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Glossary: Vulnerability, Asset and Change Management

OpenSCAP

Also written: oscap, oscap xccdf eval, oscap info

The free SCAP scanner for Linux. `oscap xccdf eval --profile server` runs a checklist, reports pass or fail per rule and can save results and an HTML report as evidence.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol)XCCDF (Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format)OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language)