CyberChimera Specification

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CyberChimera

One System. Many Faces. Total Control.

Autonomous cybersecurity intelligence, offensive security, defensive operations, and threat intelligence platform built using a modular architecture. CyberChimera is designed to continuously analyze attack surfaces, understand evolving threats, validate security controls, and operate securely across enterprise, research, government, and critical infrastructure environments.

Vision

CyberChimera provides a unified cybersecurity platform that combines autonomous security analysis, threat intelligence, offensive security assessment, defensive validation, and secure AI operations.

The platform is built around a lightweight core with optional plug-in modules, allowing organizations to deploy only the capabilities they require while maintaining a common security and intelligence framework.

Design Goals

Modular architecture
Plugin-first ecosystem
Local-first deployment
Enterprise scalability
Privacy-first design
AI-assisted security analysis
Human-in-the-loop automation
Zero vendor lock-in
API-first architecture
Cross-platform support

Core Modules

Security Analysis Engine

Responsible for continuous security assessment.

Features

Attack surface mapping
Asset discovery
Asset inventory correlation
Vulnerability discovery
Vulnerability classification
Vulnerability prioritization
Risk scoring
Security graph generation
Security reporting
Continuous assessment
Automated security recommendations

Intelligence Engine

Maintains a continuously updated understanding of the threat landscape.

Features

Threat intelligence aggregation
Threat intelligence normalization
IOC management
CVE enrichment
CVE prioritization
Exploit intelligence correlation
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
Threat actor profiling
Campaign tracking
Malware behavior analysis
Threat trend analytics
Threat hunting recommendations
Vulnerability impact forecasting
Real-time intelligence updates

Offensive Security Engine

Provides autonomous offensive security analysis.

Features

Attack path analysis
Attack chain generation
Security weakness identification
Exploit path modeling
Security validation
Risk simulation
Autonomous assessment workflows

Defensive Operations Engine

Strengthens defensive posture.

Features

Purple Team operations
Blue Team simulation
Security control validation
Detection rule testing
Detection engineering assistance
Incident response simulation
Breach impact analysis
Defensive playbook generation
Security posture scoring
Continuous monitoring
Autonomous remediation recommendations
Attack path interruption analysis
Security maturity assessments
SOC workflow integration

Automation Engine

Coordinates autonomous operations.

Features

Workflow automation
Task scheduling
Event processing
Policy execution
Autonomous decision pipelines
Alert orchestration
Rule engine
Event correlation

Security Platform

Protects CyberChimera itself.

Features

End-to-end encryption
Zero-knowledge architecture
Local AI execution
Offline deployment
Air-gapped deployment
Secure credential vault
Secrets management
Hardware Security Module (HSM) integration
Post-quantum cryptography
Digital signatures
Supply chain verification
Plugin verification
Secure update framework
Immutable audit logs
Tamper detection
Secure agent communications
Multi-factor authentication
Fine-grained RBAC

API & Integration Layer

Features

REST API
GraphQL API
WebSocket API
CLI interface
SDK support
Webhooks
Event streaming
Plugin API

Data Management

Features

Security data storage
Threat intelligence database
Knowledge graph
Audit logging
Report storage
Search indexing
Backup management
Data retention policies

Optional Plugin Modules

CyberChimera is designed around an extensible plugin architecture.

Plugins can be installed independently without modifying the core platform.

SIEM Connectors

Microsoft Sentinel
Splunk
Elastic Security
IBM QRadar
ArcSight
Graylog
Wazuh

SOAR Integrations

Cortex XSOAR
Splunk SOAR
Shuffle
Tines
TheHive

Cloud Security

AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
Oracle Cloud
DigitalOcean
OpenStack
Kubernetes

Endpoint Security

Microsoft Defender
CrowdStrike
SentinelOne
Carbon Black
Sophos
Trend Micro

Vulnerability Scanners

Nessus
OpenVAS
Qualys
Rapid7 InsightVM
Nmap
Nikto

Threat Intelligence Providers

MISP
OpenCTI
AlienVault OTX
VirusTotal
Recorded Future
AbuseIPDB
CISA KEV
NVD

Identity Providers

Active Directory
LDAP
Entra ID
Okta
Authentik
Keycloak

Notification Providers

Email
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Discord
Mattermost
Telegram
Signal

Reporting Plugins

Executive dashboards
Compliance reports
Risk reports
Incident summaries
Threat intelligence reports
Board reporting

Compliance Frameworks

NIST CSF
NIST 800-53
CIS Controls
ISO 27001
SOC 2
PCI DSS
HIPAA
FedRAMP

AI Providers

Local LLMs
Ollama
GPT4All
llama.cpp
OpenAI compatible APIs
Anthropic compatible APIs
Mistral
DeepSeek

Threat Hunting Plugins

IOC search
YARA scanning
Sigma rule execution
Behavioral analytics
Threat campaign visualization

Malware Analysis

Static analysis
Dynamic analysis
Sandbox integration
Memory analysis
Binary comparison

Digital Forensics

Disk analysis
Memory forensics
Timeline reconstruction
Evidence management
Chain of custody

Red Team Extensions

Attack simulation
Adversary emulation
Custom engagement planning
Campaign replay

Blue Team Extensions

Detection validation
Alert tuning
SOC automation
Response orchestration

DevSecOps

CI/CD scanning
Container security
Infrastructure as Code analysis
Dependency analysis
SBOM generation
Software supply chain validation

Research Plugins

Experimental AI models
Threat research datasets
Academic integrations
Security laboratory tools

Deployment Modes

Desktop
Server
Enterprise Cluster
Air-Gapped
Government
Research
Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Edge Computing

Platform Principles

Autonomous by design
Explainable security decisions
Continuous threat awareness
Privacy-first architecture
Zero-trust principles
Secure-by-default
Human oversight
Plugin extensibility
Open standards
Vendor neutrality

Future Expansion

The modular architecture allows CyberChimera to expand through independently versioned plugins without requiring changes to the core platform. New intelligence providers, security tools, AI models, compliance frameworks, cloud platforms, and defensive capabilities can be added as optional modules while maintaining a stable and secure core.

Specification Branding License (SBL)

Standard

Fully AGPL-3.0+ compliant system
Copyleft enforced for network deployments
Required attribution:
- Roxanne Ardary
- https://www.roxanneardary.com/

Optional

Specification Branding License (SBL)
- Attribution-free commercial deployment
- Pricing based on scale, usage, and deployment scope
- https://roxanneardary.com/cyberchimera/

License & Notice Requirements

CyberChimera is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0+).

By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will also be released under this license.

All contributions must comply with the AGPL-3.0+ terms.
Under Section 7 of the license, all redistributions, forks, and derivative works must preserve attribution to Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com.
CyberChimera specifications are free to use with attribution. A Specification Branding License can be negotiated upon request.
The project’s notice.md file tracks attribution requirements and contributor acknowledgments.
Any update that adds new contributors or modifies attribution should also update notice.md.
When submitting a pull request, ensure that any new files maintain the attribution headers where applicable.
Network-deployed versions of this software must also remain fully AGPL-3.0+ compliant, including exposure of source code modifications when applicable under the license.

For full legal details, please refer to the AGPL-3.0+ license and the project’s notice.md file.

Notice – CyberChimera

Attribution Requirement: Under Section 7 of the AGPL 3.0+ license, all redistributions, forks, and derivative works, including network-deployed versions of this project, must provide attribution to Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com.

Contributors

This file tracks contributors and their specific contributions to the project.

Roxanne Ardary, roxanneardary.com – March 21, 2026
Created the repository for CyberChimera. Developed the next-generation autonomous cybersecurity intelligence platform that integrates multi-agent AI, offensive and defensive security tools, and full extensibility to predict, simulate, execute, and report on cyber threats autonomously.
[Add other contributors here] – [Date]
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License – CyberChimera

This repository is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0+).

Key Points

You are free to use, modify, and distribute the code.
All redistributions, forks, and derivative works or network-deployed versions must also be licensed under AGPL-3.0+ and provide attribution to Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com as required under Section 7 of the license.
The software is provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind.

For the full license text, see GNU AGPL-3.0 License.