VulnerGuard Security Operations Manual

RELEASE v2.6 · ENTERPRISE SECURITY OPERATIONS MANUAL · 14 OFFENSIVE ENGINES + 4 SOC APPLIANCES

VulnerGuard is an autonomous, containerized offensive security orchestration and defensive Security Operations Center (SOC) command platform engineered for continuous external attack surface discovery, vulnerability validation, AI-driven exploit triage, and automated incident response.

Unlike fragmented scanning scripts or cloud-only SaaS dashboards that expose sensitive target telemetry to third-party vendors, VulnerGuard executes 14 isolated offensive security engines, 4 enterprise SOC/SOAR appliances, Vector Intelligence Memory, and Autonomous AI Reasoning inside an air-gapped-ready, multi-plane isolated topology.

Architectural Philosophy: The 5-Phase Closed Loop

Every engagement in VulnerGuard follows a deterministic, auditable 5-phase operational loop connecting red-team reconnaissance directly to blue-team containment:

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                          VULNERGUARD 5-PHASE OPERATIONAL LOOP                          │
├──────────────┬────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┤
│ 01 DISCOVER  │ 02 ENUMERATE   │ 03 VALIDATE      │ 04 CORRELATE     │ 05 RESPOND       │
├──────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ • Subfinder  │ • Katana JS    │ • Nuclei         │ • Autonomous AI  │ • TheHive Case   │
│ • Httpx      │ • FFUF Fuzzing │ • SQLMap         │ • Vector Memory  │ • Cortex Enrich  │
│ • Nmap XML   │ • TestSSL.sh   │ • WPScan         │   Similarity     │ • MISP Threat    │
│   Port Sweep │ • Gitleaks     │ • OWASP ZAP DAST │ • Cross-Tool     │   Intel Sync     │
│              │                │ • Trivy SBOM/CVE │   Deduplication  │ • Shuffle SOAR   │
└──────────────┴────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┘

Phase 01 — Passive & Active Asset Discovery

When an operator submits an authorized target domain, CIDR, or URL (e.g., https://target.example.com), SecurityAgent initiates passive subdomain discovery via Subfinder, chains live HTTP/TLS/CDN/WAF fingerprinting via Httpx, and executes an Nmap TCP service and OS detection sweep.

Phase 02 — Deep Crawling, Fuzzing & Cryptographic Audit

Using the live host inventory from Phase 01, VulnerGuard launches headless JavaScript crawling via Katana, unlinked directory and hidden dotfile fuzzing via FFUF, full TLS 1.0–1.3 cipher/certificate validation via TestSSL.sh, and secret/API key entropy scanning via Gitleaks.

Phase 03 — Vulnerability & Exploit Validation

VulnerGuard dispatches Nuclei (with automatic technology-stack mapping and full severity coverage), OWASP ZAP baseline DAST spiders, SQLMap injection testing, WPScan CMS enumeration, and Trivy container/filesystem CVE auditing. High-risk exploitation frameworks (Metasploit, BeEF, SET) remain strictly gated behind explicit operator approval.

Phase 04 — AI Correlation & Vector Memory

Raw JSON/XML outputs from all 14 engines are normalized into structured Vulnerability records, deduplicated, and embedded into Vector Intelligence Memory (security_findings and scan_history collections). The AI reasoning engine synthesizes an executive risk brief, attack chain narrative, and prioritized remediation commands.

Phase 05 — SOC Escalation & Automated Playbooks

Verified findings can be promoted with one click into TheHive cases, enriched via Cortex observable analyzers, correlated against MISP threat intelligence feeds, or dispatched to Shuffle SOAR webhooks for automated firewall/WAF blocking and incident paging.

OPERATOR MANUAL

Pre-Engagement Readiness Checklist

Before launching an active assessment, operators can verify that all orchestration planes report Ready from the Command Center (/dashboard) or via GET /api/tools/status:

Operational Plane	Logical Service Role	Verification Endpoint	Expected Status
Web & Documentation Gateway	`vg-edge-gateway`	`https://vulnerguard.com`	`HTTP 200 OK`
Core API & Telemetry Broker	`vg-core-api`	`GET /api/health`	`{"status": "healthy"}`
MCP Tool Execution Plane	`vg-mcp-orchestrator`	`GET /api/tools/status`	`14 / 14 Engines Ready`
Zero-Trust Container Sandbox	`vg-runtime-proxy`	Enforced via Execution Plane	`Allowlist Active`
Vector Intelligence Store	`vg-vector-memory`	Managed via `SecurityAgent`	`Collections Ready`
SOC / SOAR Appliance Plane	`vg-soc-broker`	`GET /api/soc/overview`	`Connected via Broker`

VulnerGuard Security Operations Manual

Architectural Philosophy: The 5-Phase Closed Loop

Phase 01 — Passive & Active Asset Discovery

Phase 02 — Deep Crawling, Fuzzing & Cryptographic Audit

Phase 03 — Vulnerability & Exploit Validation

Phase 04 — AI Correlation & Vector Memory

Phase 05 — SOC Escalation & Automated Playbooks

Platform Navigation Map

Getting Started & Plan Tiers

Scanner Arsenal Reference

AI SecurityAgent & Vector Memory

SOC Command Center

Multi-Plane Isolation Topology

REST & Socket.IO Reference

Pre-Engagement Readiness Checklist

Architectural Philosophy: The 5-Phase Closed Loop​

Phase 01 — Passive & Active Asset Discovery​

Phase 02 — Deep Crawling, Fuzzing & Cryptographic Audit​

Phase 03 — Vulnerability & Exploit Validation​

Phase 04 — AI Correlation & Vector Memory​

Phase 05 — SOC Escalation & Automated Playbooks​

Platform Navigation Map​

Getting Started & Plan Tiers

Scanner Arsenal Reference

AI SecurityAgent & Vector Memory

SOC Command Center

Multi-Plane Isolation Topology

REST & Socket.IO Reference

Pre-Engagement Readiness Checklist​

Architectural Philosophy: The 5-Phase Closed Loop

Phase 01 — Passive & Active Asset Discovery

Phase 02 — Deep Crawling, Fuzzing & Cryptographic Audit

Phase 03 — Vulnerability & Exploit Validation

Phase 04 — AI Correlation & Vector Memory

Phase 05 — SOC Escalation & Automated Playbooks

Platform Navigation Map

Pre-Engagement Readiness Checklist