CIS Critical Security Controls
Prioritised safeguards in three implementation groups.
- Issued by
- Center for Internet Security
- Applies in
- Global standards
- Edition
- v8.1
- Area
- Information security
What an assessor reads first.
The headline requirements in Amoreg’s catalogue, in the issuer’s own numbering where it has one. They are where a review starts, not a transcription of the text.
- 1Inventory and control of enterprise assetsBasic
- 3Data protectionBasic
- 5Account managementBasic
- 6Access control managementBasic
- 7Continuous vulnerability managementBasic
- 11Data recoveryFoundational
- 14Security awareness and skills trainingFoundational
- 17Incident response managementOrganizational
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the CIS Critical Security Controls and add Center for Internet Security’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 8 requirements every week and opens a finding wherever one falls short, citing the rule and drafting the fix. A person decides what is applied.
Each week
- Read Center for Internet Security’s pages
- Check the library against 8 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: inventory and control of enterprise assets
- Rule
- CIS Critical Security Controls, 1
- Area
- Basic
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- Cyber EssentialsThe UK government-backed baseline: five technical controls, self-assessed or Plus-audited.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500)Cybersecurity requirements for DFS-licensed entities, with CISO, MFA, annual certification and 72-hour notice.United States — New York · 6 controls
- EU Artificial Intelligence ActRisk-based obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems; general-purpose AI duties from August 2025, high-risk from August 2026.European Union · 6 controls
Also in Global standards
- FATF RecommendationsThe 40 Recommendations — the international standard every national AML/CFT/CPF regime is measured against.Global · 8 controls
- Wolfsberg Group StandardsIndustry standards for correspondent banking, the CBDDQ/FCCQ questionnaires and effectiveness-based AML programmes.Global · 4 controls
- ISO 37001 — Anti-bribery management systemsRequirements for establishing, implementing and improving an anti-bribery management system.Global · 6 controls
- ISO 37301 — Compliance management systemsThe certifiable standard for a compliance management system across all obligations.Global · 6 controls
- ISO/IEC 27701 — Privacy information managementThe stand-alone PIMS standard (October 2025 edition), no longer dependent on ISO/IEC 27001.Global · 5 controls
- ISO/IEC 27001 — Information security managementThe certifiable ISMS standard; Annex A controls per ISO/IEC 27002:2022.Global · 9 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the CIS Critical Security Controls?
Enable it and add the issuer’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication the Monitor records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the CIS Critical Security Controls?
Yes. Inspector reads your library against its requirements every week and opens a finding, with the rule it cites and a proposed fix, wherever a policy falls short. A person decides what is applied.
Which edition does Amoreg use?
The catalogue records v8.1. Editions were last verified in August 2026, and the Monitor records new publications as they appear.