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How to Access Center for Internet Security (CIS) Security Benchmarks Tools

The CIS Security Benchmark Tools are available to Systems Administrators within the Mason community. To register, go to cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/ and complete the registration form. You must have a valid Mason email address. After a simple account validation step, you will receive an email indicating that your registration has been activated, along with a temporary password. You can then enter the site.

Below are the next steps you may want to take once you have registered.

Step 1

Log in to the collaboration site with the credentials you received.

Step 2

Click Profile in the upper right-hand corner.

Step 3

Click the Change Password tab.

Step 4

Enter a new password.

Step 5

To join a consensus team, select Profile > Options > Manage Projects.

Step 6

To access CIS member only downloads, click Downloads at the top of the screen.

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