SANS surveyed industry vendors in March 2016, using the Center for Internet Security (CIS) document “A Measurement Companion to the CIS Critical Security Controls (Version 6)” dated October 2015 as a baseline. The Critical Security Controls are now managed by the Center for Internet Security (CIS) with continuing involvement by the security community. The controls are prioritized to help organizations focus security efforts to have the greatest impact in improving their risk posture. This chart from AuditScipts maps critical security controls to frameworks such as ISO, NIST, HIPAA, PCI DSS, COBIT 5, UK Cyber Essentials, and others. Prior to this, security standards and requirements frameworks were predominantly compliance-based, with little relevance to the real-world threats they are intended to address. Critical Security Controls Master Mappings Tool. In 2008, NSA's Information Assurance Directorate led a security community-driven effort to develop the original version of the Controls, then known as the “Consensus Audit Guidelines.” Over the years the SANS Institute, a research and education organization for security professionals, developed the Top 20 Critical Security Controls to address the need for a risk-based approach to security. Learn more about the Top 20 Critical Security Controls Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere 17 65.5 CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource 18 64.6 CWE-676 Use of Potentially Dangerous Function 19 64.1 CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm 20 62.4 CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size 21 61. The controls transform best-in-class threat data into prioritized and actionable ways to protect your organization from today’s most common attack patterns.ĭownload the 2016 Top Critical Security Controls to see the framework and find out how Rapid7 ranks against other security providers in monitoring and improving your implementation of these controls. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) Top 20 Critical Security Controls (previously known as the SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls), is an industry-leading way to answer your key security question: “How can I be prepared to stop known attacks?” 2016 Ranking from SANS: Top 20 Critical Security ControlsĬritical controls, and the best providers for improving how you use them