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Checkov

Static analysis tool for infrastructure as code security

4.7/5.0
5,000,000downloads
Updated 1/15/2024
Tool Information

Platforms

Linux
Windows
macOS

License

Apache-2.0

Techniques

Infrastructure as Code Scanning
Policy as Code
Compliance Checking
Security Misconfiguration Detection
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About Checkov

Checkov is a static code analysis tool for infrastructure as code (IaC) and also a software composition analysis (SCA) tool for images and open source packages. It scans cloud infrastructure provisioned using Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Helm, ARM Templates and Serverless framework and detects security and compliance misconfigurations.

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Use Cases

  • IaC Security Scanning
  • DevSecOps Integration
  • Compliance Automation

Tags

iac
terraform
cloudformation
kubernetes
static-analysis

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