About standards

Standards provide the means for assessing the compliance of an asset. In Control Compliance Suite, a standard is a hierarchical organizational structure of sections and checks.

Control Compliance Suite makes available a set of predefined standards that are installed along with the product. These standards are mostly derived from some published guidelines by established organizations such as CIS or NSA.

You can also create new standards that are based on your specific requirements.

In Control Compliance Suite, the standards hierarchy is explained as follows:

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About checks

About predefined standards

Working with standards

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