Automated AWS Security Auditing Tools

Prowler is an automated cloud infrastructure security scanner and posture management tool. It evaluates cloud environments and infrastructure-as-code templates against security benchmarks to identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps that could compromise system integrity. The platform distinguishes itself through graph-based attack path analysis, which identifies chains of misconfigurations that create exploitable routes for unauthorized access. It utilizes a plugin-based execution model to perform state-based assessments of live environments and static analysis of conf

Prowler is a multi-cloud security scanner and security posture management tool. It automates security and compliance assessments across multiple cloud environments to identify misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. The project provides a multi-cloud security analysis engine that operates as an automated auditor, evaluating infrastructure against industry-standard regulatory frameworks and security benchmarks. It features a cloud security visualization dashboard that uses a graph database to map cloud inventory and visualize potential attack paths. Capabilities include automated cloud infrast

Cloudsploit is a cloud security posture management tool and multi-cloud security auditor. It audits cloud infrastructure for misconfigurations and compliance risks across multiple providers, specifically AWS and Azure, by evaluating resource configurations against a set of security plugins. The project functions as a cloud compliance scanner that maps infrastructure scan results to regulatory frameworks and security policy standards. It also serves as an automated cloud remediation tool, executing corrective actions to fix detected misconfigurations via SDK calls. The system covers resource

Cloud Custodian is a multi-cloud governance engine and policy enforcement tool designed to automate security, compliance, and cost optimization across various cloud providers. It functions as a rules engine that uses a declarative domain specific language to query cloud resources and execute corrective actions based on predefined filters. The system operates as a serverless policy orchestrator, deploying provider-specific functions to trigger real-time enforcement in response to cloud resource changes. It provides a provider-agnostic resource abstraction to maintain consistent operational pol

ScoutSuite is a multi-cloud security audit and configuration tool designed to identify security risks and misconfigurations across cloud environments. It functions as a security posture manager and compliance auditor, gathering resource metadata from cloud APIs to evaluate infrastructure against security benchmarks. The tool provides auditing capabilities for AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and Kubernetes clusters and control planes. It distinguishes itself by decoupling data collection from analysis, allowing users to cache cloud configurations locally for offline auditing and iterative rul

Prowler is a multi-cloud security posture management platform and vulnerability scanner. It provides tools for automating security audits, evaluating cloud infrastructure against regulatory compliance frameworks, and managing security assessments through a dedicated analysis dashboard. The project distinguishes itself by providing an AI-driven security context server that feeds structured data to AI assistants for automated risk analysis. It also employs graph-based attack path mapping to visualize potential lateral movement and exploitation routes across cloud inventories. The platform cove

This project is a multi-cloud security auditor and configuration audit tool designed to identify misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across various cloud service provider environments. It functions as a cloud security posture management tool and a vulnerability remediation engine, allowing users to scan resources against security best practices and industry compliance standards. The system distinguishes itself by combining detection with a remediation engine that executes corrective actions to fix discovered security gaps. It employs a plugin-based audit engine and a provider-agnostic abstr

Trivy is a comprehensive security scanner designed to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across container images, filesystems, and infrastructure as code files. It functions as a software composition analysis tool and an infrastructure security scanner, providing automated checks for CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments to ensure the integrity of the software supply chain. The tool distinguishes itself through a modular, plugin-based architecture that allows for the independent inspection of diverse targets. It utilizes a declarative policy engine to evaluate configurations agai

Cloudsplaining is an AWS IAM Security Assessment tool that identifies violations of least privilege and generates a risk-prioritized report.

Terrascan is a static analysis tool designed to evaluate infrastructure-as-code configuration files for security vulnerabilities and compliance violations. By parsing these files into an intermediate representation, it identifies risks before cloud resources are provisioned, serving as a compliance auditor for cloud-native environments. The tool functions as a policy-as-code engine, allowing users to define and enforce custom security rules and industry benchmarks using a specialized query language. It distinguishes itself through its ability to integrate directly into development and deploym

tfsec is a static analysis tool and security scanner for Terraform configuration files. It functions as an infrastructure as code security scanner and compliance linter designed to detect misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across multiple cloud providers before resources are deployed. The tool identifies security risks by analyzing infrastructure code and variable files to evaluate the final state of the environment. It supports custom policy enforcement and allows for the suppression of specific security warnings through inline comments. Its capabilities cover cloud security posture mana