generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/KennaSecurity/toolkit
name: Kenna Security Toolkit
description: >-
  First-party open-source Ruby task-runner for the Cisco Vulnerability Management
  (Kenna) platform. Discrete units of functionality ("tasks") are invoked from a
  container command line to move data in and out of the platform and drive API
  operations. Distributed as the kennasecurity/toolkit container image.
repo: https://github.com/KennaSecurity/toolkit
install:
- method: docker
  command: docker pull kennasecurity/toolkit
- method: docker-build
  command: docker build (provided Dockerfile / Containerfile)
- method: github-action
  command: KennaSecurity/Kenna-Actions
invocation:
  interactive: docker run -it kennasecurity/toolkit
  task_example: docker run -it --rm -t toolkit:latest task=aws_inspector aws_region=us-east-1
  task_selector: task=<task_name>
  help_suffixes:
  - ':help'
  - ':readme'
features:
- Task-based architecture (task= parameter selects the unit of work)
- Input/output file handling via Docker volumes
- GitHub Actions integration (Kenna-Actions)
- Proxy configuration support
- Per-task help and readme via :help / :readme suffixes
requirements:
- Container runtime (Docker or Podman)
- 8GB RAM
- Network access
notes: The full tasks library (connectors, importers, data manipulation) is documented in
  the repository's tasks directory. The toolkit binary/image is also catalogued in
  packages/kenna-security-packages.yml.