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 rule testing without repeated API calls.
The system employs a JSON-based rule engine that supports custom security rule definitions, parameterized checks, and the suppression of specific findings. It manages authentication through credential files, managed identities, and temporary role assumptions, while generating visual security posture assessments via HTML reports and JSON exports.
The tool can be executed within a pre-configured container environment containing all necessary dependencies.