Agent skill

Performing Access Review And Certification

by mukul975 in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

Designs and runs access review and certification campaigns-scoping, reviewer selection, risk-based prioritization, micro-certification, and remediation tracking-to verify user access matches job…

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Performing Access Review And Certification

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-access-review-and-certification -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills performing-access-review-and-certification --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification .claude/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
performing-access-review-and-certification
GitHub stars
34k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
653 words
Files
8 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
644
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Designs and runs access review and certification campaigns-scoping, reviewer selection, risk-based prioritization, micro-certification, and remediation tracking-to verify user access matches job…

  • Works in 6 steps: Define Review Scope and Schedule → Data Collection and Aggregation → Reviewer Assignment → …
  • Executing periodic access recertification
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Prerequisites and Objectives, plus 5 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Performing Access Review And Certification is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Designs and runs access review and certification campaigns-scoping, reviewer selection, risk-based prioritization, micro-certification, and remediation tracking-to verify user access matches job roles for SOX, HIPAA, and PCI DSS compliance. Use when planning or executing periodic access recertification or preparing evidence for an IAM compliance audit.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/template.md`, `references/api-reference.md` and `references/standards.md`).

It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Access reviews and audit trails, Healthcare and finance regulation and Prioritization frameworks. The repository describes itself as: 817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io…. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Executing periodic access recertification
  • Preparing evidence for an IAM compliance audit

Example prompts

  • “Use the performing-access-review-and-certification skill to design and runs access review and certification campaigns-scoping, reviewer selection…”
  • “/performing-access-review-and-certification”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Define Review Scope and Schedule
  2. Data Collection and Aggregation
  3. Reviewer Assignment
  4. Execute Certification Campaign
  5. Remediation and Tracking
  6. Reporting and Evidence

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 54a7988. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Performing Access Review And Certification loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 99 tokens; SKILL.md has 653 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~99
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills at commit 54a7988, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mukul975). 653 words, ~1,584 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
performing-access-review-and-certification
description
Designs and runs access review and certification campaigns-scoping, reviewer selection, risk-based prioritization, micro-certification, and remediation tracking-to verify user access matches job roles for SOX, HIPAA, and PCI DSS compliance. Use when planning or executing periodic access recertification or preparing evidence for an IAM compliance audit.
domain
cybersecurity
subdomain
identity-access-management
tags
iam, identity, access-control, access-review, certification, compliance, governance
version
1.0
author
mahipal
license
Apache-2.0
nist_csf
PR.AA-01, PR.AA-02, PR.AA-05, PR.AA-06
mitre_attack
T1078, T1110, T1556, T1098

Performing Access Review and Certification

Overview

Conduct systematic access reviews and certifications to ensure users have appropriate access rights aligned with their roles. This skill covers review campaign design, reviewer selection, risk-based prioritization, micro-certification strategies, and remediation tracking for compliance with SOX, HIPAA, and PCI DSS requirements.

When to Use

  • When conducting security assessments that involve performing access review and certification
  • When following incident response procedures for related security events
  • When performing scheduled security testing or auditing activities
  • When validating security controls through hands-on testing

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with identity access management concepts and tools
  • Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
  • Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
  • Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Objectives

  • Design and execute access review campaigns across enterprise applications
  • Implement risk-based prioritization for review scope
  • Configure reviewer selection (manager, application owner, hybrid)
  • Automate entitlement data collection and presentation
  • Track remediation of inappropriate access findings
  • Generate compliance evidence for auditors

Key Concepts

Access Review Types
  1. User Access Review: Manager certifies all entitlements for their direct reports
  2. Entitlement Review: Application owner certifies all users with specific entitlement
  3. Role Review: Role owner certifies role membership and permissions
  4. Privileged Access Review: Security team reviews high-risk/privileged access
  5. SOD Review: Verify no users have conflicting separation-of-duty violations
Risk-Based Prioritization
  • High Risk: Privileged access, financial systems, PII/PHI systems, external-facing apps
  • Medium Risk: Internal business applications, shared drives, collaboration tools
  • Low Risk: Standard employee tools, read-only access, public information systems
Review Campaign Lifecycle
  1. Planning: Define scope, reviewers, timeline, escalation
  2. Data Collection: Aggregate entitlements from all identity sources
  3. Distribution: Assign review items to appropriate certifiers
  4. Certification: Reviewers approve or revoke each entitlement
  5. Remediation: Revoke inappropriate access, enforce timeline
  6. Reporting: Generate compliance evidence and metrics
  7. Closure: Archive campaign, feed findings into next cycle

Workflow

Step 1: Define Review Scope and Schedule
  • Identify in-scope applications and systems
  • Determine review frequency: quarterly (SOX), semi-annual, annual
  • Define campaign timeline: review period, escalation dates, hard close
  • Establish escalation chain for non-responsive reviewers
Step 2: Data Collection and Aggregation
  • Extract user-entitlement mappings from each application
  • Correlate with HR data (active employees, role, department, manager)
  • Identify terminated/transferred users still holding access
  • Flag high-risk entitlements (admin, DBA, system, privileged)
  • Calculate risk scores based on entitlement sensitivity and user role
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Step 3: Reviewer Assignment
  • Manager Reviews: Direct manager certifies subordinate access
  • Application Owner Reviews: App owner certifies all users of their application
  • Hybrid Model: Manager reviews standard access, app owner reviews privileged
  • Delegate Management: Allow reviewers to delegate with audit trail
Step 4: Execute Certification Campaign
  • Send notifications to reviewers with clear instructions
  • Present entitlements with context (last used date, risk level, role justification)
  • Require reviewers to explicitly approve or revoke each item
  • Track completion percentage and send reminders
  • Escalate to management after deadline
Step 5: Remediation and Tracking
  • Automatically ticket revocations to IT operations
  • Set SLA for revocation execution (24-48 hours for high-risk)
  • Verify revocation completed (re-check entitlement)
  • Exception management for business-justified deviations
  • Document all exceptions with expiration dates
Step 6: Reporting and Evidence
  • Generate campaign completion metrics
  • Produce per-application compliance reports
  • Create audit-ready evidence packages
  • Track trends across review cycles
  • Feed findings into risk assessment process

Security Controls

ControlNIST 800-53Description
Access ReviewAC-2(3)Periodic review of account privileges
Account ManagementAC-2Account lifecycle management
Least PrivilegeAC-6Minimum necessary access enforcement
Separation of DutiesAC-5SOD conflict identification
Audit LoggingAU-6Review of access audit records

Common Pitfalls

  • Rubber-stamping: reviewers approving all access without examination
  • Incomplete scope: missing critical applications from review campaigns
  • No remediation tracking: revoking access on paper but not in systems
  • Inconsistent reviewer assignment causing gaps in coverage
  • Not including service accounts and non-human identities

Verification

  • All in-scope applications included in campaign
  • Reviewers assigned for 100% of entitlements
  • Campaign completion rate exceeds 95%
  • Revocations executed within SLA
  • Audit evidence package complete and archived
  • SOD violations identified and documented
  • Exceptions documented with business justification and expiry

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Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/performing-access-review-and-certification of mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE
  • assets/template.md
  • references/api-reference.md
  • references/standards.md
  • references/workflows.md
  • scripts/agent.py
  • scripts/process.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 54a7988

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Questions about Performing Access Review And Certification

What does Performing Access Review And Certification do?

Designs and runs access review and certification campaigns-scoping, reviewer selection, risk-based prioritization, micro-certification, and remediation tracking-to verify user access matches job…. Performing Access Review And Certification is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Designs and runs access review and certification campaigns-scoping, reviewer selection, risk-based prioritization, micro-certification, and remediation tracking-to verify user access matches job roles for SOX, HIPAA, and PCI DSS compliance.

When should I use Performing Access Review And Certification?

Performing Access Review And Certification fits situations like: executing periodic access recertification; preparing evidence for an IAM compliance audit.

How do I install Performing Access Review And Certification in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-access-review-and-certification -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/performing-access-review-and-certification in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .claude/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Performing Access Review And Certification in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-access-review-and-certification -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/performing-access-review-and-certification in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .agents/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Performing Access Review And Certification in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-access-review-and-certification -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification, .gemini/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification, .github/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification and .opencode/skills/performing-access-review-and-certification in your project.

What does Performing Access Review And Certification need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Performing Access Review And Certification needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Performing Access Review And Certification access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Performing Access Review And Certification safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Performing Access Review And Certification use?

Performing Access Review And Certification is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Performing Access Review And Certification use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Performing Access Review And Certification?

mukul975 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, which has 34,116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 644 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

Source: mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.