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CIS Assessment

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) controls have evolved to become a gold-standard benchmark for cyber security.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) controls have evolved to become a gold-standard benchmark for cyber security. Consisting of 153 safeguards, spread across 18 overarching categories, the CIS provides a set of prescriptive, prioritised, and simplified actions that will improve your cyber hygiene and significantly reduce your effort in demonstrating compliance with NIS2, CAF, Cyber Essentials, and others.

Following the guidance laid out by the CIS will provide plenty of benefits, but doing so takes time and requires specialist technical capability. When lacking in either area, many organisations struggle to realise the full benefit of this framework, and are therefore unable to use it to either demonstrate their compliance, or identify their vulnerabilities.

What we offer

Focusing on Implementation Group 1 – ‘essential cyber hygiene’ – we provide a comprehensive assessment of 56 safeguards to determine how effectively they have been deployed. Through this assessment, we identify where compliance has been achieved, where vulnerabilities exist, and the necessary action required in order to remediate.

What you get

  • A detailed report from a GIAC Critical Controls-certified expert.
  • Prioritised recommendations on actions that need to be taken.
  • Guidance on how to maximise your investment in current tools to demonstrate compliance.
  • Balanced advice on Microsoft and Cisco solutions, to resolve vulnerabilities and enable secure progress.

Benefits of our assessment

  • Improve security posture, measured against a recognised framework.
  • Reduce vulnerabilities and minimise risk.
  • Avoid unnecessary spending by better using the tools you already have.
  • Access expertise on demand, so that you can focus on what matters.

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