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auditing-cloud-with-cis-benchmarks
This skill details how to conduct cloud security audits using Center for Internet Security benchmarks for AWS, Azure, and GCP. It covers interpreting CIS Foundations Benchmark controls, running automated assessments with tools like Prowler and ScoutSuite, remediating failed controls, and maintaining continuous compliance monitoring against CIS v5 for AWS, v4 for Azure, and v4 for GCP.
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# Auditing Cloud with CIS Benchmarks
## When to Use
- When performing initial security audits of cloud environments against industry-standard benchmarks
- When preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or regulatory audits that reference CIS controls
- When establishing a measurable security baseline for new cloud accounts or subscriptions
- When tracking compliance improvement over time with periodic reassessment
- When evaluating the security posture of acquired or inherited cloud environments
**Do not use** for runtime threat detection (see detecting-cloud-threats-with-guardduty), for application-level security testing (see conducting-cloud-penetration-testing), or for compliance frameworks not based on CIS (refer to specific regulatory skill files).
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