Centre for Internet Security (CIS)
The Center for Internet Security® (CIS®) makes the connected world a safer place for people, businesses, and governments through our core competencies of collaboration and innovation. We are a community-driven nonprofit, responsible for the CIS Controls® and CIS Benchmarks™, globally recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data. We lead a global community of IT professionals to continuously evolve these standards and provide products and services to proactively safeguard against emerging threats. Our CIS Hardened Images® provide secure, on-demand, scalable computing environments in the cloud. CIS is home to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®), the trusted resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial government entities, and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (EI-ISAC®), which supports the rapidly changing cybersecurity needs of U.S. elections offices. To learn more, visit CISecurity.org or follow us on Twitter: @CISecurity.
Center for Internet Security® (CIS®)
The Center for Internet Security® (CIS®) makes the connected world a safer place for public
and private organizations. CIS is a community-driven nonprofit, responsible for the CIS
Controls® and CIS Benchmarks™, globally recognized best practices for securing IT systems
and data
CIS Benchmarks TM
CIS Benchmarks™ are consensus-developed secure configuration guidelines for hardening
operating systems, servers, cloud environments, and more. The CIS Benchmarks include
more than 100 configuration guidelines across 25+ vendor product families.
CIS SecureSuite® Membership
CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Membership is required to use the CIS Benchmarks and CIS Controls commercially. CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Membership allows product vendors the right to integrate the CIS Benchmarks and the CIS Controls content into their security product and service offering(s). In order to incorporate and market the CIS Benchmarks as part of a product offering, CIS Certification must be awarded to denote conformance with the CIS Benchmark. The content contained below provides CIS-approved language to use in promoting your CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Membership to current and potential customers.
CIS Controls®
The CIS Controls® are a prioritized set of critical security controls and cybersecurity best
practices. They provide specific guidance and a clear pathway for organizations to achieve
the goals and objectives described by multiple legal, regulatory, and policy frameworks.