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CCSP Practice Question: Which tool is specifically designed to scan…
Which tool is specifically designed to scan Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates for cloud misconfigurations before deployment?
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Checkov
Checkov is an IaC security scanner that checks Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes manifests for misconfigurations before deployment. The other tools serve different purposes.
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Checkov
Why this is correct
Checkov specializes in IaC security scanning.
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OWASP ZAP
Why it's wrong here
OWASP ZAP is a web application scanner, not an IaC scanner.
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Snyk
Why it's wrong here
Snyk is primarily for dependency and container scanning, not IaC.
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GitGuardian
Why it's wrong here
GitGuardian detects secrets in code repositories, not IaC misconfigurations.
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