II.
Tool JSON
Structured · livetool:tfsec
tfsec json
Inspect the normalized record payload exactly as the atlas UI reads it.
{
"id": "tool:tfsec",
"_kind": "Tool",
"_file": "domain/tools/tools-security-observability.yaml",
"_cluster": "domain",
"attributes": {
"displayName": "tfsec",
"homepageUrl": "https://github.com/aquasecurity/tfsec",
"kind": "security",
"description": "Security scanner for Terraform code that identifies misconfigurations and potential vulnerabilities\nin cloud infrastructure definitions before deployment. Covers AWS, Azure, GCP, and general\nTerraform resources with configurable severity levels and custom checks.\n"
},
"outgoingEdges": [
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "language:go",
"kind": "belongs_to_language"
},
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "skill-area:iac-security",
"kind": "tool_used_by",
"attributes": {}
},
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "skill-area:vulnerability-scanning",
"kind": "tool_used_by",
"attributes": {}
},
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "skill-area:vulnerability-scanning",
"kind": "used_for"
},
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "skill-area:runtime-security",
"kind": "used_for"
},
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "tool:checkov",
"kind": "alternative_to",
"attributes": {
"comparison": "IaC security — tfsec is Terraform-specific; Checkov covers multi-IaC"
}
},
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "tool:trivy",
"kind": "alternative_to",
"attributes": {
"comparison": "Security scanning — tfsec is Terraform-specific; Trivy is multi-target"
}
},
{
"from": "tool:tfsec",
"to": "tool:snyk",
"kind": "alternative_to",
"attributes": {
"comparison": "Security scanning tools"
}
}
],
"incomingEdges": [
{
"from": "tool:snyk",
"to": "tool:tfsec",
"kind": "alternative_to",
"attributes": {
"comparison": "Security scanning tools"
}
},
{
"from": "tool:trivy",
"to": "tool:tfsec",
"kind": "alternative_to",
"attributes": {
"comparison": "Security scanning — Trivy is multi-target; tfsec is Terraform-specific"
}
},
{
"from": "tool:checkov",
"to": "tool:tfsec",
"kind": "alternative_to",
"attributes": {
"comparison": "IaC security — Checkov covers multi-IaC; tfsec is Terraform-specific"
}
}
]
}