Compliance and vulnerability scanning framework
Lynis
Security auditing tool for Unix-based systems
About Lynis
Lynis is a security auditing tool that scans Unix-based systems and gives hardening suggestions for servers and workstations. It runs on your own server or home hardware, so your data stays under your control instead of depending on a third-party cloud service. In practice it rewards a little setup effort with long-term independence, transparent behavior, and a community that documents real-world deployments.
Lynis key facts
- Category: Developer Tools
- Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
- Focus areas: auditing, security, linux, hardening
- Official site: cisofy.com
About the Developer Tools category
Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Lynis, it includes OpenSCAP, Vuls, Trivy, Clair.
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