Do you make decisions to ensure your organization’s environment is not only secure, but also up-to-date with the latest vulnerability patches? Moving to the cloud can help address these challenges in new, unique ways. With CIS Hardened Images® you can have peace of mind knowing your employees are working in an environment that is built to defend against cyber threats. These securely preconfigured virtual machine images are based off of the best practices for the secure configuration of a target system, known as the CIS BenchmarksTM.
CIS1. Differently configured images
By leveraging virtual machines in a cloud environment, systems admins and CISOs can deploy a single image across multiple workstations. Starting with a base image is one way, but base images lack the security of one which has been configured to a hardening standard. Administrators can feel confident knowing that the CIS Hardened Images conform to recommended cybersecurity best practices of the CIS Benchmarks. They are the only consensus-based best practice security configuration guides both developed and accepted by government, business, industry, and academia. In addition, the CIS Benchmarks are recognized by DoD Cloud Computing SRF, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and NIST as a secure configuration standard – which also applies to CIS Hardened Images.
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