OpenSCAP alternatives
Looking for an alternative tool to replace OpenSCAP? During the review of OpenSCAP 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)
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
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
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
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
- IT audit
- Configuration audit
- Penetration testing
- System hardening
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Anchore Engine
Introduction
Anchore is a tool to help with discovering, analyzing and certifying container images. These images can be stored both on-premises or in the cloud. The tooling is mainly focused on developer so that perform analysis on their container images. Typical actions include running queries, creating reports, or set up policies for a continuous integration and deployment pipeline.
Project details
Anchore Engine is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + Commercial support available
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- System hardening
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
pshtt
Introduction
Pshtt was developed to push organizations, including government departments, to adopt HTTPS across the enterprise.
Project details
pshtt is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Security assessment
- Web application analysis
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
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.
Project details
WordPress Exploit Framework is written in Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- - Has longer learning curve
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
- Web application analysis
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