Cybersecurity is a formidable and essential task that, to many within information security, may feel as if it can never be ‘completed,’ but this doesn’t have to be the case anymore.

Regardless of budget, it can seem impossible for many organizations to completely protect against every attack vector, and cyber risk can be a challenge. Of course, most organizations have security budgets that are far from limitless. How should they allocate their limited security resources to protect against cyber threats?

This is where the CIS Controls — also known as the CIS Top 18 Security Controls — come in.

What are CIS Security Controls?

The CIS Controls were created to answer a simple question: “What does a typical organization need to do to defend against known attacks?”

The Controls are a set of 18 best practice steps organizations can take to protect against cyber attacks. By focusing on (Read more...)