CIS Controls v8 · Evidence & Implementation Kit
You want a real security baseline, not another framework debate. Implement all 153 CIS Safeguards without building them from scratch.
Every CIS Controls v8 Safeguard handed to you as an adopt-ready control, marked by Implementation Group, with the exact evidence an assessor examines and the finding they most often note. You personalize it, attach your evidence, and you have a defensible baseline.
A real security baseline in a weekend, not a quarter.
Here is the honest situation. The CIS Controls are the most practical security baseline there is, and cyber insurers, customers, and auditors increasingly ask for them by name. The problem is producing them: a control and evidence position for all 153 Safeguards across 18 Controls, prioritized by Implementation Group, with the artifacts to prove each one. A consultant charges thirty to sixty thousand dollars. Doing it yourself is months of turning terse safeguard statements into real, evidenced controls.
This Kit removes the build. It is the complete CIS Controls v8 control set and evidence guide, already written and grouped by IG, that you personalize in a weekend.
What you get, the moment you buy
153
Safeguards as adopt-ready controls. Every Safeguard across all 18 Controls, written as real policy and standard language, each marked IG1, IG2, or IG3. Personalize the placeholders and you are done.
153
Evidence-they-examine checklists. For each Safeguard, exactly what an assessor examines, plus the finding they most often note.
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CIS Control Matrix, pre-built. Every Safeguard by Control and IG in a working spreadsheet, ready to record your implementation, in-place status and evidence location. Filter to IG1 and start there.
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Gap & Readiness Assessment. Score each Safeguard and the workbook tells you your overall readiness and a separate IG1 readiness percentage, plus exactly what to fix next.
Implementation Groups are marked on every Safeguard, so you can implement essential cyber hygiene first and extend as your risk warrants. Editable Word and Excel files, current to CIS Controls v8.
Start with IG1 and get a fast, real win
You do not have to boil the ocean. The Kit marks every IG1 Safeguard, the essential cyber hygiene that stops the most common attacks, and the gap workbook scores your IG1 readiness on its own. Get IG1 to green first, then extend to IG2 and IG3. It turns 153 items from daunting into a sequenced plan.
What one control looks like
This is Safeguard 1.1, the enterprise asset inventory, the foundation everything else depends on. All 153 are built to this depth.
1.1 Establish and Maintain Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory IG1
Adopt this control
[Enterprise] maintains an accurate and detailed inventory of all enterprise assets with the potential to store or process data, including end-user devices, network devices, servers, and cloud instances. The inventory records the network address, hardware address, machine name, owner, department, and whether the asset is approved to connect. The [asset inventory tool or register] is reviewed and updated [bi-annually] or more frequently.
Evidence an assessor examines
- An export of the asset inventory with the required fields populated
- The tool or process used to discover and record assets
- A review record showing the last update and its frequency
- Reconciliation of the inventory against a discovery scan
Common finding they note: the inventory covers servers and laptops but omits cloud instances, mobile, and network devices, so it is not the complete enterprise asset picture the Safeguard requires.
Why this is not another template pack
- The evidence is the point. Generic templates give you the safeguard restated. This tells you exactly what an assessor examines and the finding they note, for all 153. That is what makes the baseline defensible.
- IG-sequenced. Every Safeguard is marked by Implementation Group and the workbook scores IG1 separately, so you get a fast win and a clear path.
- Built on a mapped compliance corpus, not one person's opinion, from a graph of thousands of controls across standards.
- It compounds. The CIS Safeguards map to NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and more, and the mappings show you where, so one effort answers several frameworks.
Who buys this
Security and IT leaders who want a practical baseline instead of a framework debate, teams answering a cyber-insurance questionnaire or a customer security review, and consultants standing up a control program. Whether you are starting at IG1 or maturing to IG3, you save weeks and get a real, evidenced baseline.
By the end of the weekend you will have
✓ A control for every one of the 153 Safeguards
✓ A completed CIS control matrix by IG
✓ The evidence an assessor examines per Safeguard
✓ An IG1 readiness score to start from
✓ An overall readiness percentage and a fix list
✓ The common findings closed before assessment
Common questions
Is it really editable? Yes. Word and Excel files you own and adapt. No portal, no subscription.
What are Implementation Groups? CIS assigns each Safeguard to IG1, IG2, or IG3. IG1 is essential cyber hygiene for every enterprise. IG2 and IG3 add Safeguards as resources and risk grow. The Kit marks all three and scores IG1 separately.
Does this map to other frameworks? Yes. The CIS Safeguards map to NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and SOC 2, so the work counts toward several programs.
Is it current? Yes, CIS Controls v8 with all 18 Controls and 153 Safeguards. Updates included.
What if it is not for me? A 30-day money-back guarantee.
Stop debating frameworks. Stand up a baseline you can defend.
A consultant is thirty thousand dollars and months. The Kit is instant, and it is guaranteed.
Add it to your cart and build your baseline this weekend.
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