Terrascan
Detect compliance and security violations across Infrastructure as Code to mitigate risk before provisioning cloud native infrastructure.
Overview
Terrascan is an open-source tool that provides static code analysis for Infrastructure as Code. It allows developers to scan IaC against a comprehensive library of policies to find issues such as security vulnerabilities, compliance violations, and best practice deviations. It was created by Tenable.
✨ Key Features
- 500+ policies for security best practices
- Scans Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and more
- Support for compliance frameworks (CIS, GDPR, PCI DSS)
- Custom policies with Rego
- Integration with CI/CD and Git hooks
- Open source
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Strong focus on compliance frameworks
- Native integration with Argo CD for GitOps workflows
- Backed by a major vulnerability management vendor (Tenable)
Unique Value: Enables organizations to enforce security and compliance policies across their IaC, integrating seamlessly into developer and GitOps workflows to prevent risks before deployment.
🎯 Use Cases (3)
✅ Best For
- Using as a pre-commit hook to prevent insecure code from being committed.
- Running as a step in a CI pipeline to fail builds that have compliance violations.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Dynamic or runtime security analysis, vulnerability scanning of application dependencies.
🏆 Alternatives
Provides a strong out-of-the-box experience for compliance-focused scanning compared to other tools that may require more customization for specific frameworks.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
💰 Pricing
Free tier: The open-source tool is completely free.
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