We invite you to join us - more than 170 member companies, educational organizations, government and law enforcement agencies plus individuals from around the world - in our quest to raise the level of security for everyone's information assets that are connected to the Internet.
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Benefits of Membership
#1. An active voice in the development of Benchmarks that are quickly becoming widely accepted as a prudent due care security standard for organizations of all types.
#2. The right to distribute the benchmarks and tools within your organization. (User Members and Consulting Members only are entitled to this benefit)
#3. Timely electronic notification of updates to the Benchmarks and Scoring Tools.
#4. Visibility for your organization's tangible commitment to Internet security through its inclusion in the Roster of Members on the CIS website and promotional materials.
#5. The right to use the CIS Membership Mark on your organization's website and documents, establishing its status as a leader in working with others to formulate better security standards for systems connected to the Internet (User Members and Consulting Members only are entitled to this benefit). Click Here to see a copy of the CIS Membership Mark.
#6. Working and networking with other highly skilled people from organizations around the world, both virtually and in person during periodic CIS meetings.
#7. Eligibility for licensing the commercial use of CIS resources, CIS certification of commercial software, and designation by CIS as an Information Security Pacesetter. (Category 1 Members only are entitled to this benefit.)
Who should be a CIS member?
The Center represents the shared interests of:
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Users-Organizations that depend on secure and reliable cyber systems; Auditors who strive to verify the security of clients' automated information systems in a way that is consistent with their audit of other standards-based business processes;
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IT Consultants who help clients improve their system security configurations to levels that are widely accepted as prudent due care or best practice;
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Security Software Vendors who market commercially available tools that assess and report the conformity of system security configurations with the settings and actions defined in CIS benchmarks;
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ISPs, Web Hosting Companies, Business-to-Business e-Commerce Exchanges, and others who have a direct stake in minimizing their customers' risk of business disruptions and cyber crime;
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Insurance Companies that strive to minimize the underwriting risk associated with the information assets of the businesses which they insure;
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Network security specialists, firewall administrators, and others whose job it is to ensure the security, privacy, integrity, and availability of information assets under their custodial care; CIS is a not-for-profit consortium not tied to any proprietary product or service.
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