goss VS Metasploit

Certain checks may be possible with goss and the kgoss wrapper: https://github.com/goss-org/goss/tree/master/extras/kgoss

Docker would work. I suggest also integrating infrastructure tests to validate your install script behaved as expected. For example, you could use goss.

I've used https://github.com/goss-org/goss in the past and enjoyed it

To answer my own question... https://github.com/goss-org/goss looks like it might do the job - at least for Linux. Windows support is alpha - and there isn't a wealth of CIS benchmarks. Might be a good project to contribute to

Adding an extra layer of security on the container image to verify if it is working as expected and has all required files with correct permissions. We can use dgoss to do validation tests of container images.

Bit of a strange one here - Goss. This is a testing tool that we use on all of our servers to validate they are working as expected. Think of it as a sanity check after changes. We have a set of tests setup that validate that the server is working as expected and we run it automatically after any change.

check out https://github.com/aelsabbahy/goss

Use GOSS, a YML-based open-source tool that can assert the test results (i.e., verifying if the SSH port 22 is closed or not).

Metasploit

Metasploit: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework

1-) Learn Hacking on a debian based distro like Kali Linux - I personally started with tools like nikto, camhacker... and then moved to more complex frameworks like metasploit.

I once had to give a presentation about Metasploit, and whether it was ethically correct for the creator to make it free and open-source, available to everyone. And in researching this I realized that there were a lot of parallels between the arguments for or against hacking tools being readily available and the arguments for or against gun control. I'll just list a few quickly:

Metasploit Framework (mentioned earlier)

This phase is where the pen testers practically prove that there exist potential vulnerabilities in the target system. The pen testers do the hacking using an array of technical approaches and social engineering methods to exploit the vulnerabilities. The ethical hackers commonly use Metasploit framework to automatically execute exploitation against the target systems. Moreover, they may install malwares such as rootkit to persistently maintain their foothold and further compromise the target system.