350-701 Cloud Security Practice Question
A DevSecOps team is integrating security into their CI/CD pipeline. They want to scan Terraform configuration files for misconfigurations before deployment. Which tool is specifically designed for that purpose?
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Checkov
Checkov is an open-source static analysis tool for IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation) to detect security misconfigurations.
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Checkov
Why this is correct
Correct. Checkov performs static analysis on Terraform files.
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DAST scanner
Why it's wrong here
DAST scans running web applications.
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SAST scanner
Why it's wrong here
SAST scans application source code, not IaC.
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Container image scanner
Why it's wrong here
Container scanners analyze images for vulnerabilities.
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