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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

  • Lacework

    Fortinet

    IaC Security

    A cloud-native application protection platform that baselines normal cloud and workload behavior and flags deviation, now part of Fortinet's FortiCNAPP.

    Commercial
    Established

  • 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

  • Orca Security

    Orca Security

    IaC Security

    An agentless cloud security platform that reads workload storage snapshots through the cloud provider API to assess vulnerabilities, secrets and posture.

    Commercial
    Established

  • 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

  • Lacework

    Fortinet

    A cloud-native application protection platform that baselines normal cloud and workload behavior and flags deviation, now part of Fortinet's FortiCNAPP.

    Commercial Established
    IaC Security

  • 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

  • Orca Security

    Orca Security

    An agentless cloud security platform that reads workload storage snapshots through the cloud provider API to assess vulnerabilities, secrets and posture.

    Commercial Established
    IaC Security

  • Prisma Cloud

    Palo Alto Networks

    IaC Security

    Palo Alto Networks' cloud-native application protection platform, spanning posture management, workload defense, IaC scanning and code-to-cloud tracing.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Sysdig Secure

    Sysdig

    IaC Security

    A commercial cloud and container security platform built on Falco, combining runtime detection with posture, vulnerability management and capture-based forensics.

    Commercial
    Established

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wiz

    Wiz

    IaC Security

    An agentless cloud-native application protection platform that builds a graph of cloud resources, identities and workloads to surface real attack paths.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Prisma Cloud

    Palo Alto Networks

    Palo Alto Networks' cloud-native application protection platform, spanning posture management, workload defense, IaC scanning and code-to-cloud tracing.

    Commercial Established
    IaC Security

  • Sysdig Secure

    Sysdig

    A commercial cloud and container security platform built on Falco, combining runtime detection with posture, vulnerability management and capture-based forensics.

    Commercial 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

  • 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

  • Wiz

    Wiz

    An agentless cloud-native application protection platform that builds a graph of cloud resources, identities and workloads to surface real attack paths.

    Commercial Established
    IaC Security
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