Bastille Linux alternatives
Looking for an alternative tool to replace Bastille Linux? During the review of Bastille Linux we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.
Alternatives (by score)
JShielder
Introduction
JShielder is a security tool for Linux systems to make them more secure by adding system hardening measures.Project details
JShielder is written in Python, shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- System hardening
Lynis
Introduction
Lynis is an open source security auditing tool that is available since 2007 and created by Michael Boelen. Its primary goal is to evaluate the security defenses of systems running Linux or other flavors of Unix. It provides suggestions to install, configure, or correct any security measures.
Project details
Lynis is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + Commercial support available
- + More than 4000 GitHub stars
- + Used language is shell script
- + Very low number of dependencies
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- IT audit
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- System hardening
- Vulnerability scanning
Zeus
Introduction
Tools like Zeus are useful to perform a quick security scan of an AWS environment. It helps to find missing security controls and apply system hardening measures to systems.
Project details
Zeus is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Security assessment
- Self-assessment
- System hardening
OpenSCAP
Introduction
The OpenSCAP project provides a wide variety of hardening guides, configuration baselines, and tools to test for vulnerabilities and configuration issues. It uses SCAP as the protocol to store the underlying data.
Project details
OpenSCAP is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Supported by a large company
Typical usage
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
seccheck
Introduction
Seccheck is a security scanner for Linux systems. It is originally written for SuSE Linux by Marc Heuse.Project details
seccheck is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - Project looks outdated (old code or documentation)
Typical usage
- Security assessment
- System hardening
sysechk (System Security Checker)
Introduction
System Security Checker, or sysechk, is a tool to perform a system audit against a set of best practices. It uses a modular approach to test the system.Project details
sysechk is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- IT audit
- System hardening
Cloud Security Suite (CS Suite)
Introduction
Cloud Security Suite (CS Suite) is a security toolkit that allows scanning Amazon, Google, and Azure cloud platforms. It leverages tools like Lynis, Prowler, and Scout2 to collect all information. The promise of the tool is to simplify the installation of the tools, their configuration, and the data collection.
Project details
Cloud Security Suite is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Configuration audit
- IT audit
- Penetration testing
- System hardening
otseca
Introduction
Tools like otseca help with data collection. This could be useful for system administrators to collect data on a regular interval. This data then can be compared with a future data capture. Another possibility is to use it during pentesting. In that case one should have already obtained root access, as the tool requires this as well.
Project details
otseca is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code is easy to read and understand
- + Tool is modular and extendable
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Configuration audit
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
Prowler
Introduction
Prowler is the right tool for you when you want to check against the AWS CIS benchmark. The tool is freely available and maintained.
Project details
Prowler is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Security assessment
- System hardening
Scout2
Introduction
Scout2 is a security tool to assess the security of an AWS environment. It can be used for system hardening and IT audits.Project details
Scout2 is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
Typical usage
- IT audit
- Security assessment
- Self-assessment
- System hardening
LUNAR
Introduction
LUNAR is short for Lockdown UNix Auditing and Reporting and runs on the system itself.
Project details
LUNAR is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Security assessment
- Self-assessment
- System hardening
Nix Auditor
Introduction
This fairly new tool is written in shell script to scan Linux systems with the focus on security auditing.
Project details
Nix Auditor is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- - Full name of author is unknown
- - Unknown project license
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