Mastering Infrastructure Security: Scanning Terraform with Checkov

In the modern era of DevOps, the concept of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has fundamentally changed how we deploy and manage cloud resources. Instead of manually configuring servers and databases via a web console, we define our entire environment using declarative languages like HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) in Terraform. While this brings immense speed and scalability, it also introduces a significant risk: misconfiguration at scale.