Log in to CIS WorkBench with your work email address (registration required) and click on the “Downloads” tab.
Members can download CIS-CAT Pro from our community platform, CIS WorkBench. To access CIS-CAT Pro, your organization must be a CIS SecureSuite Member. However, features and content are limited. To access CIS-CAT Lite v3 or v4, download it here. After downloading and executing CIS-CAT Pro or CIS-CAT Lite, the program will assess the configuration of the target system(s) against the chosen CIS Benchmark recommendation and provide a conformance report ranging from 0-100. How does CIS-CAT work?ĬIS-CAT is a Java-based application which quickly compares a target system’s configuration settings to the settings recommended in the CIS Benchmark: secure configuration guidelines for over 100 technologies.
Review the full list of comparisons between the versions of Lite and Pro. The versions offered with each CIS-CAT Lite version will change periodically.
Each version of Lite supports assessment coverage that include Windows 10, Google Chrome, Mac OS (v3 only), Ubuntu, and Controls Assessment (v4 only). The v4 GUI is compatible with use on Windows OS and requires no additional components to execute (embedded JRE in GUI executable). CIS-CAT Lite v4 is a command line and GUI application and allows users to try the remote assessment capability. There are two versions of CIS-CAT Lite, v3 and v4.
What’s the difference between CIS-CAT Pro and CIS-CAT Lite?ĬIS-CAT Lite is a limited, free version of our configuration assessment tool meant to let users test out the application’s functionality.