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Catch misconfigurations in Terraform, Kubernetes manifests and cloud templates before deploy.

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How it differs Scans Terraform, Kubernetes manifests and other infrastructure definitions before they are applied. Scanning the built images is container security.

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  • Checkov

    Prisma Cloud (Palo Alto Networks), originally Bridgecrew

    IaC Security

    A Python-based static analyzer that parses infrastructure as code into a graph and checks it against built-in and custom misconfiguration policies.

    Open source
    Established Verified

  • Conftest

    Open Policy Agent

    IaC Security

    A CLI that parses configuration files into structured data and tests them against policies you write in Rego, the Open Policy Agent language.

    Open source
    Established Verified

  • KICS

    Checkmarx

    IaC Security

    An open-source scanner from Checkmarx that parses many infrastructure formats into a common model and evaluates Rego queries against it.

    Open source
    Established Verified

  • Kubescape

    ARMO (CNCF project)

    IaC Security

    A CNCF tool that scans Kubernetes clusters and manifests against control frameworks such as NSA-CISA hardening guidance and CIS benchmarks.

    Open source
    Growing Verified

  • Kyverno

    The Kyverno Project (CNCF)

    IaC Security

    A Kubernetes-native policy engine that enforces, mutates and generates resources through admission webhooks, with policies written as YAML.

    Open source
    Established Verified

  • Checkov

    Prisma Cloud (Palo Alto Networks), originally Bridgecrew

    A Python-based static analyzer that parses infrastructure as code into a graph and checks it against built-in and custom misconfiguration policies.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security

  • Conftest

    Open Policy Agent

    A CLI that parses configuration files into structured data and tests them against policies you write in Rego, the Open Policy Agent language.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security

  • KICS

    Checkmarx

    An open-source scanner from Checkmarx that parses many infrastructure formats into a common model and evaluates Rego queries against it.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security

  • Kubescape

    ARMO (CNCF project)

    A CNCF tool that scans Kubernetes clusters and manifests against control frameworks such as NSA-CISA hardening guidance and CIS benchmarks.

    Open source Growing
    IaC Security

  • Kyverno

    The Kyverno Project (CNCF)

    A Kubernetes-native policy engine that enforces, mutates and generates resources through admission webhooks, with policies written as YAML.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security

  • Mondoo

    Mondoo

    IaC Security

    A security and compliance platform built on cnquery, a query language that treats cloud accounts, hosts, containers and IaC as queryable resources.

    Open source and commercial
    Growing

  • OPA Gatekeeper

    Open Policy Agent (CNCF)

    IaC Security

    The Kubernetes admission controller for Open Policy Agent, packaging Rego policies as reusable constraint templates and cluster-scoped constraints.

    Open source
    Established Verified

  • Terrascan

    Tenable

    IaC Security

    A Go-based static analyzer for infrastructure as code that normalizes multiple formats and evaluates them against Rego policies.

    Open source
    Established

  • tfsec

    Aqua Security

    IaC Security

    A Terraform-specific static analyzer that evaluates HCL against cloud misconfiguration checks, now consolidated into Aqua's Trivy.

    Open source
    Established

  • Trivy

    Aqua Security

    IaC Security

    An open-source scanner that finds vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets and license issues across container images, filesystems, repositories and IaC.

    Open source
    Established Verified

  • Mondoo

    Mondoo

    A security and compliance platform built on cnquery, a query language that treats cloud accounts, hosts, containers and IaC as queryable resources.

    Open source and commercial Growing
    IaC Security

  • OPA Gatekeeper

    Open Policy Agent (CNCF)

    The Kubernetes admission controller for Open Policy Agent, packaging Rego policies as reusable constraint templates and cluster-scoped constraints.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security

  • Terrascan

    Tenable

    A Go-based static analyzer for infrastructure as code that normalizes multiple formats and evaluates them against Rego policies.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security

  • tfsec

    Aqua Security

    A Terraform-specific static analyzer that evaluates HCL against cloud misconfiguration checks, now consolidated into Aqua's Trivy.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security

  • Trivy

    Aqua Security

    An open-source scanner that finds vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets and license issues across container images, filesystems, repositories and IaC.

    Open source Established
    IaC Security
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