SCAP

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a standardized approach for automating security configuration checks and vulnerability assessments. SCAP tools use machine-readable security checklists (like STIGs) to automatically scan systems and identify non-compliant configurations without manual review.

In DoD environments, SCAP-compliant tools are the primary method for verifying STIG compliance. The DISA SCAP Compliance Checker (SCC) is the standard tool — it reads STIG benchmarks and automatically checks systems against hundreds of configuration requirements, producing reports that identify findings by severity category.