Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
AI Classification
CybersecurityProduct-Led
Checkov is an open-source infrastructure-as-code (IaC) security scanning tool owned and maintained by Palo Alto Networks (acquired from Bridgecrew in 2021) that detects cloud misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, and other cloud frameworks. With 1.2+ million downloads, it serves developers and security teams as a build-time scanning solution integrated into CI/CD workflows.
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Buying Signals
1.2+ million downloads indicating sustained broad adoption
Active community-driven policy and provider additions across 750+ predefined rules
Deep integration into Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Cloud commercial security suite post-2021 acquisition
Continuous feature expansion including Checkov 2.0 with graph-based policy analysis and live terminal execution
Account Scoring
Tier ALow Churn RiskExpanding
Pain Signals
Organizations struggle to enforce consistent infrastructure security policies across multi-cloud environments
Lack of automated build-time scanning leaves cloud misconfigurations undetected until deployment or runtime
Developer teams need lightweight, embedded security checking without manual compliance reviews
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