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Study Description Status
TerraGoat gap analysis 187 undocumented findings across Checkov, Trivy, and pq-audit. Running only the official scanner shows 23% of actual exposure. ready

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Each study applies the full MK ScorpioSec research pipeline:

  • Static analysis with multiple tools (not just the "official" one)
  • Cross-tool gap matrix: what each scanner covers vs. misses
  • Post-quantum cryptography layer via pq-audit
  • Raw evidence published with every finding

Open Source Tools

Tools developed or maintained by MK ScorpioSec and used in this research:

Tool Description License
pq-audit Post-quantum cryptography audit framework — 10-layer scan (code, cloud, deps, config, certs, network, containers, api, compliance, web3) with BROKEN_NOW / SNDL_VULNERABLE classification Apache 2.0

Third-party tools used across studies:

Tool Vendor License
Trivy Aqua Security Apache 2.0
Checkov Bridgecrew / Palo Alto Apache 2.0
TruffleHog Truffle Security AGPL-3.0

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