Specific cookies used by CIS
| Category | Name | Domain | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | _ga_<container-id> | cisecurity.org | Google Analytics 4: Used to persist session state |
| Marketing | QSIPopUnder_PopUnderTarget_SI_ |
cisecurity.org | This prevents multiple windows from crowding a client by checking if other Pop Unders are being displayed already, and preventing repeated display. This cookie has the format QSIPopUnder_PopUnderTarget_SI_ |
| Marketing | QSI_SI_ |
cisecurity.org | This cookie is used to track whether we should display the Intercept on repeated user visits. It is formatted as QSI_SI_ |
| Marketing | QSI_S_{ZoneID} | cisecurity.org | The cookie name is QSI_S_{ZoneID} and the value is “{v|r}:{1}:{2},” where “v” means visitor sampling, “r” means request sampling, variable 1 is the percentage (for the individual visitor), and variable 2 is the number of times the visitor has visited the site. |
| Marketing | __ab12# | cisecurity.org | pending |
| Marketing | __ncuid | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Marketing | _alid_ | vh.akamaihd.net | Used to make live streaming of video content more efficient. |
| Marketing | __hssc | cisecurity.org | Hubspot:Session tracking |
| Marketing | __hssrc | cisecurity.org | Collects anonymous statistical data related to the user’s website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website’s users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. |
| Marketing | __htsc | cisecurity.org | Hubspot: User tracking |
| Preference | __hs_opt_out | cisecurity.org | This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the user to accept cookies again. This cookie is set when you give users the choice to opt out of cookies. |
| Marketing | _ccmsi | cisecurity.org | Used to track which users have shown interest in what job postings. The cookie ensures that the most relevant job postings are shown to the specific user. |
| Strictly Necessary | _cfduid | Hs-analytics.net, hs-scripts.net, hubspot.com | Cloudflare: speed up load page times |
| Performance | _ga | cisecurity.org | Google Analytics: Used to distinguish users |
| Marketing | _gaexp | cisecurity.org | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to determine if the visitor is involved in their marketing experiments. |
| Performance | _gat | cisecurity.org | Google Analytics: Used the throttle request rate |
| Marketing | _gcl_au | cisecurity.org | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
| Statistics | _gd# | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Performance | _gid | cisecurity.org | Google Analytics: Used to distinguish users |
| Statistics | _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | cisecurity.org | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors – this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. |
| Marketing | _hjFirstSeen | cisecurity.org | This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website. |
| Statistics | _hjid | cisecurity.org | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
| Statistics | _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | cisecurity.org | Determines if the user’s navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder. |
| Marketing | _hjIncludedInSample | cisecurity.org | Determines if the user’s navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder. |
| Statistics | _hjIncludedInSessionSample | cisecurity.org | Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. |
| Marketing | _hjRecordingEnabled | cisecurity.org | This cookie is used to identify the visitor and optimize ad-relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad-exchange. |
| Statistics | _hjRecordingLastActivity | cisecurity.org | Used in context with the website’s user feedback functionality. Determines whether the user has been shown feedback messages. |
| Statistics | _hjTLDTest | cisecurity.org | Detects the SEO-ranking for the current website. This service is part of a third-party statistics and analysis service. |
| Marketing | _ptq.gif | HubSpot.com | Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels |
| Marketing | 1P_JAR | google.com | Used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates. |
| Marketing | Ab | Agkn.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | ads/conversion/# | google.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | ads/ga-audiences | cisecurity.org | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. |
| Marketing | ads/user-lists/# | google.com | Unclassified |
| Statistics | AnalyticsSyncHistory | linkedin.com | Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. |
| Marketing | APID | advertising.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | bcookie | linkedin.com | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services |
| Marketing | BizoID | ads.linkedin.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | bkdc | bluekai.com | Registers anonymized user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network |
| Marketing | bku | bluekai.com | Registers anonymized user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
| Marketing | bscookie | linkedin.com | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services |
| Marketing | c | rubiconproject.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads – CasaleMedia is an ad exchange network |
| Unclassified | CENTER_FOR_INTERNET_SECURITY_SESSION | enroll.cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Analysis | Channel_ID | google-analytics.com | Unclassified |
| Unclassified | cis_download_cookie | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Unclassified | cis_securesuite_membership_form_session | enroll.cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Marketing | CMDD | casalemedia.com | Collects anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads |
| Marketing | CMID | casalemedia.com | Collects anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. |
| Marketing | CMPRO | casalemedia.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | CMPS | casalemedia.com | Collects anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. |
| Marketing | CMRUM3 | casalemedia.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads – CasaleMedia is an ad exchange network |
| Marketing | CMSC | casalemedia.com | Collects anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. |
| Marketing | CMST | CMST | Collects anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. |
| Marketing | collect | google-analytics.com | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| Necessary | CONSENT | youtube.com | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
| Strictly Necessary | CookieConsent | downloads.cisecurity.org enroll.cisecurity.org learn.cicsecurity.org cisecurity.org |
Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| Preference | CookieConsentBulkSetting-# | cookiebot.com | Enables cookie consent across multiple websites |
| Functionality | CookieConsentBulkTicket | cookiebot.com | Enables cookie consent across multiple websites |
| Marketing | cw_id | addthis.com | These cookies are used by the social links sharing service “AddThis”, included on Horizon Search and Selection web pages in order to give visitors the option to recommend our website content on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. |
| Marketing | demdex | demdex.net | Online profiling for targeted marketing |
| Marketing | dpm | demdex.net | Online profiling for targeted marketing |
| Unclassified | gdpr[allowed_cookies] | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Unclassified | gdpr[consent_types] | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Marketing | GPS | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
| Unclassified | hdntl | vh.akamaihd.net | Unclassified |
| Statistics | hjViewportId | cisecurity.org | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
| Functionality | hubspotutk | cisecurity.org | Keeps track of a visitor’s identity. This cookie is passed to the marketing platform HubSpot on form submission and used when de-duplicating contacts. |
| Marketing | i/adsct | t.co | Track conversions from Twitter advertisements |
| Marketing | id | yieldlab.net | Yieldlab uses cookies to optimize and control advertisements from its clients displayed for the user |
| Marketing | IDE | doubleclick.net | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| Marketing | IDSYNC | advertising.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | iutk | e.ussuu.com | Recognises the user’s device and what Issuu documents have been read. |
| Unclassified | jwplayer.bandwidthEstimate [x2] | cisecurity.org g.jwpsrv.com |
Unclassified |
| Unclassified | jwplayerLocalId [x2] | cisecurity.org g.jwpsrv.com |
Unclassified |
| Marketing | khaos | rubiconproject.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads |
| Marketing | KRTBCOOKIE# | pubmatic.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads |
| Preference | Lang | Ads.linkedin.com | Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website |
| Necessary | laravel_session | feeds.cisecurity.org | This cookie is used internally by the website’s owners, when uploading or renewing website content. |
| Necessary | li_gc | linkedin.com | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| Marketing | lidc | linkedin.com | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded service |
| Statistics | loglevel | cisecurity.org | Collects data on visitor interaction with the website’s video-content – This data is used to make the website’s video-content more relevant towards the visitor. |
| Marketing | lpv799323 | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Preference | main_window_timestamp# | .LIVECHATINC.COM | Used to hide the user’s personal customization of LiveChat. |
| Marketing | mc | quantserve.com | Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as what pages have been loaded. The registered data is used for targeted ads. |
| Marketing | message_text | .LIVECHATINC.COM | Unclassifed |
| Statistics | nc-previous-guid | cisecurity.org | Unclassifed |
| Preference | NID | google.com | Ad customization see link |
| Marketing | notification[status_ping | .LIVECHATINC.COM | Unclassifed |
| Marketing | pagead/1p-conversion/# | google.com | Unclassifed |
| Marketing | pagead/1p-user-list/# | google.com | Unclassifed |
| Marketing | pagead/landing | doubleclick.net, google.com | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. |
| Marketing | pardot | pardot.com | Used to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant advertisement. The service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. |
| Marketing | pdv | addthis.com | Unclassifed |
| Marketing | Personalization_id | twitter.com | This cookie is set by Twitter. The cookie allows the visitor to share content from the website on his/her Twitter profile |
| Marketing | PREF | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
| Marketing | PUBMDCID | pubmatic.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads |
| Marketing | Pugt | pubmatic.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | put_# | rubiconproject.com | Registers anonymized user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network |
| Statistics | px.gif | pixel.newscred.com | This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has any adblocker software in their browser – this information can be used to make website content inaccessible to visitors if the website is financed with third-party advertisement. |
| Marketing | rpb | rubiconproject.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads |
| Marketing | rpx | rubiconproject.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads |
| Marketing | rtbData0 | advertising.com | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads |
| Marketing | rum | casalemedia.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | sess | adnxs.com | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies |
| Statistics | sessionPageNumbers | e.issuu.com | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
| Statistics | sessionStartTime | e.issuu.com | This cookie is used to determine when the visitor last visited the different subpages on the website – the cookie also sets a timestamp for when the session started. |
| Marketing | sync | advertising.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | TapAd_DID | tapad.com | Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user. |
| Marketing | TapAd_TS | tapad.com | Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user. |
| Marketing | TDCPM | adsrvr.org | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads |
| Marketing | TDID | adsrvr.org | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads |
| Marketing | test_cookie | doubleclick.net | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies |
| Marketing | track/cmf/appnexus | adsrvr.org | Unclassified |
| Marketing | track/cmf/generic | adsrvr.org | Unclassified |
| Marketing | track/cmf/google | adsrvr.org | Unclassified |
| Marketing | tuuid | adbrn.com | Identify the user for our programmatic ads |
| Marketing | u | agkn.com | Collects data on user visits to the website, such as what pages have been accessed. The registered data is used to categorize the user’s interest and demographic profiles in terms of resales for targeted marketing |
| Marketing | U | adsymptotic.com | Collects unidentifiable data that is sent to an unidentifiable source. The source’s identity is kept secret by the company, Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. |
| Marketing | uid | addthis.com | Creates a unique, machine-generated user ID. AddThis, which is owned by Clearspring Technologies, uses the user ID to make it possible for the user to share content across social networks and provide detailed statistics to various providers |
| Statistics | undefined | cisecurity.org | Collects data on visitor interaction with the website’s video-content – This data is used to make the website’s video-content more relevant towards the visitor. |
| Marketing | UserMatchHistory | Ads.linkedin.com | Unclassified |
| Performance | utag_main | cisecurity.org | Tealiyum data platform |
| Marketing | uuid2 | adnxs.com | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads |
| Marketing | visitor_id, learn.cisecurity.org, pardot.com, resources.cisecurity.org | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Marketing | VISITOR_INFO1_Live | youtube.com | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| Statistics | wistia | cisecurity.org | Used by the website to track the visitor’s use of video-content – The cookie roots from Wistia, which provides video-software to websites. |
| Preference | Wistia-video-progress-# | cisecurity.org | Unclassified |
| Strictly Necessary | XSRF_TOKEN | enroll.cisecurity.org | This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks |
| Unclassified | yt.innertube::nextID | youtube.com | Unclassified |
| Unclassified | yt.innertube::requests | youtube.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | yt-remote-cast-available | youtube.com | Unclassified |
| Marketing | YSC | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Marketing | yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Marketing | yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Marketing | yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Marketing | yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Marketing | yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Marketing | yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.