CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching

CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by CyberStrikeus in CyberStrike.

1.2K stars196 forkson CyberStrikeus/CyberStrikeAdded 2026/07/14Repository updated 2026/07/13

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Install CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching

Copy CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/CyberStrikeus/CyberStrike/tree/main/.cyberstrike/skill/CIS_benchmarks/Cloud_Providers/AWS/CIS_AWS_Database_Services_Benchmark_v2.0.0/cis-aws-database-3.8 ~/.claude/skills/cis-aws-database-3.8

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/CyberStrikeus/CyberStrike.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .cyberstrike/skill/CIS_benchmarks/Cloud_Providers/AWS/CIS_AWS_Database_Services_Benchmark_v2.0.0/cis-aws-database-3.8/SKILL.md in CyberStrikeus/CyberStrike
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/cis-aws-database-3.8
Collection: One of 51 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 1075 skills

What CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching does

Guides the manual process for ensuring Amazon RDS instances have auto minor version upgrades enabled and are regularly patched to reduce security vulnerabilities.

CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching comes from a repository tagged ai, ai-agent, appsec, atomic-red-team and bug-bounty.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

3.8 Ensure to Regularly Patch Systems (Manual)

Description

This control ensures that RDS database instances and their database engines are regularly updated and patched to address security vulnerabilities and maintain system integrity.

Rationale

Regular patching addresses known security vulnerabilities, bug fixes, and performance improvements, reducing the attack surface and maintaining compliance.

Impact

Helps the organization reduce their security risk by regularly updating and patching their database and database engine. Regularly updating and scanning for any weaknesses in the company can bring up possible vulnerabilities that could have led to potential cyber-attack.

Audit Procedure

Using AWS Console

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching

What else does CyberStrikeus publish alongside CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching?
CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching is one of 51 skills that DirSkills catalogs from CyberStrikeus/CyberStrike, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AMI Age Compliance, AMI Encryption Check and AMI Naming Convention Compliance. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching does, and is maintained by CyberStrikeus in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the CyberStrikeus/CyberStrike page.
How does CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching compare to other DevOps skills?
CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching ranks #391 by stars among the 1075 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of CIS AWS RDS Regular Patching against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.