Checkov

By Prisma Cloud ยท Cloud security

About Checkov

Open-source scanner that checks Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes and other IaC files for security misconfigurations.

Details

  • Free plan or free tier

    Yes

  • Open source

    Yes

Not enough info yet on has an API, works with AWS, works with Kubernetes. Check the tool's own site.

Listing written by ClingCloud, checked 2026-11-03. Report a correction or request removal. Back to cloud security.

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