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Cloud Custodian

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) · Cloud Security Posture

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Open SourceFoundationCNCF Incubating

Cloud Custodian runs policies on schedules or cloud events to tag, notify or fix non-compliant resources.

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What it does3 capabilities · 1 at full coverage

1 of 3 at full coverage.

Cloud Security Posture ManagementPartialCLOUD · level 2 · 15 providers
Policy as Code EnforcementFullGRC · level 3 · 7 providers
IaC Automated RemediationPartialIAC · level 3 · 3 providers

What it proves16 controls across 10 frameworks

Satisfied through its capabilities, not claimed by the vendor.

CSF 2.04 / 106GV.PO-01 GV.PO-02 ID.RA-01 PR.PS-01
SSDF 1.13 / 42PO.1.1 PO.4.1 RV.2.2
CIS Benchmarks2 / 6CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark CIS Microsoft Azure Foundations Benchmark
AICM1 / 18CCC
ASVS 5.01 / 17V13
CIS Controls1 / 18CIS 4
CNAS Top 101 / 10CNAS-1
DSOMM1 / 19CO-Process
OWASP Top 101 / 10A02:2025
SP 800-204D1 / 11204D-CD-VERIFY

What it stops2 techniques · 2 risks

2 techniques countered, 2 of them common

Cloud Misconfiguration ExploitationVery Common
Data from Cloud StorageT1530Common

2 risks reduced

Exposed and over-privileged cloud resources go unnoticedHigh
Control failures and framework non-compliance go unnoticedMedium

Where it runs6 phases · 2 ways to deploy

Capabilities per lifecycle phase

Plan1
Code1
Build1
Deploy1
Operate1
Monitor1

How it is delivered

CLI toolSelf-hosted

What it unlocks6 activities · reaches level 5

Program activities its capabilities support, reaching level 5. Supporting an activity is not completing it.

Level 1

Assess cloud accounts against benchmarksLow effort

Level 2

Block misconfigurations in pull requestsLow effort

Level 3

Enforce policy as code in pipelines and clustersMedium effort

Level 5

Adapt policy from telemetryHigh effort
Fix runtime findings in code automaticallyHigh effort
Preventive cloud guardrails make misconfiguration impossibleHigh effort

How it holds up

Not assessed yet: no strengths, limits or evaluation scores. 47 of 340 products carry an assessment and 29 are scored.

What it costsOpen source (free) · free tier

LicensingOpen source (free)

Priced pernone

BillingFree

Scales withOperating effort only

Total cost

No license cost, but self-support, upgrades, scaling and integration effort must be budgeted as personnel cost.

What it takes to run

No staffing, rollout time or operational commitment recorded.

What it works with

No supported language, standard, integration or named feature recorded.

What else to look at

No alternative, competitor or family sibling is modeled for it.

What backs this up

No measurement, incident or pipeline using it.

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