What are three benefits of following CIS Benchmarks?

• Enhanced Security, Compliance and Governance, and Operational Efficiency

What are the seven core categories of CIS Benchmarks?

• Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Containers, Databases, Network Devices, Mobile Devices, Applications.

How would you convince your manager that applying CIS Benchmarks could fast-track your organization’s compliance?

• First, I would discuss the cost savings that always wins the manager over, then I would discuss the Training and skill development, Vendor support and the security enhancements we would have.

Resources: https://www.ibm.com/topics/cis-benchmarks