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Software in Cloud Security Tools

20 tools
Pricing
Platform
ToolPricing
Aqua Security

Full-lifecycle container and cloud-native security platform from build scanning to runtime control.

Commercial
Checkov

Static analysis scanner for infrastructure-as-code that detects misconfigurations in Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, and Dockerfile.

Open Source
Cilium

eBPF-based Kubernetes CNI that delivers networking, observability, L3-L7 network policy, and identity-based security for container workloads.

Free / Commercial
Cloud Custodian

Declarative YAML rules engine for cloud governance and security that manages, filters, and remediates resources across multiple clouds.

Open Source
Falco

Cloud-native runtime security engine that monitors Linux kernel system calls to detect anomalous behavior in containers.

Open Source
KICS

Open source IaC scanner covering more than twenty platforms with thousands of Rego queries.

Open Source
kube-bench

Go tool that checks Kubernetes clusters against the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark across managed and self-hosted distributions.

Open Source
KubeArmor

Cloud-native security system that uses Linux security modules and eBPF to restrict pod, container, and node behavior in Kubernetes clusters.

Open Source
Kubescape

CNCF Kubernetes security scanner that checks clusters, workloads, and configurations against compliance and misconfiguration frameworks.

Free / Commercial
Kyverno

Kubernetes-native policy engine that validates, mutates, and generates resources through declarative admission control policies.

Free / Commercial
Open Policy Agent (OPA)

General-purpose policy engine with the Rego language for authoring and enforcing context-aware policies across services and infrastructure.

Open Source
Orca Security

Agentless cloud security platform using SideScanning of workload block storage for workloads and containers.

Commercial
Prisma Cloud

Palo Alto Networks CNAPP spanning code security, posture management, and runtime protection.

Commercial
Prowler

Open-source multi-cloud security posture and compliance platform with hundreds of controls mapped to CIS, NIST, and ISO 27001.

Free / Commercial
Scout Suite

Open-source multi-cloud security auditing tool that gathers cloud configuration data and presents risks in a navigable HTML report.

Open Source
Sysdig

Runtime-first cloud security platform built on kernel-level visibility and the Falco engine.

Commercial
Tetragon

eBPF runtime security tool for Kubernetes and Linux that provides process, syscall, file, and network observability with in-kernel enforcement.

Free / Commercial
Tracee

Linux security tool that uses eBPF to detect suspicious process, file, and network behaviors in containers, Kubernetes, and host systems.

Open Source
Trivy

Security scanner for container images, file systems, Git repositories, and Kubernetes configurations to detect CVEs.

Free / Commercial
Wiz

Agentless CNAPP that correlates cloud posture, vulnerabilities, identities, and exposures into risk graphs.

Commercial

About Cloud Security Tools

Cloud-native security tools audit cloud infrastructure, container workloads, and Kubernetes clusters for misconfigurations and policy violations. The category covers cloud security posture management (CSPM) scanners that check AWS, Azure, and GCP configurations against benchmarks like CIS, container image scanners that find vulnerable packages and exposed secrets in Docker images, Kubernetes policy engines that enforce admission controls on pod creation, and infrastructure-as-code scanners that validate Terraform and CloudFormation templates before deployment. CSPM tools like Prowler and Scout Suite enumerate cloud resources and flag risks such as publicly accessible storage buckets, IAM policies that allow privilege escalation, and unencrypted database storage. Container scanners like Trivy and Grype inspect images against vulnerability databases at build time. Kubernetes policy engines like Kyverno and OPA Gatekeeper run as admission controllers and block pods that violate security policies, such as pods without resource requests and limits. Runtime tools like Falco and Tetragon use eBPF to detect suspicious behavior in running containers without modifying workloads. Together these tools provide coverage across the cloud-native lifecycle: pre-deployment IaC scanning, build-time image scanning, admission-time policy enforcement, and runtime threat detection.

Covered Topics

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)Container Image SecurityKubernetes Policy EnforcementInfrastructure as Code (IaC) ScanningRuntime eBPF Detection

In This Catalog

  • This category lists 20 tools: 9 open source, 6 free / commercial, and 5 commercial.
  • By platform, 15 run on Linux, 9 on Windows, 9 on macOS, and 5 on the web.
  • The most common license among the open-source tools is Apache-2.0 (6 tools).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Cloud Security Tools?→

Cloud-native security tools audit cloud configuration, container and Kubernetes workloads, and infrastructure-as-code for misconfigurations, exposed secrets, and policy violations.

What topics does the Cloud Security Tools category cover?→

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Container Image Security, Kubernetes Policy Enforcement, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Scanning, Runtime eBPF Detection

Which Cloud Security tools are open source?→

9 of the 20 tools in this category are open source: Checkov, Cloud Custodian, Falco, KICS, kube-bench, KubeArmor, Open Policy Agent (OPA), Scout Suite, and Tracee.

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