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With our global community of cybersecurity experts, we’ve developed CIS Benchmarks: 100+ configuration guidelines for various technology groups to safeguard systems against today’s evolving cyber threats.

With our global community of cybersecurity experts, we’ve developed CIS Benchmarks: 100+ configuration guidelines for various technology groups to safeguard systems against today’s evolving cyber threats.

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Distribution Independent Linux

v1.0.1 for CIS Distribution Independent Linux Benchmark

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Microsoft Windows Desktop

v1.2.0 for CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1607 Benchmark

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Remediation kits also available

Debian Linux

v1.0.0 for CIS Debian Linux 8 Benchmark

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Hardened images and remediation kits also available

Ubuntu Linux

v1.0.0 for CIS Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS Benchmark

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Hardened images also available

Microsoft IIS

v1.0.0 for CIS Microsoft IIS 10 Benchmark

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VMware

v1.2.0 for CIS VMware ESXi 5.5 Benchmark

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Microsoft SharePoint

v1.0.0 for CIS Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Benchmark

MongoDB

v1.0.0 for CIS MongoDB 3.2 Benchmark

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IBM DB2

v1.1.0 for CIS IBM DB2 10 Benchmark

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BIND

v3.0.1 for CIS ISC BIND DNS Server 9.9 Benchmark

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Amazon Linux

v2.0.0 for CIS Amazon Linux Benchmark

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Hardened images also available

CentOS Linux

v2.1.1 for CIS CentOS Linux 7 Benchmark

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Hardened images also available

Oracle Linux

v2.0.0 for CIS Oracle Linux 7 Benchmark

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Hardened images also available

Red Hat Linux

v2.1.1 for CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark

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Hardened images also available

SUSE Linux

v2.0.0 for CIS SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Benchmark

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Hardened images also available

Amazon Web Services

v1.1.0 for CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark

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Apache Tomcat

v1.1.0 for CIS Apache Tomcat 7 Benchmark

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Apple OS

v1.0.0 for CIS Apple OSX 10.12 Benchmark

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Microsoft SQL Server

v1.0.0 for CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Benchmark

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Apache HTTP Server

v1.3.0 for CIS Apache HTTP Server 2.4 Benchmark

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Apple IOS

v2.0.0 for CIS Apple iOS 10 Benchmark

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Remediation kits also available

Google Android

v1.0.0 for CIS Google Android 7 Benchmark

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Cisco

v4.0.0 for CIS Cisco Firewall Benchmark

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Docker

v1.1.0 for CIS Docker Community Edition Benchmark

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IBM AIX

v1.1.0 for CIS IBM AIX 7.1 Benchmark

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Remediation kits also available

Microsoft Office

v1.1.0 for CIS Microsoft Office 2016 Benchmark

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Remediation kits also available

Oracle Database

v2.0.0 for CIS Oracle Database 12c Benchmark

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Oracle Solaris

v1.1.0 for CIS Oracle Solaris 11 Benchmark

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Palo Alto Networks

v1.0.0 for CIS Palo Alto Firewall 7 Benchmark

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Kubernetes

v1.1.0 for CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

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Google Chrome

v1.2.0 for CIS Google Chrome Benchmark

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Remediation kits also available

Microsoft Exchange Server

v1.0.0 for CIS Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Benchmark

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Microsoft Internet Explorer

v1.0.0 for CIS Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Benchmark

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Mozilla Firefox

v1.0.0 for CIS Mozilla Firefox 38 ESR Benchmark

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MIT Kerberos

v1.0.0 for CIS MIT Kerberos 1.10 Benchmark

Oracle MySQL

v1.0.0 for CIS Oracle MySQL Community Server 5.7 Benchmark

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Print Devices

v1.0.0 for CIS Multi-Function Device Benchmark

Microsoft Windows Server

v1.0.0 for CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 RTM (Release 1607) Benchmark

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Hardened images also available

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