CIS Controls Self-Assessment Tool (CSAT)
Definition
A free web-based tool provided by CIS that allows organisations to score their current implementation status for each Safeguard and generate a gap report. Auditors use CSAT to structure assessments and produce repeatable documentation of findings.
Related terms
- CIS Benchmark
- A technology-specific configuration hardening guide published by CIS for operating systems, cloud services, databases, and applications. Each Benchmark provides Level 1 (broadly...
- CIS Controls v8
- The eighth version of the CIS Critical Security Controls, released in May 2021. It consolidates 18 Controls and 153 Safeguards, reorganised from...
- Crosswalk
- A published table that aligns controls from two frameworks side by side to show which controls address the same security objective. NIST,...
- Implementation Group (IG)
- A CIS Controls concept that divides the 153 safeguards across three tiers by organisational size and risk profile. IG1 (56 safeguards) covers...
- Safeguard
- The individual action item within a CIS Control. Each Safeguard specifies a concrete activity (for example, 'establish and maintain an accurate inventory...
Explained in
- CIS Controls and Implementation GroupsA free web-based tool provided by CIS that allows organisations to score their current implementation status for each Safeguard and generate a gap report. Audi...