# NationalSecurityAgency/SIMP

A system automation and configuration management stack targeted toward operational flexibility and policy compliance.

Repository: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/SIMP
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simp
Homepage: https://simp-project.com
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-11-05T22:27:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4145, "days_push": 2493, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1336, forks 281 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.522197+00:00)

## What it is
SIMP (System Integrity Management Platform) is an open-source system automation and configuration management framework built on Puppet, providing turn-key secure infrastructure with PKI, LDAP, firewall, and audit management. It targets operational flexibility and policy compliance, primarily on CentOS/RHEL systems.

## Use cases
- automate secure configuration of linux servers
- enforce compliance policies across infrastructure
- manage pki certificates for all managed systems
- centralize user account management with ldap
- set up host-based firewalls automatically
- audit privileged user activity across systems
- build repeatable secure infrastructure from scratch

## When to choose
- you need puppet-based security hardening and compliance automation for centos/rhel fleets
- you want a turn-key stack including pki, ldap, and firewall management
- you operate isolated or air-gapped environments needing repeatable secure setups

## When to avoid
- you use non-rhel platforms like debian or windows
- you need actively developed tooling - development has transitioned to Sicura
- you want lightweight config management without a full opinionated security stack

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: configuration-management, security, deployment, workflow-automation
- domain: security, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: puppet, compliance, system-hardening, pki, ldap, firewall, security-automation, centos, rpm, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- NationalSecurityAgency/SIMP (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.522197+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:44:06.332911+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/SIMP (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.522197+00:00, sha d4945961f82b)
  - homepage: https://simp-project.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:03:24.347137+00:00, sha 4963b4397336)
  - site_page: https://simp-project.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:03:24.356609+00:00, sha d965bdc0852c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.