CIS Hardened Images^® bring the globally recognized security configuration recommendations of the CIS Benchmarks to the cloud. Securely preconfigured virtual machine images are available to spin up immediately from the major cloud provider marketplaces – ranging from $0.01-$0.06 per compute hour on AWS, Azure, and GCP, and $0.025 on OCI.

A hardened virtual image is much more secure than a standard image. Hardened images help to mitigate common threats such as denial of service, insufficient authorization, and overlapping trust boundaries. They also help you to avoid misconfigurations and other instances of human error that can leave you vulnerable to other cyber threats and are responsible for nearly 60% of all data breaches according to Gartner. Best of all, we update our Hardened Images regularly to save you time and money on patching.