IaC scanning: 12 questions to ask a vendor before you buy
Ask what an IaC scanner reads, how it handles plans and modules, what it outputs and how you tune it. Twelve questions with what a good answer looks like.
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Ask what an IaC scanner reads, how it handles plans and modules, what it outputs and how you tune it. Twelve questions with what a good answer looks like.
Start with a pull request check on your cloud templates, a short must-fix list and protected state files. How to choose a scanner and what it will miss.
IaC scanning for regulated teams should check templates pre-deploy, map findings to controls and keep dated records. Buyer criteria and honest limits.
Set up IaC scanning in order: report only on pull requests, tune noise, scan the plan, then gate a short rule list. Plan file pitfalls included.
Most IaC false positives come from missing context, not bad rules. Tune by environment, scan rendered plans, expire suppressions and fix noisy rules.
Reachability analysis checks whether vulnerable code is used, so engineers fix what matters first. A CFO friendly way to explain it, with its limits.
Run the trial on your own code and a known test set, then judge noise, prioritization, fit with your workflow and data handling. Here is a plan.
Run a container scanner on three of your own images and score layer coverage, false positives, pipeline gates and fix paths against a list you wrote first.
SCA false positives come from bad matching and unreachable code. Fix identification, use VEX statements, add reachability and expire every suppression.
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