KICS Benchmark
The values below were obtained after scanning 150 open source projects with KICS (v1.2.0) covering the supported IaC technologies (c.f., Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS Cloudformation).
| IaC Technology | Query Accuracy1 | Query Coverage2 | Scanned IaC files | Number of Results | Average Scan Time (s) | Average Project Size (MB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraform | 99.7% | 46% | 1176 | 709 | 6.6 | 33.4 |
| Docker | 98.8% | 68% | 1017 | 5109 | 11 | 0.7 |
| Kubernetes | 99.3% | 88.7% | 6089 | 21753 | 7 | 90 |
| CloudFormation | 95% | 73% | 1769 | 5343 | 10.2 | 4.8 |
| Ansible | 100% | 54% | 3367 | 1320 | 23.3 | 4.1 |
1 Query Accuracy = TP results / results
2 Query Coverage = Query with results / Queries
Global Measures
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Average Accuracy | 98.6% |
| Total Number of Results | 34234 |
| Average Query Coverage | 66.4% |
| Total Scanned IaC Files | 13418 |
| Average Scan Time (s) | 11.2 |
| Average Project Size (MB) | 26.6 |