Remember CIS
Full name: Center for Internet Security
Memory aid: Center your Internet Security on useful guidance.
CIS Controls and product-specific CIS Benchmarks have different purposes.
Study area: MIS, risk & continuity · Batch 6
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · CompTIA SecurityX · ISC2 CC
Practice with exam flashcards →MIS, Risk & Continuity / Knowledge library
CIS — Center for Internet Security
Publishes security controls and configuration benchmarks.
Why learn CIS — Center for Internet Security?
Publishes security controls and configuration benchmarks.
Where it came from
CIS Controls and product-specific CIS Benchmarks have different purposes.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Center your Internet Security on useful guidance.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand CIS: Center for Internet Security.
- Recall this memory aid: Center your Internet Security on useful guidance.
- Explain the practical use: Publishes security controls and configuration benchmarks.
- Explain this distinction: CIS Controls and product-specific CIS Benchmarks have different purposes.
- Identify CIS in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Center for Internet Security controls (www.cisecurity.org)