ComplianceAsCode/content
Aug 2024 – Jan 2026
17 Months active
Languages Used
YAMLansiblebashovalShellBashN/ANunjucks
Technical Skills
YAML configuration managementcompliance auditingAnsibleDevOpsSystem Administrationscripting
Armando Acosta
PROFILE
Armando Acosta
Armando Acosta engineered security compliance automation and hardening features for the ComplianceAsCode/content repository, focusing on Oracle Linux 8 and 9 environments. He developed and maintained automated policy enforcement, profile management, and test coverage using Ansible, Bash, and YAML, aligning with frameworks such as STIG, DISA, and CIS. His work included refining password policies, SSH configurations, and audit rules, as well as enhancing remediation reliability and cross-platform support. By consolidating security profiles, updating configuration templates, and expanding automated testing, Armando improved compliance accuracy, reduced operational risk, and enabled faster audit readiness, demonstrating depth in configuration management and DevSecOps practices.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
81%Features
Repository Contributions
128Total
Bugs
10
Commits
128
Features
43
Lines of code
89,732
Activity Months17
Your Network
712 people
Work History
January 2026
8 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content focused on security posture, profile hardening, and test stability for Oracle Linux 8/9. Delivered consolidated and enhanced security hardening across OL9 STIG profiles and CCN compliance, including updated rules, packaging changes, file permissions, and banner texts to align with current security standards. Refactored OL9 e8 profile to use a control file and refreshed several critical rules to ensure baseline compliance. Updated OL9/OL08 rules (OL09-00-002370, OL08-00-040284, OL09-00-002513, OL08-00-010770) and aligned the CCN profile to CIS default values. Enhanced the testing framework and stability tests for OL8/OL9, adding tests to validate owner-related behaviors in the file_owner template and broadening stability coverage across platforms. These changes strengthen compliance coverage, reduce configuration drift, and improve CI reliability, enabling safer, faster deployment and easier audits.
8 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content focused on security posture, profile hardening, and test stability for Oracle Linux 8/9. Delivered consolidated and enhanced security hardening across OL9 STIG profiles and CCN compliance, including updated rules, packaging changes, file permissions, and banner texts to align with current security standards. Refactored OL9 e8 profile to use a control file and refreshed several critical rules to ensure baseline compliance. Updated OL9/OL08 rules (OL09-00-002370, OL08-00-040284, OL09-00-002513, OL08-00-010770) and aligned the CCN profile to CIS default values. Enhanced the testing framework and stability tests for OL8/OL9, adding tests to validate owner-related behaviors in the file_owner template and broadening stability coverage across platforms. These changes strengthen compliance coverage, reduce configuration drift, and improve CI reliability, enabling safer, faster deployment and easier audits.
January 2026
December 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025Month: 2025-12. Key accomplishments focus on updating security policy references and improving configuration quality in ComplianceAsCode/content.
December 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025Month: 2025-12. Key accomplishments focus on updating security policy references and improving configuration quality in ComplianceAsCode/content.
November 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 – Strengthened security posture and compliance posture in ComplianceAsCode/content. Delivered key profile enhancements, finalized draft statuses for critical profiles, and fixed formatting inconsistencies to reduce misconfigurations and improve operability for security and compliance teams.
5 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 – Strengthened security posture and compliance posture in ComplianceAsCode/content. Delivered key profile enhancements, finalized draft statuses for critical profiles, and fixed formatting inconsistencies to reduce misconfigurations and improve operability for security and compliance teams.
November 2025
October 2025
2 Commits
Oct 1, 20252025-10 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content: Focused on reliability improvements for Oracle Linux OpenSCAP profiles. Removed references to non-existent talk-server/talk packages in OL8 profiles and refactored OL detection to family-based checks to prevent misclassification with other products. Two commits updated OL8 profiles and OL conditionals, resulting in fewer runtime errors and more stable compliance validation for OL8.
October 2025
2 Commits
Oct 1, 20252025-10 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content: Focused on reliability improvements for Oracle Linux OpenSCAP profiles. Removed references to non-existent talk-server/talk packages in OL8 profiles and refactored OL detection to family-based checks to prevent misclassification with other products. Two commits updated OL8 profiles and OL conditionals, resulting in fewer runtime errors and more stable compliance validation for OL8.
September 2025
10 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Delivered OL8/OL9 STIG/DISA benchmark alignment and refined OL8 .so file checks in ComplianceAsCode/content, enabling stronger automated compliance coverage and faster audit readiness across OL8 and OL9.
10 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Delivered OL8/OL9 STIG/DISA benchmark alignment and refined OL8 .so file checks in ComplianceAsCode/content, enabling stronger automated compliance coverage and faster audit readiness across OL8 and OL9.
September 2025
August 2025
10 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 20252025-08 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content. Delivered key features to enforce Oracle Linux password policies and align with STIG references for OL8/OL9, plus strengthened test coverage and validation templates. Major changes include policy enforcement (pwquality retry limits, PAM configuration, system lockout behavior), OL8 platform conditioning, updated STIG IDs and remediation/oval mappings, and code cleanups. Tests and templates were extended to verify password-auth paths across OL platforms. These efforts improve security posture, reduce audit findings, and accelerate compliance validation across OL8/OL9 environments.
August 2025
10 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 20252025-08 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content. Delivered key features to enforce Oracle Linux password policies and align with STIG references for OL8/OL9, plus strengthened test coverage and validation templates. Major changes include policy enforcement (pwquality retry limits, PAM configuration, system lockout behavior), OL8 platform conditioning, updated STIG IDs and remediation/oval mappings, and code cleanups. Tests and templates were extended to verify password-auth paths across OL platforms. These efforts improve security posture, reduce audit findings, and accelerate compliance validation across OL8/OL9 environments.
July 2025
15 Commits • 5 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content focused on security hardening, reliability of remediations, and expanded validation across Oracle Linux 8/9. Delivered five core features with accompanying tests and enhanced coverage, leading to reduced risk of misconfigurations and improved auditability: - TFTP systemd secure mode and drop-ins: secure directory enforcement via systemd ExecStart, drop-in overrides, and test validations. - Ansible remediation and SSHD configuration enhancements: improved remediation reliability (newline handling, module naming) and OL-specific SSHD macros. - Coredump protection via drop-in files: refactoring and testing of drop-in based core-dump restrictions via /etc/security/limits.d. - Oracle Linux security rules updates: broadened OL8/OL9 applicability and added OL9 support. - Enhanced OVAL checks for included files: added verification for integrity/presence of files referenced by OVAL. Business value and impact: strengthened baseline security postures, expanded support for OL8/OL9, improved remediation reliability and test coverage, and enhanced auditing capabilities through more robust OVAL checks. The work reduces exposure to misconfigurations, accelerates incident response planning, and enables more consistent compliance across environments. Key takeaways: disciplined, test-driven changes with clear traceability to commits and PRs; demonstrated expertise in systemd drops, Ansible remediation, OL-specific scoping, and OVAL-based validation.
15 Commits • 5 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content focused on security hardening, reliability of remediations, and expanded validation across Oracle Linux 8/9. Delivered five core features with accompanying tests and enhanced coverage, leading to reduced risk of misconfigurations and improved auditability: - TFTP systemd secure mode and drop-ins: secure directory enforcement via systemd ExecStart, drop-in overrides, and test validations. - Ansible remediation and SSHD configuration enhancements: improved remediation reliability (newline handling, module naming) and OL-specific SSHD macros. - Coredump protection via drop-in files: refactoring and testing of drop-in based core-dump restrictions via /etc/security/limits.d. - Oracle Linux security rules updates: broadened OL8/OL9 applicability and added OL9 support. - Enhanced OVAL checks for included files: added verification for integrity/presence of files referenced by OVAL. Business value and impact: strengthened baseline security postures, expanded support for OL8/OL9, improved remediation reliability and test coverage, and enhanced auditing capabilities through more robust OVAL checks. The work reduces exposure to misconfigurations, accelerates incident response planning, and enables more consistent compliance across environments. Key takeaways: disciplined, test-driven changes with clear traceability to commits and PRs; demonstrated expertise in systemd drops, Ansible remediation, OL-specific scoping, and OVAL-based validation.
July 2025
June 2025
9 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content: Delivered Oracle Linux 9 security hardening and expanded test coverage, aligning policies with STIGs, correcting mappings, and tightening permissions to strengthen OL9 security posture and broaden platform coverage. Implemented targeted test coverage across OL9 in multiple test suites and improved automation with Ansible remediation for auditd-related actions. Resulted in reduced risk, faster compliance readiness, and support for OL9 deployments at scale.
June 2025
9 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content: Delivered Oracle Linux 9 security hardening and expanded test coverage, aligning policies with STIGs, correcting mappings, and tightening permissions to strengthen OL9 security posture and broaden platform coverage. Implemented targeted test coverage across OL9 in multiple test suites and improved automation with Ansible remediation for auditd-related actions. Resulted in reduced risk, faster compliance readiness, and support for OL9 deployments at scale.
May 2025
28 Commits • 11 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content: Delivered OL9-focused security hardening enhancements, expanded test coverage, and policy/content updates across STIG mapping, cryptographic policy enforcement, and account/password templates. Achieved alignment with style guide and improved platform parity for OL9, enabling faster validation and lower risk.
28 Commits • 11 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content: Delivered OL9-focused security hardening enhancements, expanded test coverage, and policy/content updates across STIG mapping, cryptographic policy enforcement, and account/password templates. Achieved alignment with style guide and improved platform parity for OL9, enabling faster validation and lower risk.
May 2025
April 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025Month: 2025-04 — Focused on enhancing SSH security policy compliance within the ComplianceAsCode/content repository. Delivered an automated testing feature for SSHD cipher policy to verify OpenSSH server configurations and detect missing or misconfigured ciphers, contributing to hardened and compliant SSH deployments. No bugs were reported or fixed this month. The work demonstrates strong test automation, security policy enforcement, and alignment with operational risk reduction.
April 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025Month: 2025-04 — Focused on enhancing SSH security policy compliance within the ComplianceAsCode/content repository. Delivered an automated testing feature for SSHD cipher policy to verify OpenSSH server configurations and detect missing or misconfigured ciphers, contributing to hardened and compliant SSH deployments. No bugs were reported or fixed this month. The work demonstrates strong test automation, security policy enforcement, and alignment with operational risk reduction.
March 2025
8 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025In March 2025, the ComplianceAsCode/content project delivered three high-impact enhancements that strengthen security, reliability, and regulatory compliance across Oracle Linux platforms. Rsyslog cron logging detection now supports multiline entries and is robust across Oracle Linux, improving log accuracy for auditing and incident response. SSH hardening was consolidated across Ansible and Bash initializations, enforcing ciphers and MAC policies and updating crypto policy checks, reducing exposure to weak configurations. The HIPAA compliance profile for Oracle Linux 9 was updated to ensure cron is installed and SSH keep-alive is enabled, aligning with regulatory requirements. The work included test coverage improvements, including a dedicated test for rainerscript multiline to prevent regressions. Together, these changes improve security posture, operational reliability, and regulatory compliance across multi-OS deployments.
8 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025In March 2025, the ComplianceAsCode/content project delivered three high-impact enhancements that strengthen security, reliability, and regulatory compliance across Oracle Linux platforms. Rsyslog cron logging detection now supports multiline entries and is robust across Oracle Linux, improving log accuracy for auditing and incident response. SSH hardening was consolidated across Ansible and Bash initializations, enforcing ciphers and MAC policies and updating crypto policy checks, reducing exposure to weak configurations. The HIPAA compliance profile for Oracle Linux 9 was updated to ensure cron is installed and SSH keep-alive is enabled, aligning with regulatory requirements. The work included test coverage improvements, including a dedicated test for rainerscript multiline to prevent regressions. Together, these changes improve security posture, operational reliability, and regulatory compliance across multi-OS deployments.
March 2025
February 2025
8 Commits • 4 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content focused on strengthening security posture and tightening operational controls for OL9-based deployments. Delivered consolidated OL9 security hardening profiles across ANSSI, OSPP, and FIPS with enhancements to password hashing, PAM configuration, EFI GRUB2 hardening, login/screen lock, and updated metadata to reflect policy changes. Implemented OL9 ism_o security hardening with stricter package selections, FIPS mode enforcement at boot, SHA512 password hashing, and enabling the dracut FIPS module with related system rules. Updated OL9 time synchronization to use the Oracle-specific 'ol' time server variable, improving time accuracy and auditability. Strengthened scripting and testing around sudo removal by making the delimiter pipe-friendly for commands with slashes and adding tests validating NOPASSWD handling in sudoers. Demonstrated strong security engineering, testing coverage, and documentation alignment to meet regulatory and audit requirements.
February 2025
8 Commits • 4 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content focused on strengthening security posture and tightening operational controls for OL9-based deployments. Delivered consolidated OL9 security hardening profiles across ANSSI, OSPP, and FIPS with enhancements to password hashing, PAM configuration, EFI GRUB2 hardening, login/screen lock, and updated metadata to reflect policy changes. Implemented OL9 ism_o security hardening with stricter package selections, FIPS mode enforcement at boot, SHA512 password hashing, and enabling the dracut FIPS module with related system rules. Updated OL9 time synchronization to use the Oracle-specific 'ol' time server variable, improving time accuracy and auditability. Strengthened scripting and testing around sudo removal by making the delimiter pipe-friendly for commands with slashes and adding tests validating NOPASSWD handling in sudoers. Demonstrated strong security engineering, testing coverage, and documentation alignment to meet regulatory and audit requirements.
January 2025
14 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 (2025-01) monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content. Focused on delivering security-hardening features across Oracle Linux 8 and 9, aligning baselines with leading security frameworks (ANSSI, STIG, ISM/O, PCI-DSS) and expanding test coverage for OL9. The work reduces risk for customers, accelerates compliance posture, and strengthens release readiness through profile maintenance, version updates, and automated checks.
14 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 (2025-01) monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content. Focused on delivering security-hardening features across Oracle Linux 8 and 9, aligning baselines with leading security frameworks (ANSSI, STIG, ISM/O, PCI-DSS) and expanding test coverage for OL9. The work reduces risk for customers, accelerates compliance posture, and strengthens release readiness through profile maintenance, version updates, and automated checks.
January 2025
December 2024
2 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content. Key security and stability improvements delivered for Oracle Linux 9, with a security profile adhering to CCN-STIC-620 and a refactored stability test configuration for OL9, enhancing maintainability, security posture, and test readiness. No major bugs reported this month; focus remained on delivering high-impact features with clear business value.
December 2024
2 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for ComplianceAsCode/content. Key security and stability improvements delivered for Oracle Linux 9, with a security profile adhering to CCN-STIC-620 and a refactored stability test configuration for OL9, enhancing maintainability, security posture, and test readiness. No major bugs reported this month; focus remained on delivering high-impact features with clear business value.
November 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024In November 2024, the ComplianceAsCode/content repo delivered two high-impact updates that advance cross-OS support and execution reliability. The Oracle Linux support alignment updated configuration and descriptions to target Oracle Linux, removed Red Hat references, and adjusted the libreport-plugin-logger description to reflect Oracle Linux Support. This change improves accuracy in reporting and reduces OS-specific confusion for users and automation. The Ansible template improvements enhanced readability and robustness by including rule titles in task names and refining mount point handling to cope with undefined or empty data, reducing failed runs due to ambiguous conditions and improving maintainability. Overall impact: stronger cross-OS compliance automation, clearer configuration semantics, and more reliable playbooks, contributing to faster onboarding for Oracle Linux environments and more predictable automation outcomes. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Ansible playbooks and task templating, YAML configuration management, cross-OS support alignment, precise commit-level traceability, code readability, and maintainability.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024In November 2024, the ComplianceAsCode/content repo delivered two high-impact updates that advance cross-OS support and execution reliability. The Oracle Linux support alignment updated configuration and descriptions to target Oracle Linux, removed Red Hat references, and adjusted the libreport-plugin-logger description to reflect Oracle Linux Support. This change improves accuracy in reporting and reduces OS-specific confusion for users and automation. The Ansible template improvements enhanced readability and robustness by including rule titles in task names and refining mount point handling to cope with undefined or empty data, reducing failed runs due to ambiguous conditions and improving maintainability. Overall impact: stronger cross-OS compliance automation, clearer configuration semantics, and more reliable playbooks, contributing to faster onboarding for Oracle Linux environments and more predictable automation outcomes. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Ansible playbooks and task templating, YAML configuration management, cross-OS support alignment, precise commit-level traceability, code readability, and maintainability.
November 2024
October 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024During 2024-10, delivered an automated governance flow for home directory mount options and enhanced multi-user provisioning testing in ComplianceAsCode/content. Key changes include an Ansible remediation template for mount_option_home and a new test covering multi-user provisioning with per-user directories and mount options. These changes improve configuration consistency, reduce misconfig risk, and accelerate audit readiness by providing verifiable, automated controls. No major bugs fixed during this period; focus was on feature delivery and test coverage. Demonstrated skills in Ansible templating, remediation scripting, test automation, and governance automation.
October 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024During 2024-10, delivered an automated governance flow for home directory mount options and enhanced multi-user provisioning testing in ComplianceAsCode/content. Key changes include an Ansible remediation template for mount_option_home and a new test covering multi-user provisioning with per-user directories and mount options. These changes improve configuration consistency, reduce misconfig risk, and accelerate audit readiness by providing verifiable, automated controls. No major bugs fixed during this period; focus was on feature delivery and test coverage. Demonstrated skills in Ansible templating, remediation scripting, test automation, and governance automation.
August 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2024Monthly work summary for 2024-08 focusing on delivering a policy relaxation feature in ComplianceAsCode/content, aimed at reducing verification overhead and simplifying compliance checks. No major bugs reported this month; maintenance was focused on clarity and traceability of the change set.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2024Monthly work summary for 2024-08 focusing on delivering a policy relaxation feature in ComplianceAsCode/content, aimed at reducing verification overhead and simplifying compliance checks. No major bugs reported this month; maintenance was focused on clarity and traceability of the change set.
August 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.0%
Maintainability91.8%
Architecture90.6%
Performance88.4%
AI Usage20.0%
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BashJinjaJinja2N/ANunjucksPythonSCAPShellXMLYAML
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AnsibleAuditingBashBash ScriptingCode CleanupComplianceCompliance AutomationCompliance as CodeConfiguration ManagementCybersecurityDevOpsDevSecOpsDocumentationLinuxLinux Administration
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