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The practice of scanning Infrastructure as Code templates for security misconfigurations is called ________ Scanning.

  1. IaC / Infrastructure as Code
  2. FOSS / Free and Open Source Software
  3. Parameter
  4. FATF / Financial Action Task Force

Answer: IaC / Infrastructure as Code

IaC scanning (Checkov, tfsec) analyzes Terraform/CloudFormation for misconfigurations before deployment. Critical for shift-left security in DevOps.

Topic Cloud-Native Security
Exam Relevance SSC JE, Banking IT, UPSC