What CIS Controls v8.1 Control 18: Penetration Testing requires
CIS Controls v8.1 Control 18: Penetration Testing. CIS Controls 18 focuses on test the effectiveness and resiliency of enterprise assets through identifying and exploiting weaknesses in controls…
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Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: Center for Internet Security (CIS), CIS Controls Community · Version: 8.1.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/penetration-testing
SHA-256 integrity: 20c757b68807edeaacae2b1890c2137570df331b379ca54be9efda45fc83460a
Primary Citations — 6 traced to source
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- CIS Controls v8.1 (revised June 2024), Control 18: Penetration Testing. Verbatim from the CIS publicly-published Controls page: 'CIS Controls 18 focuses on test the effectiveness and resiliency of enterprise assets through identifying and exploiting weaknesses in controls.'
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