diff --git a/.checkov.yaml b/.checkov.yaml
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+framework: terraform
+download_external_modules: true
+evaluate_variables: true
+var_files:
+  - "*.tfvars"
+
+skip_path:
+  - "**/.terraform/*"
+  - "**/examples/**"
+  - "**/test/**"
+
+soft_fail: true  # monitor mode
+quiet: true
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkov.yml b/.github/workflows/checkov.yml
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+name: Terraform Security (Checkov)
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main, master ]
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.tf'
+      - '**/*.tfvars'
+      - '**/terraform.lock.hcl'
+      - '.checkov.yaml'
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, master ]
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.tf'
+      - '**/*.tfvars'
+      - '**/terraform.lock.hcl'
+      - '.checkov.yaml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  security-events: write  # needed for SARIF upload (PR annotations / Code scanning)
+  actions: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: checkov-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  checkov:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install Checkov
+        run: pip install --upgrade checkov
+
+      - name: Run Checkov (monitor mode)
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p results
+          checkov \
+            --directory . \
+            --framework terraform \
+            --download-external-modules true \
+            --output sarif \
+            --output-file-path results/checkov.sarif \
+            --quiet \
+            --soft-fail true
+
+      - name: Upload SARIF to GitHub Code Scanning
+        # If your repo is private and doesn't have Advanced Security,
+        # this step may fail; the job stays green thanks to continue-on-error above.
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+        with:
+          sarif_file: results/checkov.sarif
+          category: checkov
+
+      - name: Emit human-friendly text report (non-blocking)
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          checkov \
+            --directory . \
+            --framework terraform \
+            --download-external-modules true \
+            --output cli \
+            --quiet \
+            --soft-fail true | tee checkov.txt
+
+      - name: Upload text artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: checkov-cli-report
+          path: checkov.txt
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
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+name: checkov
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main    
+jobs:
+  scan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
+    permissions:
+      contents: read # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write # for GitHub/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
+     
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    
+    - name: Run checkov 
+      id: checkov
+      uses: bridgecrewio/checkov-action@master
+      with:
+        directory: code/
+        #soft_fail: true
+        
+    - name: Upload SARIF file
+      uses: GitHub/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+      
+      # Results are generated only on a success or failure
+      # this is required since GitHub by default won't run the next step
+      # when the previous one has failed. Alternatively, enable soft_fail in checkov action.
+      if: success() || failure()
+      with:
+        sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/code/main.tf b/code/main.tf
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+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.3.0"
+  required_providers {
+    google = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/google"
+      version = "~> 5.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+provider "google" {
+  project = "demo-project-id" # placeholder; not used by Checkov
+  region  = "us-central1"
+}
+
+# Deliberately misconfigured GCS bucket to trigger findings:
+# - uniform_bucket_level_access = false (bad)
+# - public IAM member (bad)
+resource "google_storage_bucket" "bad_bucket" {
+  name                        = "demo-checkov-bad-bucket-12345"
+  location                    = "US"
+  force_destroy               = true
+  uniform_bucket_level_access = false  # Checkov should flag CKV_GCP_31
+}
+
+resource "google_storage_bucket_iam_member" "public_reader" {
+  bucket = google_storage_bucket.bad_bucket.name
+  role   = "roles/storage.objectViewer"
+  member = "allUsers"  # Checkov should flag public access
+}
+
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
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+
+# tiny change