Building a Reasonable Cyber Defense Program

This blog outlines a seven-step checklist to help organizations meet U.S. ‘reasonable’ cybersecurity expectations: understand mission and obligations; develop a cybersecurity program with defined roles, policies, and training; identify resources; adopt industry frameworks like the CIS Controls and CIS Benchmarks; measure conformance using CIS CSAT Pro and CIS-CAT Pro within CIS SecureSuite; conduct quantitative risk assessments with CIS RAM; and perform periodic independent assessments. It highlights CIS SecureSuite (including the new unified platform), CIS WorkBench, and related tools as enablers to automate hardening, track progress, and sustain continuous improvement.