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# OpsMemory Module
> **Decision Ledger for Playbook Learning**
OpsMemory is a structured ledger of prior security decisions and their outcomes. It enables playbook learning - understanding which decisions led to good outcomes and surfacing institutional knowledge for similar situations.
## What OpsMemory Is
-**Decision + Outcome pairs**: Every security decision is recorded with its eventual outcome
-**Success/failure classification**: Learn what worked and what didn't
-**Similar situation matching**: Find past decisions in comparable scenarios
-**Playbook suggestions**: Surface recommendations based on historical success
## What OpsMemory Is NOT
- ❌ Chat history (that's conversation storage)
- ❌ Audit logs (that's the Timeline)
- ❌ VEX statements (that's Excititor)
## Architecture
```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ OpsMemory Service │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ┌─────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │
│ │ Decision │ │ Playbook │ │ Outcome │ │
│ │ Recording │ │ Suggestion │ │ Tracking │ │
│ └──────┬──────┘ └────────┬─────────┘ └───────┬───────┘ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ ▼ ▼ ▼ │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ IOpsMemoryStore │ │
│ │ (PostgreSQL with similarity vectors) │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## Core Components
### OpsMemoryRecord
The core data structure capturing a decision and its context:
```json
{
"memoryId": "mem-abc123",
"tenantId": "tenant-xyz",
"recordedAt": "2026-01-07T12:00:00Z",
"situation": {
"cveId": "CVE-2023-44487",
"component": "pkg:npm/http2@1.0.0",
"severity": "high",
"reachability": "reachable",
"epssScore": 0.97,
"isKev": true,
"contextTags": ["production", "external-facing", "payment-service"]
},
"decision": {
"action": "Remediate",
"rationale": "KEV + reachable + payment service = immediate remediation",
"decidedBy": "security-team",
"decidedAt": "2026-01-07T12:00:00Z",
"policyReference": "policy/critical-kev.rego"
},
"outcome": {
"status": "Success",
"resolutionTime": "4:30:00",
"lessonsLearned": "Upgrade was smooth, no breaking changes",
"recordedAt": "2026-01-07T16:30:00Z"
}
}
```
### Decision Actions
| Action | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `Accept` | Accept the risk (no action) |
| `Remediate` | Upgrade/patch the component |
| `Quarantine` | Isolate the component |
| `Mitigate` | Apply compensating controls (WAF, config) |
| `Defer` | Defer for later review |
| `Escalate` | Escalate to security team |
| `FalsePositive` | Mark as not applicable |
### Outcome Status
| Status | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `Success` | Decision led to successful resolution |
| `PartialSuccess` | Decision led to partial resolution |
| `Ineffective` | Decision was ineffective |
| `NegativeOutcome` | Decision led to negative consequences |
| `Pending` | Outcome still pending |
## API Reference
### Record a Decision
```http
POST /api/v1/opsmemory/decisions
Content-Type: application/json
{
"tenantId": "tenant-xyz",
"cveId": "CVE-2023-44487",
"componentPurl": "pkg:npm/http2@1.0.0",
"severity": "high",
"reachability": "reachable",
"epssScore": 0.97,
"action": "Remediate",
"rationale": "KEV + reachable + payment service",
"decidedBy": "alice@example.com",
"contextTags": ["production", "payment-service"]
}
```
**Response:**
```json
{
"memoryId": "abc123def456",
"recordedAt": "2026-01-07T12:00:00Z"
}
```
### Record an Outcome
```http
POST /api/v1/opsmemory/decisions/{memoryId}/outcome?tenantId=tenant-xyz
Content-Type: application/json
{
"status": "Success",
"resolutionTimeMinutes": 270,
"lessonsLearned": "Upgrade was smooth, no breaking changes",
"recordedBy": "alice@example.com"
}
```
### Get Playbook Suggestions
```http
GET /api/v1/opsmemory/suggestions?tenantId=tenant-xyz&cveId=CVE-2024-1234&severity=high&reachability=reachable
```
**Response:**
```json
{
"suggestions": [
{
"suggestedAction": "Remediate",
"confidence": 0.87,
"rationale": "87% confidence based on 15 similar past decisions. Remediation succeeded in 93% of high-severity reachable vulnerabilities.",
"successRate": 0.93,
"similarDecisionCount": 15,
"averageResolutionTimeMinutes": 180,
"evidence": [
{
"memoryId": "abc123",
"similarity": 0.92,
"action": "Remediate",
"outcome": "Success",
"cveId": "CVE-2023-44487"
}
],
"matchingFactors": [
"Same severity: high",
"Same reachability: Reachable",
"Both are KEV",
"Shared context: production"
]
}
],
"analyzedRecords": 15,
"topSimilarity": 0.92
}
```
### Query Past Decisions
```http
GET /api/v1/opsmemory/decisions?tenantId=tenant-xyz&action=Remediate&pageSize=20
```
### Get Statistics
```http
GET /api/v1/opsmemory/stats?tenantId=tenant-xyz
```
**Response:**
```json
{
"tenantId": "tenant-xyz",
"totalDecisions": 1250,
"decisionsWithOutcomes": 980,
"successRate": 0.87
}
```
## Similarity Algorithm
OpsMemory uses a 50-dimensional vector to represent each security situation:
| Dimensions | Feature |
|------------|---------|
| 0-9 | CVE category (memory, injection, auth, crypto, dos, etc.) |
| 10-14 | Severity (none, low, medium, high, critical) |
| 15-18 | Reachability (unknown, reachable, not-reachable, potential) |
| 19-23 | EPSS band (0-0.2, 0.2-0.4, 0.4-0.6, 0.6-0.8, 0.8-1.0) |
| 24-28 | CVSS band (0-2, 2-4, 4-6, 6-8, 8-10) |
| 29 | KEV flag |
| 30-39 | Component type (npm, maven, pypi, nuget, go, cargo, etc.) |
| 40-49 | Context tags (production, external-facing, payment, etc.) |
Similarity is computed using **cosine similarity** between normalized vectors.
## Integration Points
### Decision Recording Hook
OpsMemory integrates with the Findings Ledger to automatically capture decisions:
```csharp
public class OpsMemoryHook : IDecisionHook
{
public async Task OnDecisionRecordedAsync(FindingDecision decision)
{
var record = new OpsMemoryRecord
{
TenantId = decision.TenantId,
Situation = ExtractSituation(decision),
Decision = ExtractDecision(decision)
};
// Fire-and-forget to not block the decision flow
_ = _store.RecordDecisionAsync(record);
}
}
```
### Outcome Tracking
The OutcomeTrackingService monitors for resolution events and prompts users:
1. **Auto-detect resolution**: When a finding is marked resolved
2. **Calculate resolution time**: Time from decision to resolution
3. **Prompt for classification**: Ask user about outcome quality
4. **Link to original decision**: Update the OpsMemory record
## Configuration
```yaml
opsmemory:
connectionString: "Host=localhost;Database=stellaops"
similarity:
minThreshold: 0.6 # Minimum similarity for suggestions
maxResults: 10 # Maximum similar records to analyze
suggestions:
maxSuggestions: 3 # Maximum suggestions to return
minConfidence: 0.5 # Minimum confidence threshold
outcomeTracking:
autoPromptDelay: 24h # Delay before prompting for outcome
reminderInterval: 7d # Reminder interval for pending outcomes
```
## Database Schema
```sql
CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS opsmemory;
CREATE TABLE opsmemory.decisions (
memory_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
tenant_id TEXT NOT NULL,
recorded_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL,
-- Situation (JSONB for flexibility)
situation JSONB NOT NULL,
-- Decision (JSONB)
decision JSONB NOT NULL,
-- Outcome (nullable, updated later)
outcome JSONB,
-- Similarity vector (array for simple cosine similarity)
similarity_vector REAL[] NOT NULL
);
CREATE INDEX idx_decisions_tenant ON opsmemory.decisions(tenant_id);
CREATE INDEX idx_decisions_recorded ON opsmemory.decisions(recorded_at DESC);
CREATE INDEX idx_decisions_cve ON opsmemory.decisions((situation->>'cveId'));
```
## Best Practices
### Recording Decisions
1. **Include context tags**: The more context, the better similarity matching
2. **Document rationale**: Future users benefit from understanding why
3. **Reference policies**: Link to the policy that guided the decision
### Recording Outcomes
1. **Be timely**: Record outcomes as soon as resolution is confirmed
2. **Be honest**: Failed decisions are valuable learning data
3. **Add lessons learned**: Help future users avoid pitfalls
### Using Suggestions
1. **Review evidence**: Look at the similar past decisions
2. **Check matching factors**: Ensure the situations are truly comparable
3. **Trust but verify**: Suggestions are guidance, not mandates
## Related Modules
- [Findings Ledger](../findings-ledger/README.md) - Source of decision events
- [Timeline](../timeline-indexer/README.md) - Audit trail
- [Excititor](../excititor/README.md) - VEX statement management
- [Risk Engine](../risk-engine/README.md) - Risk scoring