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organizations attacked increased from about 62% in 2014 to 86% in 2021.

Discovering CIS Controls in 2023: Exploring Guide To Robust Security

| | cis controls
Introduction: Why You Can’t Ignore CIS Controls in 2023 In today’s digital landscape, the rising cybersecurity threats targeting small businesses are more alarming than ever. As depicted in the bar chart, the ...
Endpoint Security

Neither Pointless Nor Boring: Pop It and Lock It Down with CIS Controls

| | cis controls, SecTor, Security Controls
I’m delighted to share that I will be speaking for the first time at SecTor this year. The talk will be in Theatre 1 at 1:15pm on October 5th. In the session ...
The State of Security
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Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls v8: Your Complete Guide to the Top 18

| | CIS, cis controls, cyber defence, cyber defense, Security Controls
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) controls are a relatively short list of high-priority, highly effective defensive actions that provide a “must-do, do-first” starting point for every enterprise seeking to improve its ...
The State of Security

CIS Control 18 Penetration Testing

| | cis controls, Featured Articles, Penetration Testing, Security Controls
Penetration testing is something that more companies and organizations should be considering a necessary expense. I say this because over the years the cost of data breaches and other forms of malicious ...
The State of Security

CIS Control 17: Incident Response Management

| | cis controls, incident management, Incident Response, Incident Response and Mangement, Security Controls
We all know that it is a question of when you will be compromised and not if you will be compromised. It is unavoidable. The goal of CIS Control 17 is to ...
The State of Security

CIS Control 15: Service Provider Management

| | Center for Internet Security, cis controls, Featured Articles, management, Security Controls, service provider
Enterprises today rely on partners and vendors to help manage their data. Some companies depend on third-party infrastructure for day-to-day operations, so understanding the regulations and protection standards that a service provider ...
The State of Security

The New CIS Community Defense Model (CDM) Brings Security Within the Grasp of All Small Organizations

| | CDM, cis controls, Security Controls, small business
Part of operating an effective security program is the ability to never rest upon any previous success. When guarding against an adversary, yesterday’s success is quickly eclipsed by the dynamic shift in the ...
The State of Security

How to Fulfill Multiple Compliance Objectives Using the CIS Controls

| | cis controls, Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Security Controls
Earlier this year, I wrote about what’s new in Version 8 of the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). An international consortium of security professionals first created the CIS ...
The State of Security
The Tripwire Cybersecurity Podcast

Behind the Community Defense Model with the Center for Internet Security (CIS)

| | cis benchmarks, cis controls, cyber hygiene, MITRE ATT&CK, Podcast
In this episode, Curtis Dukes, executive vice president and general manager of the Center for Internet Security (CIS), explains the need for their Community Defense Model. He also details their process for ...
The State of Security

CIS Control 13: Network Monitoring and Defense

| | cis controls, network defense, network monitoring, Security Controls
Networks form a critical core for our modern-day society and businesses. People, processes, and technologies should be in place for monitoring, detecting, logging, and preventing malicious activities that occur when an enterprise ...
The State of Security
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