Cloud Security Suite alternatives

Looking for an alternative tool to replace Cloud Security Suite? During the review of Cloud Security Suite we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.

Top 3

OpenSCAP (suite with tools and security data)
Lynis (security scanner and compliance auditing tool)
orthrus (security framework and auditing tool)

These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to Cloud Security Suite.

Alternatives (by score)

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

OpenSCAP review

100

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

+ The source code is easy to read and understand
+ More than 100 contributors
+ More than 8000 GitHub stars
+ Tool is easy to use
+ Available as package (simplified installation)
+ Commercial support available
+ 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

Lynis review

orthrus

Introduction

Orthrus is a security framework and auditing tool. It allows monitoring and analyzing security configurations across multiple environments.

Project details

orthrus is written in Golang.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ The source code of this software is available

- Project is in early phase and may be unstable

Typical usage

Security assessment
Self-assessment
System hardening
Vulnerability scanning

orthrus review

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

otseca review

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

sysechk review

YASAT

Introduction

The YASAT tool performs a system scan to detect configuration issues and possible improvements for hardening the system. Typically you would use this on new and existing systems.

Project details

YASAT is written in shell script.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ Used language is shell script

- No updates for a while

Typical usage

IT audit
Configuration audit
Security assessment

YASAT review

Prowler

Introduction

Prowler is a security tool to check systems on AWS against the related CIS benchmark. This benchmark provides a set of best practices for AWS. The primary usage for this tool is system hardening and compliance checking.

Project details

Prowler is written in shell script.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ More than 25 contributors
+ More than 500 GitHub stars
+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Compliance testing
Security assessment
System hardening

Prowler review

CloudSploit scans

Introduction

CloudSploit scans is an open source software project to test security risks related to an AWS account. It runs tests against your Amazon account and aims to discover any potential misconfigured setting or other risks.

Project details

CloudSploit scans is written in Node.js.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ More than 10 contributors
+ More than 500 GitHub stars
+ The source code of this software is available

- No releases on GitHub available

Typical usage

IT audit
Configuration audit
Security assessment

CloudSploit scans review

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

LUNAR review

VHostScan

Introduction

Tools like VHostScan are powerful to perform reconnaissance and discover configuration defaults. This can be useful during penetration tests or security testing, to see if a system has been stripped from default pages. If not, this tool might discover them and provide valuable information about the system.

Project details

VHostScan is written in Python.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Penetration testing
Reconnaissance

VHostScan review

Zeus

Introduction

Zeus is a tool to perform a quick security scan of an AWS environment. It helps to find missing security controls, so additional system hardening measures can be applied 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

Configuration audit
Security assessment
Self-assessment
System hardening

Zeus review

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

Nix Auditor review

Kube-Bench

Introduction

Tools like Kube-Bench help with quickly checking configuration weaknesses or discovering bad defaults.

Project details

Kube-Bench is written in Golang.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ The source code of this software is available

Kube-Bench review

SSHsec

Introduction

SSHsec scans a system running the SSH protocol and retrieves its configuration, host keys, and Diffie-Hellman groups.

Project details

SSHsec is written in Python.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Information gathering
Penetration testing
Security assessment

SSHsec review

iniscan

Introduction

Iniscan scans a given php.ini file and tests it against security best practices. It reports back the results by showing a Pass or Fail for each related test. As it is a command-line utility, it can be used in automated testing.

Project details

iniscan is written in PHP.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ More than 25 contributors
+ More than 1000 GitHub stars
+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Configuration audit
Security assessment

iniscan review

testssl.sh

Introduction

Key features of testssl.sh include:

Clear output: you can tell easily whether anything is good or bad
Ease of installation: It works for Linux, Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD and MSYS2/Cygwin out of the box: no need to install or configure something, no gems, CPAN, pip or the like.
Flexibility: You can test any SSL/TLS enabled and STARTTLS service, not only webservers at port 443
Toolbox: Several command line options help you to run YOUR test and configure YOUR output
Reliability: features are tested thoroughly
Verbosity: If a particular check cannot be performed because of a missing capability on your client side, you'll get a warning
Privacy: It's only you who sees the result, not a third party
Freedom: It's 100% open source. You can look at the code, see what's going on and you can change it.

Project details

testssl.sh is written in shell script.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ Used language is shell script
+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Application testing
Configuration audit

testssl.sh review

360-FAAR

Introduction

360-FAAR is a tool written in Perl to parse policies and logs from firewalls. It can compare firewall policies and translate between a policy and log data. Supported firewalls include Checkpoint FW1, Cisco ASA, and Netscreen ScreenOS.

Project details

360-FAAR is written in Perl.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ Project is mature (5+ years)
+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Firewall auditing
Log analysis
Security assessment
Security reviews

360-FAAR review

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

Scout2 review

100

Cryptomator

Introduction

Cryptomator is a multi-platform tool for transparent client-side encryption of your files. It is used together with cloud services to ensure you are the only one who can access the data.

Project details

Cryptomator is written in Java.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ More than 10 contributors
+ More than 2000 GitHub stars
+ Many releases available

Typical usage

Data encryption

Cryptomator review

Docker Bench for Security

Introduction

Docker Bench for Security is a small security scanner to perform several tests that are part of the Docker CIS benchmark.

Project details

Docker Bench for Security is written in shell script.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ More than 25 contributors
+ Screen output is colored
+ More than 3000 GitHub stars
+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Application security
Configuration audit
Security assessment

Docker Bench for Security review

ssh_scan

Introduction

This tool is light on its dependencies, as it only uses Ruby and BinData. The scanner is simple to use, as it is limited in the number of parameters and options. There is also the ability to show the results on the screen or export the data to a JSON file. The latter is great if you want to do further processing of the details, or simply store them for later comparison.

Project details

ssh_scan is written in Ruby.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ More than 10 contributors
+ Many releases available
+ The source code of this software is available
+ Supported by a large company

Typical usage

Penetration testing
Security assessment
System hardening
Vulnerability scanning

ssh_scan review

100

Faraday

Introduction

Faraday helps teams to collaborate when working on penetration tests or vulnerability management. It stores related security information in one place, which can be easily tracked and tested by other colleagues.

Project details

Faraday is written in Python.

Strengths and weaknesses

+ Commercial support available
+ More than 1000 GitHub stars
+ The source code of this software is available

Typical usage

Collaboration
Penetration testing
Security assessment
Vulnerability scanning

Faraday review

WordPress Exploit Framework (WPXF)

Introduction

WordPress is still one of the most popular frameworks for websites. A variety of open source tools exist to assess the security of this content management system, and its themes and plugins.