Security Onion
Open-source cloud tool for security professionals
📋 Overview
A cloud security tool that identifies misconfigurations, compliance violations, and security risks across cloud infrastructure. Supports AWS, Azure, and GCP with automated remediation guidance. The tool continuously monitors cloud resources against security best practices and compliance frameworks including CIS Benchmarks, NIST, and SOC2. It identifies overly permissive IAM policies, unencrypted storage, exposed services, and other common misconfigurations. Automated remediation workflows help teams fix issues quickly, while detailed reporting supports compliance audits and security reviews. A solid cloud tool worth evaluating for your stack.
✨ Key Features
- •Multi-cloud security assessment
- •Misconfiguration detection
- •Compliance monitoring
- •Automated remediation guidance
- •Identity and access management analysis
- •Data protection assessment
🎯 The Problem It Solves
Security Engineers
🔧 How It Works
git clone https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion
🚀 Installation & Quick Start
Installation
git clone https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonionQuick Start
- Clone the Security Onion repo
- Read the docs
- Run the tool
✅ Pros
- •Multi-cloud support
- •Automated compliance checks
- •Identifies critical misconfigurations
- •Actionable remediation guidance
- •Continuous monitoring
- •Reduces cloud attack surface
❌ Cons
- •Requires cloud API access
- •May miss novel attack vectors
- •False positives possible
- •Limited to supported services
💬 Practitioner Verdict
“A solid cloud tool worth evaluating for your stack.”
Self-Hosted (Free)
Open source, MIT/Apache licensed. Run it yourself.
⭐ Star & Clone on GitHubFree forever. Your infrastructure, your data.
📊 Specifications
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Platform
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Supported Models
- REST API, CLI
💰 Pricing Reality
Free and open source.