New CIS GitLab Benchmark scanner boosts security and compliance

GitLab's open-source CIS Benchmark scanner, known as gitlabcis, is a Python CLI tool designed to audit GitLab projects against the Center for Internet Security (CIS) GitLab Benchmark, providing recommendations in YAML format. The tool, introduced in April alongside the CIS GitLab Benchmark, can be installed via pip from PyPI or downloaded from GitLab's release page. It currently audits at the project level by accepting a project URL input and supports administrative controls, although plans are underway to expand functionality to accept instance or group-level inputs. The scanner's development has led to community contributions enhancing the GitLab product, such as showing crosslinked issues in merge requests through the API and adding domain-based group access restrictions. Future improvements include integrating CIS GitLab Benchmark compliance into GitLab's Compliance Adherence Report, allowing customers to conduct real-time reviews of their instances, groups, and projects against various standards.

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