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Published on 07.10.2018

How to Automate the Process of Implementing Secure Configurations

By Sean Atkinson, Chief Information Security Officer, CIS^® Resources like the CIS Benchmarks and CIS-CAT Pro help organizations ar...

Secure Systems & ArchitectureSecure Configuration & HardeningCIS Benchmarks

Published on 07.03.2018

Staying Secure with CIS Hardened Image for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

From data leaks to information theft, security concerns are at an all-time high for organizations around the world. CIS offers multiple ways to h...

Secure Systems & ArchitectureCloud SecuritySecure Configuration & HardeningCIS Hardened Images

Published on 06.26.2018

CIS Security Best Practices Cooperative Product Development

By Adam Montville, Chief Product Architect, CIS The past few years have been an interesting ride within Security Best Practices, the CIS group re...

Secure Systems & ArchitectureSecure Configuration & HardeningCIS BenchmarksCIS Controls

Published on 06.05.2018

How Security Controls Can Improve Your Cybersecurity Posture

By Sean Atkinson, Chief Information Security Officer, CIS^® Security is a journey, not a destination. It is important to understand...

CIS SecureSuiteSecure Systems & ArchitectureSecure Configuration & HardeningCIS BenchmarksCIS Hardened Images

Published on 05.29.2018

Keep Your Employees Interested in Cybersecurity Awareness Training with these Tips

By Sean Atkinson, Chief Information Security Officer As organizations work to make internal company processes and personnel more secure it’s wort...

Leadership, Strategy, & TrendsWorkforce & TrainingCIS Controls

Published on 05.17.2018

Your GDPR Questions Answered

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) aims primarily to give control back to EU citizens and residents over their personal data while sta...

CIS BenchmarksCIS ControlsCIS Hardened ImagesCIS SecureSuite

Published on 05.15.2018

The Fox and the Hedgehog: Strategic Cybersecurity Response Planning

Let’s build on the harmonized combination of an organization’s risk manager and control framework described in my last blog post. Risk managers c...

Cyber Defense & ResponseLeadership, Strategy, & TrendsExecutive & Leadership PerspectivesIncident Response & RecoveryCIS Controls

Published on 05.09.2018

Creating Event Trees to Help Measure Control Effectiveness

By Sean Atkinson, Chief Information Security Officer The transformation of a fault tree In an earlier blog post, I described using fault trees as...

Secure Systems & ArchitectureGovernance, Risk, and ComplianceCIS Controls

Published on 05.03.2018

GDPR – Are you ready?

New regulations like GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) can always be a bit intimidating – but they don’t have to be! If your organization...

Leadership, Strategy, & TrendsSecure Systems & ArchitectureCybersecurity Policy & GovernanceGovernance, Risk, and ComplianceCIS Benchmarks

Published on 05.01.2018

Fault Trees and Risk Forests

By Sean Atkinson, Chief Information Security Officer Risk management and the elicitation of scenarios Over the past few blog posts I have discuss...

Secure Systems & ArchitectureGovernance, Risk, and ComplianceCIS Controls

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