Openscap

OpenSCAP is an open-source security compliance and vulnerability scanning framework that implements the NIST-certified Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) standard to perform automated configuration audits, security compliance assessments, and vulnerability detection across Linux systems, containers, and infrastructure by evaluating them against industry frameworks including CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIG, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and NIST 800-53. The platform provides command-line tools, graphical interfaces, and integration capabilities to continuously scan systems for misconfigurations and security vulnerabilities, generate detailed compliance reports with remediation scripts that can automatically perform corrective actions, and enable organizations to maintain security compliance through automated auditing across both local and remote systems throughout the development and production lifecycle.