CIS Controls v8.1
CIS Control 16: Application Software Security – CIS Controls v8.1

CIS Controls v8.1 16.7: Use Standard Hardening Configuration Templates for Application Infrastructure

Apply standard, industry-recommended hardening templates to application infrastructure components, including underlying servers, databases and web servers, cloud containers, PaaS and SaaS components, and do not let in-house software weaken that hardening. Implementation Groups: IG2 and IG3 (not in the IG1 baseline; applies from IG2 upward). Asset type: Software. Security function: Protect.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

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  • CIS-16.7 Use Standard Hardening Configuration Templates for Application Infrastructure

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