Infrastructure as Code Security with Checkov

Overview

Checkov is a static code analysis tool that scans Infrastructure as Code (IaC) files for security misconfigurations and compliance violations before deployment. With 750+ built-in policies, Checkov helps prevent cloud security issues by detecting problems in Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Dockerfiles, Helm charts, and ARM templates.

Checkov performs graph-based scanning to understand resource relationships and detect complex misconfigurations that span multiple resources, making it more powerful than simple pattern matching.

Quick Start

Install Checkov

# Via pip
pip install checkov