CISA Releases Free Cloud Security Audit Tools
The new utilities help administrators identify and remediate security misconfigurations in cloud productivity suites.
Updated on Oct. 27, 2026 in Cybersecurity
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released two free tools, ScubaGear and ScubaGoggles, to identify security misconfigurations in cloud environments. These tools are available to both government agencies and private businesses to help assess their cloud posture.
Why it matters
The release provides standardized mechanisms for organizations to identify and address security gaps in widely used cloud productivity suites. By automating the assessment of settings against established baselines, the tools aim to reduce the risk of unauthorized access due to misconfigured software.
The tools automate the scanning of cloud environment settings against recommended security baselines to detect vulnerabilities. Administrators receive detailed reports highlighting weaknesses that require manual remediation.
The players
CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is the lead federal entity responsible for protecting critical infrastructure and providing cybersecurity resources for U.S. government and private sector organizations.
The details
ScubaGear and ScubaGoggles function as diagnostic utilities that query current cloud environment configurations against security benchmarks. They output identified misconfigurations for administrator review, facilitating the hardening of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace accounts. These tools operate by comparing active account settings against standardized best-practice templates to flag departures from secure configurations.
Timeline
October 27, 2026: CISA officially released the ScubaGear and ScubaGoggles security tools.
The Tech Race
This release marks a shift toward CISA providing granular, platform-specific utility tools for widespread cloud environments. It follows the agency's pattern of providing concrete, low-barrier tools to advance its Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals.
IT administrators and security teams at organizations using Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace can now implement these tools for baseline security audits. The tools are currently available for immediate use to identify and mitigate existing account configuration risks.
The takeaway
These tools offer organizations a standardized way to audit cloud environments against federal security baselines. Administrators should prioritize running these diagnostics to identify and patch common configuration vulnerabilities immediately.
Further reading
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