How to scan GitHub IaC

Proactively secure your infrastructure by detecting misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in your code before deployment using AccuKnox’s automated IaC scanning.

Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) has transformed how modern cloud environments are deployed and managed, but it also introduces new security risks if misconfigurations go unnoticed. Vulnerabilities embedded in IaC templates can lead to serious breaches once the infrastructure is provisioned.

With AccuKnox, you can integrate seamless, automated IaC scanning directly into your workflow, ensuring early detection and remediation of risks while maintaining compliance with industry standards like CIS, NIST, and PCI.

Here’s how to easily set up and run IaC scans with AccuKnox.

Step-by-Step: Setting Up and Running IaC Scans in AccuKnox

• Prepare your GitHub integration by first generating a Fine-Grained Access Token with Read-only permissions for your repositories. Create a Label within AccuKnox for organizing configurations.
  
• Navigate to Settings > Integrations > Code Source Configuration and click Add Configuration. Select GitHub (or another supported source), input the repository URL, paste the Fine-Grained Access Token, and verify access.
  
• Once verified, select the appropriate branch and associate your configuration with the label you created earlier to organize scans effectively.
  
• Proceed to Settings > Integrations > IaC Configuration and click Add Configuration to initiate the scan setup for your linked repository.
  
• Provide a name for the configuration, select the source repository, and choose the framework type, such as Kubernetes YAML, Helm charts, or Terraform, depending on the code you want to scan.
  
• Save the configuration and let AccuKnox automatically trigger an IaC scan across your selected repositories. The scan progress can be monitored from the IaC Configuration dashboard and will complete in the background.
  
• Navigate to Issues > Findings once the scan is finished and filter by IaC Findings to review all detected security flaws, misconfigurations, and compliance violations within your infrastructure code.
  
• Use filtering options such as Repository, Framework, and Risk Factor to prioritize issues based on their severity and potential impact on your production environment.
  
• Select individual findings or groups of findings and click Create Ticket to generate remediation tasks. If your environment is integrated with ticketing systems like Jira, ServiceNow, or Freshservice, these tickets can be automatically routed for tracking and resolution.
  
• Confirm ticket creation to assign the findings predefined priorities based on risk levels, helping your DevSecOps teams address critical vulnerabilities first.
  

Why IaC Scanning Is Critical for Cloud Security

IaC offers rapid, repeatable, and scalable infrastructure deployments, but a single misconfiguration in a template could expose your cloud environment to major threats.
Proactively scanning IaC templates before deployment provides:

• Early detection of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
  
• Shift-left security by integrating security checks earlier into the development lifecycle.
  
• Faster incident prevention by remediating risks before the infrastructure becomes active.
  
• Compliance assurance by continuously validating against standards like CIS Kubernetes Benchmarks, AWS Well-Architected Framework, and more.
  

By embedding IaC scanning into your development pipelines, you ensure that infrastructure is secure by design, not just after deployment.

How AccuKnox Enhances IaC Security

AccuKnox provides a comprehensive, cloud-native IaC security solution by offering:

• Agentless, API-based integrations with GitHub and other version control platforms.
  
• Support for Kubernetes YAML, Helm charts, and Terraform files out of the box.
  
• Fine-grained risk assessment with severity tagging for every finding.
  
• Automation-friendly ticket creation and tracking with integration into ITSM systems.
  
• Scalable multi-repository scanning, ensuring broad coverage without adding overhead.
  

AccuKnox enables you to detect misconfigured resources, insecure IAM roles, open security groups, unencrypted storage, and many other common IaC pitfalls — all before your infrastructure ever reaches production.

Strengthen Infrastructure Security with AccuKnox’s IaC Scanning

Infrastructure-as-Code is powerful, but it must be secured with the same rigor as application code.
Without proactive scanning, hidden vulnerabilities in IaC templates can expose your organization to costly breaches and compliance failures.

AccuKnox’s IaC scanning:

• Integrates seamlessly into your GitHub and CI/CD workflows.
  
• Provides detailed, actionable findings with clear remediation paths.
  
• Automates ticketing and resolution tracking to streamline DevSecOps processes.
  
• Helps enforce security best practices from code to deployment.
  

Secure your infrastructure at the source — scan your IaC early, often, and automatically with AccuKnox.