<s>
Lynis	B-Device
is	O
an	O
extensible	O
security	O
audit	O
tool	O
for	O
computer	O
systems	O
running	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
Unix	O
derivatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
assists	O
system	B-Application
administrators	I-Application
and	O
security	O
professionals	O
with	O
scanning	O
a	O
system	O
and	O
its	O
security	O
defenses	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
goal	O
being	O
system	O
hardening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lynis	B-Device
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GPLv3	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
determines	O
various	O
system	O
information	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
specific	O
OS	O
type	O
,	O
kernel	O
parameters	O
,	O
authentication	O
and	O
accounting	O
mechanism	O
,	O
installed	O
packages	O
,	O
installed	O
services	B-Operating_System
,	O
network	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
,	O
logging	O
and	O
monitoring	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
syslog-ng	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
cryptography	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
ClamAV	B-Application
or	O
rkhunter	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
check	O
the	O
system	O
for	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
errors	O
and	O
security	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
documentation	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
Lynis	B-Device
Enterprise	O
version	O
,	O
available	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
10	O
computer	O
systems	O
,	O
providing	O
malware	O
scanning	O
,	O
intrusion	O
detection	O
and	O
additional	O
guidance	O
for	O
auditors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Lynis	B-Device
won	O
an	O
InfoWorld	O
Bossie	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
