Why this matters now
The threat landscape is changing what “secure” means as AI permeates everything. A hardened server checklist doesn’t answer whether an Entra Conditional Access risk policy is configured correctly to prevent rogue AI agent access, whether an Intune baseline reduces AI attack surface, or whether your AI-connected Copilot deployment is leaking sensitive data.
CyberMSI’s Security & Compliance Automation (SCA) service powered by CIS SecureSuite© provides the independent, community-validated security configuration standard for the customer’s tech stack. It’s a proven approach to managing the new threat landscape in which agent exploits, identity compromises and data access risks are rapidly evolving. SCA is built specifically for AI-enabled cloud environments, apps, identity management, and endpoints rather than retrofitted using traditional cloud or in some cases even legacy on-prem approaches.
What is CIS SecureSuite©
CIS SecureSuite© is a software platform maintained by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), a nonprofit best known for the CIS Benchmarks and CIS Critical Security Controls. It is not a product CyberMSI resells. It is a set of security controls, policies, configuration scripts, risk management software and analytical tools that CyberMSI uses to assess, harden, and defend customer environments, and to document why a given configuration is considered secure. Every tool below is included in CyberMSI’s Managed AI Trust and XDR service.
- CIS Controls: An 18-domain, prioritized framework for enterprise cyber hygiene, mapped to major regulatory and compliance frameworks. Provides a common reference point across every customer environment, and a direct crosswalk to named frameworks like HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR depending on industry and sector requirements.
- CIS RAM: A risk assessment method that translates technical findings into business-prioritized risk decisions. Converts Security Exposure Management and Assessor output into a risk narrative a customer’s leadership team can act on, not just a technical finding list.
- CIS Benchmarks: 100+ vendor-specific, community-driven configuration guides covering operating systems, cloud platforms, and applications. Provides direct coverage for Windows Server, Microsoft Intune (Windows 10/11, Office), Azure, and Microsoft 365.
- CIS-CAT Pro Assessor: Scans a live system’s actual configuration against a chosen Benchmark and reports precisely where it falls short. Serves as a deployment validation layer for Intune or Server to ensure that baseline landed the way it was designed, not just the way it was assumed to be applied.
- Build Kits: Pre-built configuration packages for 60+ technologies that implement Benchmark recommendations directly. Turns a Benchmark finding into a fast remediation path across Windows Server, Intune, and network platforms without hand-configuring every setting.
- CIS SecureSuite© Platform: Tracks CIS Controls self-assessments and Assessor results over time, with peer-comparison against similar organizations. Converts one-time scans into a capability for continuous improvement of security controls.
How does CyberMSI SCA Solution Work
The strongest customer security and compliance posture is not because “we also have CIS SecureSuite©.” It is because CyberMSI SCA solution is validated, continuously benchmarked, and backed by a nonprofit standards body trusted across regulated industries and delivered by security professionals with extensive experience in managing complex regulatory environments.
Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
CyberMSI’s XDR service runs on Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel with a 30-minute resolution SLA. CIS Benchmarks and Build Kits for Windows Server and Intune give that detection layer a hardened, documented baseline to detect deviations against because the starting configuration is already known-good, resulting in fewer false positives, faster triage, and incident resolution.
CyberMSI MDR operates on top of infrastructure configured to the CIS Benchmarks, the same independent, community-developed configuration standard referenced by PCI DSS, HIPAA, and FedRAMP. That means the environment we’re protecting starts from a mature, validated security baseline, not a default one.
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
ITDR protects human, workload, and AI agent identities in Entra ID. CIS Controls’ Access Control Management and Account Management domains, paired with Assessor scans against Intune and Windows Benchmarks, give CyberMSI a proven method to show that identity hardening isn’t just monitored, it’s independently measured against an established standard.
CyberMSI ITDR service is paired with CIS Controls’ access management practices, so we’re not only watching for identity threats but actively reducing the identity attack surface those threats depend on.
Security Exposure Management
This is the most natural pairing. Exposure Management already models attack paths and prioritize vulnerabilities by risk. CIS RAM formalizes those same risks into a documented, defensible risk methodology, and CIS Controls mapping (PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark) gives every finding a named compliance anchor.
Our Security Exposure Management service doesn’t stop at finding gaps. Using the CIS Risk Assessment Method, we translate every finding into a business-prioritized risk decision, backed by a mapping to the compliance framework your organization maintains.
Security & Compliance Automation (SCA)
CIS Benchmarks and the Controls-to-framework mappings (PCI DSS v4.0, HIPAA-relevant Controls guidance, GDPR-relevant data protection Controls) give SCA a documented, third party-recognized foundation instead of an internally built one. That distinction matters most during audits and board-level compliance reviews.
CyberMSI’s compliance automation is built on CIS Controls, an independently maintained framework mapped directly to PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other major regulatory standards. When your auditor asks how a control was chosen, the answer is documented, not improvised.
Why use CyberMSI SCA Solution
Organizations are rapidly adopting AI copilots, chatbots, agents and tools. They need assurance that their security posture is being measured against a standard built for the AI they’re already running. Consider the following:
- Coverage matches reality. CIS Benchmarks exist for Microsoft Intune (Windows 10 and 11), Microsoft 365, Azure, and Windows Server, the exact platforms most organizations already depend on for using AI.
- Independent, not self-graded. CIS is a nonprofit standards body. A customer’s board or auditor can verify a Benchmark independently of CyberMSI, which is a stronger trust signal than an internally defined hardening checklist.
- Continuous, not one-time. The CIS SecureSuite© Platform’s trend tracking supports continuous compliance since security posture is monitored and measured over time, matching how CyberMSI already delivers its managed services rather than delivered once and left to decay.
What customers say about CyberMSI SCA Solution
“CyberMSI secures our Microsoft Azure and AWS environments using configuration standards trusted by regulated industries worldwide. Every system we manage, from Intune-enrolled devices to Windows Server and Linux containers, is measured against the CIS Benchmarks. We validate that standard continuously using CIS-CAT Pro Assessor, close any gaps using CIS Build Kits, and translate every finding into a business-prioritized risk decision using the CIS Risk Assessment Method. The result is a security posture we can trust.” – James S, CISO Healthcare.