Cloud Security Posture with Prowler

When to use

Prerequisites

• Prowler installed (

  pip install prowler

  or

  brew install prowler

  )
• Cloud credentials configured (AWS CLI, Azure CLI, or gcloud)
• Verify:

  prowler --version

Instructions

1. Identify the target — Determine the cloud provider and scope.
2. Run the scan:
   AWS:
   bash

   prowler aws --output-formats json --output-directory ./prowler-results

   Azure:
   bash

   prowler azure --output-formats json --output-directory ./prowler-results

   GCP:
   bash

   prowler gcp --output-formats json --output-directory ./prowler-results

   • Specific compliance:

     prowler aws --compliance cis_2.0_aws --output-formats json

   • Specific services:

     prowler aws --services s3 iam ec2 --output-formats json

   • Specific checks:

     prowler aws --checks check11,check12 --output-formats json

   • Severity filter:

     prowler aws --severity critical high --output-formats json

3. Parse the results — Read JSON output and present findings:

| # | Severity | Status | Service | Check | Resource | Region | Finding | Remediation |
|---|----------|--------|---------|-------|----------|--------|---------|-------------|

1. Summarize — Provide:
   • Total checks: pass/fail/manual by service
   • Compliance score per framework
   • Critical findings requiring immediate action
   • AWS/Azure/GCP console steps for remediation

Supported Compliance Frameworks