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We've compiled a list of 6 free and paid alternatives to Lynis. The primary competitors include Tiger, lastAudit. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Lynis and OpenSCAP, CollectCore, UpGuard. Also you can look at other similar options here: Security and Privacy Software.


Tiger
Free Open Source

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Portable Windows security and vulnerability scanner, IT audit and forensic tool.

OpenSCAP
Free Open Source

SCAP is a line of standards managed by NIST.

Visibility into the state of your IT infrastructure, enabling you to understand your risk...

SecPod Saner is a light-weight, easy to use, enterprise-grade security solution for proactively...

Security auditing tool for systems running Linux, macOS, BSD, and other UNIX-based systems.

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Lynis Overview

Lynis is an open source security auditing tool. Primary goal is to help users with auditing and hardening of Unix and Linux based systems. The software is very flexible and runs on almost every Unix based system (including Mac). Even the installation of the software itself is optional!

How it works

Lynis will perform hundreds of individual tests to determine the security state of the system. Many of these tests are also part of common security guidelines and standards. Examples include searching for installed software and determine possible configuration flaws. Lynis goes further and does also test individual software components, checks related configuration files and measures performance. After these tests, a scan report will be displayed with all discovered findings.
Typical use cases for Lynis:
*Security auditing
*Vulnerability scanning
*System hardening

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Lynis Tags

security-analysis audit-tool pci-compliance compliance security-suite security-testing security-auditing security-utilities

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