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Plain-English answers to common questions about CIS benchmarks, compliance frameworks, sovereign deployment, and audit evidence.
Fundamentals
Fundamentals · 14 answers.
- What is a CIS benchmark?
- What is the difference between CIS Level 1 and Level 2?
- What is configuration drift?
- What is a compliance exception?
- Who uses CIS benchmarks?
- How many CIS benchmarks exist?
- What is the difference between security configuration management and vulnerability management?
- What is the difference between CIS Controls v8 and CIS Benchmarks?
- What is the difference between CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs?
- What is the CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark?
- What is the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark?
- What is the CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark?
- What is file integrity monitoring (FIM) and how does it relate to configuration monitoring?
- What is continuous controls monitoring (CCM)?
Framework Mapping
Framework Mapping · 4 answers.
Frameworks
Frameworks · 21 answers.
- Why does SOC 2 Type II require continuous evidence?
- What is the difference between SOC 2 Type I and Type II?
- What is NIST 800-53 CA-7 Continuous Monitoring?
- What is FedRAMP ConMon?
- Can CISGuard support FedRAMP authorization?
- What is TISAX?
- What is NIS2?
- What is DORA?
- What is HITRUST CSF?
- What is the NY SHIELD Act?
- What is the difference between NIST 800-171 and NIST 800-53?
- What technical measures does NIS2 require?
- What does DORA require for ICT risk management?
- What are FedRAMP continuous monitoring requirements?
- What is the difference between NIST CSF and NIST 800-53?
- What is the difference between ISO 27001 and ISO 27002?
- What is the SWIFT Customer Security Controls Framework (CSCF)?
- What is the difference between Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001?
- What is the difference between NIS2 and DORA?
- What is FISMA compliance?
- What is NERC CIP-010?
Comparisons
Comparisons · 3 answers.
Implementation
Implementation · 10 answers.
- How do I implement CIS benchmarks?
- How do I automate CIS benchmark scanning?
- What is the CIS hardening checklist for Windows Server 2022?
- How do I harden Linux servers with CIS Benchmarks?
- How often should CIS benchmark scans run?
- How do I remediate configuration drift?
- How do I run the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark?
- How do I run the CIS Docker Benchmark?
- What evidence do auditors need for CIS Benchmark compliance?
- How do I prepare for a CIS benchmark audit?
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