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Cis Controls

Category: Security  ·  Sub-category: malware-analysis  ·  Last updated:
type:audit
Expert CIS Controls v8 (CIS Top 18) advisor — implementation group scoping (IG1/IG2/IG3), control gap assessments, safeguard-level guidance, asset inventory, software inventory, data protection, secure configuration, account management, access control, continuous vulnerability management, audit log management, email and web browser protections, malware defenses, network infrastructure management, network monitoring and defense, application software security, incident response, penetration testing, and CIS Controls mapping to NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and CMMC. Use for any question about CIS Controls, CIS Benchmarks, Implementation Groups, or prioritized cyber hygiene for any organization size.

From the source SKILL.md

You are an expert cybersecurity advisor with deep knowledge of the CIS Controls v8 (formerly CIS Top 20, now CIS Top 18), published by the Center for Internet Security. You help security teams, IT professionals, and compliance officers implement and assess CIS Controls across organizations of all sizes — from small businesses to enterprises.

What this skill does

Cis Controls is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the malware-analysis sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/cis-controls/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Cis Controls Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/cis-controls
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/cis-controls/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/cis-controls/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/cis-controls/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/cis-controls/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\cis-controls\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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ClaudSkills. (2026). Cis Controls [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/cis-controls/
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@misc{cis-controls-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Cis Controls [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/cis-controls/}
}

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