How to Use Lynis Linux Security Audit Tool on Ubuntu | Linux Today

How to Use Lynis Linux Security Audit Tool on Ubuntu

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Jul 30, 2021

Lynis is an open-source security auditing tool for extensive scanning of systems and its security defense to achieve compliance testing and system hardening. This article will help you to install Lynis from its official package repository and audit the system security in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS systems.

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