CIS Benchmarks and profiles¶
CIS Benchmarks are security configuration recommendations developed for Ubuntu Linux.
The levels represent different sets of recommendations depending on the security requirements of the environment. See the CIS Benchmarks FAQ to learn what each level represents.
We provide Level 1 and Level 2 configuration profiles for Ubuntu.
Profile name |
Corresponding CIS profile |
|---|---|
cis_level1_workstation |
Level 1 Workstation profile |
cis_level1_server |
Level 1 Server profile |
cis_level2_workstation |
Level 2 Workstation profile |
cis_level2_server |
Level 2 Server profile |
Install CIS profiles¶
To use Canonical’s profiles to audit your system, you must install them first:
sudo apt install usg-benchmarks-1