CS0-003 Vulnerability Management Practice Question
Which tool is specifically designed to check Linux systems for compliance with security best practices and can be used for configuration auditing?
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Lynis
Lynis is a security auditing tool for Linux/Unix systems that performs compliance checks and configuration reviews.
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Burp Suite
Why it's wrong here
Burp Suite is an integrated platform designed specifically for performing security testing of web applications, operating as an intercepting proxy to analyze HTTP/S traffic. It is not designed to perform local operating system configuration audits, file integrity monitoring, or local security hardening checks on Linux hosts.
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OpenVAS
Why it's wrong here
OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment System) is a full-featured network vulnerability scanner used to detect known security vulnerabilities across a network. While it can identify missing patches on a Linux target via authenticated network scans, it is not a dedicated, host-based configuration auditing tool designed to deeply evaluate local Linux system hardening and compliance.
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Nessus
Why it's wrong here
Nessus is a widely used proprietary vulnerability scanner that identifies software flaws, missing patches, and misconfigurations across various operating systems via network-based probes. Although it supports compliance audits, it is a general-purpose, agent-based or network-based vulnerability assessment platform rather than a specialized, lightweight local auditing tool native to Linux environments.
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Lynis
Why this is correct
Lynis is an open-source, battle-tested security auditing tool specifically designed for Unix-like operating systems, including Linux and macOS. It runs locally on the host to perform deep scans of system configurations, bootloaders, kernel parameters, and installed packages, providing actionable hardening recommendations to improve overall system defense.
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