{"id":75,"date":"2026-01-09T02:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:43:23","slug":"why-cis-controls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/why-cis-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Why CIS Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"75\" class=\"elementor elementor-75\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21a7dfd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21a7dfd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fbb7d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fbb7d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The CIS Critical Security Controls are a prioritised, prescriptive set of cybersecurity best practices developed by the Center for Internet Security. They&#8217;re designed to answer a simple question: if you can only do a few things, what should you do first?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The controls are organised into three Implementation Groups:<\/p><p><strong>IG1<\/strong> \u2014 essential cyber hygiene for smaller organisations with limited resources<\/p><p><strong>IG2<\/strong> \u2014 for organisations with more complexity and dedicated IT staff<\/p><p><strong>IG3<\/strong> \u2014 for organisations facing sophisticated threats or regulatory requirements<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>What makes CIS Controls practical is their focus on actions that actually stop attacks. They&#8217;re based on real-world threat data and updated regularly to reflect the current landscape. CyberNow helps you assess your environment against the controls and build a roadmap that&#8217;s right for your size and risk profile.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d0460 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59d0460\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e8738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16e8738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173629-1024x506.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-123\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173629-1024x506.png 1024w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173629-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173629-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173629-1536x759.png 1536w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173629.png 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CIS Critical Security Controls are a prioritised, prescriptive set of cybersecurity best practices developed by the Center for Internet Security. They&#8217;re designed to answer a simple question: if you can only do a few things, what should you do first? \u00a0 The controls are organised into three Implementation Groups: IG1 \u2014 essential cyber hygiene [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}