feedback: [Summary]

## Threat Model Updates
[Summary of changes to threat model]

## New Threats Identified
1. [Threat description]
2. [Threat description]

## Security Tool Evaluation
| Tool | Purpose | Current Version | New Version | Recommendation |
|------|---------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
| cargo-audit | Vuln scanning | X.Y.Z | A.B.C | Upgrade/Keep |
| cargo-deny | Supply chain | X.Y.Z | A.B.C | Upgrade/Keep |

## Training & Awareness
- Training sessions conducted: [Number]
- Participants: [Number]
- Topics covered: [List]
- Feedback score: [X/10]

## Compliance Status
- OWASP Top 10: ✅ Compliant / ⚠️ Partial / ❌ Non-compliant
- Supply Chain Security: [Status]
- SDL Adherence: [Status]

## Roadmap for Next Quarter

### High Priority
1. [Initiative]
2. [Initiative]

### Medium Priority
1. [Initiative]
2. [Initiative]

### Low Priority
1. [Initiative]
2. [Initiative]

## Budget & Resources
- Security tool costs: $[Amount]
- Training costs: $[Amount]
- Resource allocation: [Hours/FTEs]

## Conclusion
[Final thoughts and overall assessment]

---
**Next Quarterly Review**: [Date]
**Reviewers**: [Names]
```

---

## Escalation Procedures

### Critical Vulnerability (CVSS ≥ 9.0)

**Timeline**: Immediate action required

1. **Notify** security team within 1 hour
2. **Assess** impact within 4 hours
3. **Develop** fix within 24 hours
4. **Deploy** patch within 48 hours
5. **Communicate** to stakeholders

**Responsible**: Security Champion + On-call engineer

---

### High Severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)

**Timeline**: 7 days to fix

1. **Notify** security team within 24 hours
2. **Assess** impact within 48 hours
3. **Develop** fix within 5 days
4. **Deploy** patch within 7 days

**Responsible**: Security Champion

---

### Medium/Low Severity (CVSS < 7.0)

**Timeline**: 30 days to fix

1. **Notify** security team within 1 week
2. **Assess** impact and priority
3. **Schedule** fix in sprint planning
4. **Deploy** within 30 days

**Responsible**: Assigned maintainer

---

## Metrics & KPIs

### Track Monthly

- **Mean Time to Detect (MTTD)**: Average time to discover vulnerability
- **Mean Time to Remediate (MTTR)**: Average time to fix vulnerability
- **Vulnerability Density**: Vulnerabilities per 1000 LOC
- **Dependency Update Rate**: Percentage of dependencies up-to-date
- **CI/CD Success Rate**: Percentage of successful security checks
- **Hook Effectiveness**: Ratio of blocked to total operations

### Track Quarterly

- **Security Training Completion**: Percentage of team trained
- **Policy Compliance**: Percentage compliance with security policies
- **Threat Model Coverage**: Percentage of threats mitigated
- **Security Tool ROI**: Value provided vs. cost

---

## Tools & Resources

### Required Tools

```bash
# Install once per developer machine
cargo install cargo-audit --locked
cargo install cargo-deny --locked
cargo install cargo-llvm-cov --locked
```

### GitHub Locations

- **Security Tab**: https://github.com/d-o-hub/rust-self-learning-memory/security
- **Dependabot PRs**: https://github.com/d-o-hub/rust-self-learning-memory/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aapp%2Fdependabot
- **Security Issues**: https://github.com/d-o-hub/rust-self-learning-memory/issues?q=label%3Asecurity
- **Actions**: https://github.com/d-o-hub/rust-self-learning-memory/actions

### External Resources

- [RustSec Advisory Database](https://rustsec.org/)
- [cargo-audit Documentation](https://github.com/rustsec/rustsec/tree/main/cargo-audit)
- [cargo-deny Documentation](https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/)
- [OWASP Top 10](https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/)

---

## Change Log

| Date | Version | Changes | Author |
|------|---------|---------|--------|
| 2025-11-06 | 1.0 | Initial schedule creation | Security Team |

---

## Appendix: Calendar Integration

### Google Calendar / Outlook Events

**Weekly Review (Every Monday 09:00)**
```
Subject: Security Review - Weekly
Recurrence: Weekly on Monday
Time: 09:00-09:30
Attendees: [Rotating reviewer]
Description: Review Dependabot PRs, security scan results, and open issues
```

**Monthly Review (First Monday 10:00)**
```
Subject: Security Review - Monthly
Recurrence: Monthly on first Monday
Time: 10:00-12:00
Attendees: Security Champion + 1 reviewer
Description: Comprehensive monthly security review
```

**Quarterly Review (First Monday of Q)**
```
Subject: Security Review - Quarterly
Recurrence: Quarterly (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct)
Time: 09:00-13:00 (Half-day)
Attendees: Security Team + Project Leads
Description: Comprehensive quarterly security audit
```

---

**Next Scheduled Reviews**:
- Weekly: Next Monday
- Monthly: First Monday of next month
- Quarterly: First week of next quarter

**Questions?** Contact Security Champion or file an issue with label `security-review`
