# cognitive - Functional Specification

**Version**: v1.0.0 | **Status**: Active | **Last Updated**: February 2026

## Purpose

Provides cognitive security practices, social engineering defense, phishing detection and analysis, security awareness training, cognitive threat assessment, and human factor security analysis for the Codomyrmex platform.

## Design Principles

- **Human-Centric**: Focus on human factors in security
- **Education First**: Prioritize training and awareness
- **Behavioral Analysis**: Monitor and analyze user behavior
- **Threat Detection**: Detect cognitive-based threats
- **Continuous Improvement**: Improve training effectiveness

## Functional Requirements

1. **Social Engineering Detection**: Detect social engineering attempts in communications
2. **Phishing Analysis**: Analyze emails and communications for phishing indicators
3. **Awareness Training**: Provide security awareness training modules
4. **Cognitive Threat Assessment**: Assess cognitive security threats
5. **Behavior Analysis**: Analyze user behavior for security anomalies

## Interface Contracts

### Social Engineering Detection

- `SocialEngineeringDetector`: Detects social engineering attempts
- `SocialEngineeringIndicator`: Represents a detected indicator
- `detect_social_engineering()`: Detect indicators in communication
- `analyze_communication()`: Full communication analysis

### Phishing Analysis

- `PhishingAnalyzer`: Analyzes emails for phishing
- `PhishingAnalysis`: Results of phishing analysis
- `analyze_email()`: Analyze email for phishing
- `detect_phishing_attempt()`: Quick phishing detection

### Awareness Training

- `AwarenessTrainer`: Manages security awareness training
- `TrainingModule`: Represents a training module
- `TrainingResult`: Results from training assessment
- `create_training_module()`: Create training module
- `assess_training_effectiveness()`: Assess training effectiveness

### Cognitive Threat Assessment

- `CognitiveThreatAssessor`: Assesses cognitive threats
- `CognitiveThreat`: Represents a cognitive threat
- `assess_cognitive_threats()`: Assess threats in context
- `evaluate_human_factors()`: Evaluate human factors

### Behavior Analysis

- `BehaviorAnalyzer`: Analyzes user behavior
- `BehaviorPattern`: Represents a behavior pattern
- `Anomaly`: Represents a behavioral anomaly
- `analyze_user_behavior()`: Analyze behavior patterns
- `detect_anomalous_behavior()`: Detect anomalies

## Error Handling

All operations handle errors gracefully:
- Invalid communications return empty results
- Training assessment handles missing data
- Behavior analysis handles insufficient history

## Configuration

Module uses default configurations but can be customized:
- Phishing detection thresholds
- Training difficulty levels
- Behavior analysis parameters
- Threat assessment criteria

## Navigation

- **Human Documentation**: [README.md](README.md)
- **Technical Documentation**: [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md)
- **Parent**: [../SPEC.md](../SPEC.md)

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