security checks

As businesses increasingly adopt continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) practices to accelerate software delivery, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies has become more critical than ever. Compliance checks, traditionally a manual and time-consuming process, can introduce delays in the CI/CD pipeline if not managed effectively. Fortunately, by leveraging Linux Bash scripting within your CI/CD pipeline, you can automate many of these compliance checks, ensuring that they are both rigorous and efficient. In regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, and government, non-compliance can result in significant fines, loss of customer trust, and other serious repercussions.

Linux, known for its robust security, is a staple among operating systems, especially in server environments and for security-sensitive applications. However, security is not an automatic guarantee; it requires diligent management and monitoring. One critical aspect of maintaining a secure Linux system is the regular checking for rootkits. Rootkits are malicious tools that, once installed, allow unauthorized access to and control of the operating system, often hiding their presence effectively. Today, we will explore how Bash scripting can be an invaluable tool in the search for rootkits, and how you can implement these scripts in various Linux distributions.