The goal of the Center for Internet Security Controls is to protect critical assets, infrastructure and information by strengthening your organization's defensive posture through continuous, automated protection and monitoring of your IT infrastructure.
The strength of the Controls is that it reflects the combined knowledge of actual attacks and effective defenses from experts in many organizations, making it one of the most effective and specific sets of technical measures available to detect, prevent and mitigate damage from the most common and damaging attacks. This detailed matrix shows how Tripwire solutions–more than any other vendor's–map to the Controls, including the essential "First Four".