18.4
Puppet Enterprise provides policy-driven configuration management and infrastructure automation for medium and large organizations handling complex…
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
Best Security Configuration Management Software in 2026
Keeping security configurations aligned across systems and cloud environments calls for tools with different assessment and policy capabilities. Compared on agentless assessment, CIS benchmarks, configuration drift, and automated remediation, these options give you several ways to evaluate configuration oversight. Cloud infrastructure and deployment model can help you check fit for your environment; policy as code,…
28.2
Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for coverage across configuration, vulnerabilities, compliance, and runtime activity.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOS
38.0
Chef InSpec checks applications and infrastructure against a desired state described in InSpec code.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOS
- 4
CIS-CAT Pro Assessor
CIS-CAT Pro Assessor scans local or remote systems and reports their alignment with CIS Benchmarks.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.7From $2,400 a year - 5
Mondoo CSPM
Mondoo CSPM scans cloud environments to identify misconfigurations and prioritize them by exploitability and business exposure.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPIExtensionLinux7.7Free plan - 6
Microsoft Defender for Business
AndroidiOSAPImacOS7.5 - 7
Sysdig Secure
Sysdig Secure is a cloud-native application protection platform for cloud environments, containers, Kubernetes, hosts, and serverless workloads.
WebAPILinuxmacOS7.2From $20 a month - 8
Prowler Cloud
Prowler Cloud is a managed platform for finding, prioritizing and fixing cloud security risks.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.0From $99 a month - 9
Symantec IT Management Suite
Symantec IT Management Suite manages, patches, and remediates application and operating system configurations across desktops, laptops, and servers…
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.8 - 10
Lynis
Lynis is a security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and Unix-based systems.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.6From $36 a year - 11
Google Cloud Secret Manager
Free planWeb6.5From $0.02 a month - 12
Tripwire Enterprise
Tripwire Enterprise is web-based software for tracking configuration changes across hybrid deployments.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.4 - 13
Prisma Cloud SCA
Prisma Cloud SCA scans open-source packages for vulnerabilities and license-compliance issues across code, builds, deployment and runtime.
WebAPI6.3 - 14
HCL BigFix
HCL BigFix combines endpoint management, security, automation, and digital employee experience capabilities in one platform.
APILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.2 - 15
OpenSCAP
OpenSCAP is a collection of open-source tools for security compliance and automated vulnerability assessment using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP).
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.2Free plan - 16
DigitalOcean Cloud Security Posture Management
DigitalOcean Cloud Security Posture Management is a web-based, agentless tool for assessing cloud infrastructure security.
Free planWeb6.0From $5 a month - 17
AWS Security Hub CSPM
AWS Security Hub CSPM checks AWS resources against security practices and combines findings from AWS services and partner tools.
WebAPI5.9 - 18
Steampipe
Steampipe lets users query live data from APIs and services using SQL, without first loading it through an ETL pipeline.
APILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted5.9 - 19
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.7 - 205.7
- 21
Wiz Container and Kubernetes Security
Wiz Container and Kubernetes Security is a web-based service for securing containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments from development through runtime.
Web5.7 - 22
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is a web-based cloud security product with asset inventory, multi-cloud support, infrastructure-as-code scanning, identity…
Web5.6From $66,000 a year - 23
FortiCNAPP
WebLinuxWindows5.5 - 24
Aqua Security
WebLinux5.3 - 25
Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)
Check Point WAF, formerly CloudGuard WAF, protects web and API assets through a hybrid deployment model.
WebAPI5.1