New CIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Benchmark Audits

Summary

Customers can now measure compliance against Microsoft Windows 11 operating system with the new CIS Windows 11 audits. The audits have been certified through CIS and can be viewed along with Tenable's other certified products at https://www.cisecurity.org/partner/tenable.

Tenable Audits

CIS Microsoft Windows 11 audits for the following profiles:

• Level 1 (L1) - Corporate/Enterprise Environment (general use)
• Level 1 (L1) + BitLocker (BL)
• Level 1 (L1) + Next Generation Windows Security (NG)
• Level 1 (L1) + BitLocker (BL) + Next Generation Windows Security (NG)
• Level 2 (L2) - High Security/Sensitive Data Environment (limited functionality)
• Level 2 (L2) + BitLocker (BL)
• Level 2 (L2) + Next Generation Windows Security (NG)
• Level 2 (L2) + BitLocker (BL) + Next Generation Windows Security (NG)
• BitLocker (BL) - optional add-on for when BitLocker is deployed
• Next Generation Windows Security (NG) - optional add-on for use in the newest hardware and configuration environments

Target Release Date

4/11/2022

Additional Notes:

The audits include checks for evaluating the Windows 11 operating system. The Windows 11 audits were tested against Windows 11 enterprise using the CIS Windows 11 Workstation Buildkit. To obtain the latest version of the CIS Benchmark please visit https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3714.