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Trivy

Comprehensive security scanner for containers and other artifacts

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Technical Profile

Scalability
high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
easy
Maturity
stable
Languages: Go
Architecture: security-scanning

When to Use

  • +Container security
  • +CI integration
  • +Open source preference

When Not to Use

  • -Need managed service

Strengths

  • Fast
  • Comprehensive
  • Open source
  • Easy to use

Weaknesses

  • Self-managed
  • Less enterprise features

Operations

Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: self-hosted

Quick Facts

Category
security
License
open source
Pricing
free (free tier)
Community
large
Docs Quality
excellent
Trend
rapidly growing
Vendor Lock-in
none
Data Portability
easy

Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA

Best For

startupsmallmediumlargeenterprise

Use Cases

  • Container scanning
  • IaC scanning
  • SBOM generation
  • Filesystem scanning

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