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The CIS Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense
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<p>The CIS Controls (formerly called the Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense) is a publication of <a href="/facts/Best_practice/HkqedbtQ">best practice</a> guidelines for <a href="/facts/Computer_security/7E5dIy7G">computer security</a>. The project was initiated early in 2008 in response to extreme data losses experienced by organizations in the US defense industrial base. The publication was initially developed by the <a href="/facts/SANS_Institute/BY9sjgow">SANS Institute</a> and released as the "SANS Top 20." Ownership was then transferred to the Council on Cyber Security (CCS) in 2013, and then transferred to <a href="/facts/Center_for_Internet_Security/Smt6Rl8x">Center for Internet Security</a> (CIS) in 2015. CIS released version 8 of the CIS Controls in 2021. </p>