debian-cis VS lynis

Compare debian-cis vs lynis and see what are their differences.

debian-cis

PCI-DSS compliant Debian 10/11/12 hardening (by ovh)

lynis

Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional. (by CISOfy)
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debian-cis lynis
3 72
662 12,507
7.3% 6.4%
7.5 7.8
16 days ago 17 days ago
Shell Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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debian-cis

Posts with mentions or reviews of debian-cis. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-06.

lynis

Posts with mentions or reviews of lynis. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing debian-cis and lynis you can also consider the following projects:

ansible-collection-hardening - This Ansible collection provides battle tested hardening for Linux, SSH, nginx, MySQL

Wazuh - Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.

hardening - Hardening Ubuntu. Systemd edition.

OSSEC - OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.

How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server - An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server.

PEASS-ng - PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)

Whonix - Whonix is an operating system focused on anonymity, privacy and security. It's based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian GNU/Linux and security by isolation. DNS leaks are impossible, and not even malware with root privileges can find out the user's real IP. https://www.whonix.org

cve-check-tool - Original Automated CVE Checking Tool

prowler - Prowler is an Open Source Security tool for AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes to do security assessments, audits, incident response, compliance, continuous monitoring, hardening and forensics readiness. Includes CIS, NIST 800, NIST CSF, CISA, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, FFIEC, SOC2, GXP, Well-Architected Security, ENS and more

OSQuery - SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.

bastion - 🔒Secure Bastion implemented as Docker Container running Alpine Linux with Google Authenticator & DUO MFA support

pfSense - Main repository for pfSense