IT Automation That Reduces Manual Work
Puppet IT automation is valuable for system hardening because it saves time and toil on making sure each new server is in a secure, compliant state.
Configuration Management Tools at the Scale You Need
Puppet configuration management is valuable for system hardening because it means you can bake each individual configuration (server, software, etc.) into your codebaseinstead of having to tweak the server itself and fix drift.
Compliance Management for Secure Infrastructure Automation
Puppet lets you define a compliant state across your entire infrastructure, including rule exceptions. It uses the CIS-CAT Pro Assessor to compare configurations against peer-reviewed security and system hardening standards.
Stay on Top of Your System Hardening Checklist
Puppet can help automate each of these critical system hardening tasks:
Require strong passwords
Disable unnecessary services
Whitelist critical applications
Remove or disable unnecessary system applications
Remove or disable superfluous drivers
Maintain supported OS versions
Apply patches for known vulnerabilities
Alter unsecure default settings
Establish appropriate firewall rules
System Hardening Examples from Real Puppet Customers
30% to 98% Compliance
Compliance score improvement before and after one government agency used Puppet.
89% Less Time Spent
Per release when a leading insurance provider started using Puppet.
From 2 Days to 21 Minutes
After using Puppet to provision new environments at the world’s largest stock exchange.
"We have some strict security requirements ... One of our initial drivers for moving things into Puppet was to have security consistency. [S]o this is huge for us to ... be able to report on these things being compliant."
Automate System Hardening with Puppet
Eliminate the error-prone, time-consuming process of checking your inventory for vulnerabilities and drift. Stay secure and maintain every task on your server hardening checklist so you can focus on bigger goals.