{"id":11862,"date":"2019-01-30T16:11:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T21:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=11862&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=11862"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:37","slug":"assessment-tool-helps-you-secure-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/30\/assessment-tool-helps-you-secure-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment tool helps you secure systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CIS-Center-for-Internet-Security-e1548882595194-700x267.png\" alt=\"CIS: Center for Internet Security\" class=\"wp-image-11863\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IT staff tasked with securing systems can now use a customized assessment tool to help them. Information Assurance (IA) has customized the Center for Internet Security Configuration Assessment Tool (CIS-CAT) for the university. The tool is licensed for assessing any computer system used for university business, whether owned by the university or not.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tool will scan your system, compare it to a preset benchmark, and then generate a report to help guide efforts to secure (harden) the system. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-the-u\/protect-your-unit\/cis-cat\">CIS-CAT for U-M Systems<\/a> for more information, a download link for the tool, and documentation for running it and reporting results.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT staff tasked with securing systems can now use a customized assessment tool to help them. 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