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December 18th, 2006 - CIS Toolset to Offset Impact of Goverment Regulations.
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December 18th, 2006 - CIS releases new version of the NG Scoring for Linux to support Red Hat Linux.
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November 21st, 2006 - Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standard references CIS as source of configuration standards.
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November 13th, 2006 - CIS released the updated Apache Benchmark v1.6 for Unix operating systems.
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November 1st, 2006 - CIS releases updated benchmark for Red Hat Linux systems.
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August 14th, 2006 - CIS releases Level-1 Benchmark for Novell OES:NetWare systems.
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June 12th, 2006 - CIS releases new Benchmark for Novell eDirectory 8.7.
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March 17th, 2006 - CIS releases new benchmarks for SUSE Linux and Slackware Linux.
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March 7th, 2006 - CIS releases public version of the NG Scoring Tool for Solaris 10.
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December 15th, 2005 - CIS releases consensus benchmark for Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
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November 22nd, 2005 - CIS Membership Fees to increase as of January 1st, 2006.
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September 9th, 2005 - CIS releases public GUI version of the NG Scoring Tool and the updated benchmark for Windows XP SP1/SP2.
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August 23rd, 2005 - Members Only Release: CIS releases Command Line Next Generation Scoring Tool (v1.0) and the updated CIS Benchmark for Windows XP SP1 & SP2.
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August 18th, 2005 - CIS releases the Exchange Server 2003 Benchmark.
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04/15/2005-- CIS releases Benchmark for Solaris 10.
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04/15/2005-- CIS releases Benchmark for Wireless Networks.
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04/11/2005 -- CIS releases Benchmark for the AIX operating system.
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04/06/2005 -- CIS releases Benchmark for Oracle 9i and 10g databases.
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04/06/2005 -- CIS releases Benchmark for the OS X operating system.
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03/21/2005 -- Thinking about information security metrics? CIS is pleased to announce that the CISWG Best Practices Metrics document is now available on the CIS website. The CISWG document is available and intended for organizations to use in their efforts to manage information security.
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01/17/ 2005 -- CIS releases updated benchmark and scoring tool for Red Hat Linux, inlucluding Enterprise Server 3.0, Advanced Server 3.0, and Fedora Core versions 1, 2, and 3.

01/01/2005 -- Through a new partnership with EDUCAUSE, CIS grans to more than 1,800 colleges and universities the right to distribute CIS Benchmarks and Scoring Tools across their networks, as well as to students, faculty and employees for use on computers owned by those individuals.
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11/08/2004 -- New SANS/FBI Top 20 Scanner available from the CIS website.
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10/21/2004-- CIS releases Benchmark and Scoring Tool update for HP-UX systems.
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9/21/2004-- CIS agrees to extend software license agreement to U.S. state and local government agencies.
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9/18/2004-- CIS releases a new Benchmark and Scoring Tool for the Apache Web Server.

9/10/2004-- CIS releases new Benchmarks for Windows Server 2003 systems.

9/2/2004-- CIS releases new Benchmark and Scoring tool for Cisco PIX firewalls.

8/16/2004 -- CIS certification awarded to Bindview Compliance Center solution for the Windows 2000 Level 1 & 2 Benchmarks.

08/11/2004 -- CIS releases new Benchmark and Scoring for FreeBSD and an update to the Solaris Benchmark and Scoring Tool.

05/25/2004 -- CIS releases new Scoring Tool for Oracle Databases 8i and 9i running in Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems.
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03/23/2004 -- CIS releases a new benchmark for Windows XP (v1.1.3) and an updated scoring tool for Windows (v2.1.12).
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12/2003 -- Information Security Magazine votes CIS best benchmarking effort. Click Here to read more.

11/18/2003 -- CIS supports the IT Governance Institute's Board Briefing on IT Governance, 2nd Edition. Click here to read this publication.

09/23/2003 -- CIS releases a security configuration benchmark for Oracle Database versions 8i and 9i running on Windows and Unix operating systems.
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09/03/2003 -- The US federal government has extended its license agreement with CIS as a mechanism to distribute the Benchmarks and Scoring tools to all federal government agencies, departments, and authorized federal contractors.
For information please email Bert Miuccio (bmiuccio@cisecurity.org).

07/09/2003 -- Dell Computer begins offering desktop and notebook computers with the operating system configured based on the CIS Level-1 Benchmark for Windows 2000.

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