A mind-map for CIS Controls 7.1
As we are moving into remote working and all the challenges and security risks associated with this new way of working/living, I’ve been working a lot on Center for Internet Security CIS Controls 7.1
As stated by the SANS Institute: “The CIS Critical Security Controls are a recommended set of actions for cyber defense that provide specific and actionable ways to stop today’s most pervasive and dangerous attacks. A principal benefit of the Controls is that they prioritize and focus a smaller number of actions with high pay-off results.”
So can we use this CIS Controls to measure remote working temperature and help organizations to raise their security posture by addressing risks present on this model?. The short answer is yes. The controls provided by CIS help significantly to help improve opportunities for organizations.
It’s interesting that even though a lot of people do remote working since a long time ago, still organizations have challenges in making this the rule. I won’t be discussing all the possible reasons for that to happen, but it is good to have some tools available to understand how to improve the cybersecurity in this regard.
To make this easier, I have created a mind map wit these controls; that is a way for me to understand them and how they should be applied. As I’ve expressed before, I found mind maps a very nice way to evaluate your understanding of a given topic. In the end, it is a graph and we all love graphs as a way of thinking.
I hope you find it useful and handy when you need to refer to any of those controls.
I’ve created a github repo with the source of this mind-map and also a PDF version if you are interested. Checkout here
