ankur@sec:~$

$ man kics

KICS

Infrastructure-as-code scanner with thousands of queries.

fix at sourcepassive / local onlyvia awesome-security

## why a developer should care

Similar to Checkov, with broad coverage (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Helm, Docker, OpenAPI). Run both and compare - they catch different things.

## install

$ brew install kics

Other platforms and pre-built binaries: official install guide ↗

Check it worked: open a new terminal and run kics version. "command not found" means it isn't installed or isn't on your PATH yet.

## shortcuts

# Scan the current folder

$ kics scan -p .

## helps with

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