What does cis-bench do?

Cis-bench automates the retrieval and management of CIS security benchmarks for compliance and security teams. It is catalogued under Security & compliance platforms on PulseGate.

Who should use cis-bench?

cis-bench is an open-source project built for security professionals and compliance teams.

Does cis-bench have a free plan?

Yes — cis-bench is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.

What platforms does cis-bench run on?

cis-bench runs on the web and the command line.

Is cis-bench still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 4 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to cis-bench?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include benchcaddy, benchstats, and benchstone.

cis-bench is developed by MITRE.

How long has cis-bench been around?

cis-bench first shipped in 2025.

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cis-bench

Name: cis-bench
Author: MITRE

github.comInfrastructure

CLI tool for fetching and managing CIS benchmarks from CIS WorkBench

Open SourceApache-2.0WebCLI

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15stars

6forks

5features

2025since

Overview

5 features

In the Security & compliance platforms space, cis-bench takes a focused approach. It automates the retrieval and management of CIS security benchmarks for compliance and security teams. cis-bench is an open-source project aimed at security professionals and compliance teams. The project is open source (Apache-2.0). cis-bench is available on the web and the command line.

MITRE builds and maintains cis-bench, and it first shipped in 2025. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 15 stars and 4 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include CIS benchmark fetch, compliance management, and security automation.

CIS benchmark fetch
Compliance management
Security automation
NIST/MITRE support
Apache-2.0 license

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserCLI

Trust & compliance

License

Apache-2.0

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Frequently asked questions about cis-bench

What does cis-bench do?: Cis-bench automates the retrieval and management of CIS security benchmarks for compliance and security teams. It is catalogued under Security & compliance platforms on PulseGate.
Who should use cis-bench?: cis-bench is an open-source project built for security professionals and compliance teams.
Does cis-bench have a free plan?: Yes — cis-bench is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
What platforms does cis-bench run on?: cis-bench runs on the web and the command line.
Is cis-bench still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 4 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to cis-bench?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include benchcaddy, benchstats, and benchstone.benchcaddy benchstats benchstone
Who makes cis-bench?: cis-bench is developed by MITRE.
How long has cis-bench been around?: cis-bench first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Platforms: Cli
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 15
License: Apache-2.0
Built for: security professionals and compliance teams
Model: Open source
Solves: Automates the retrieval and management of CIS security benchmarks for compliance and security teams.

Registered as

GitHub: mitre/cis-bench
PyPI: cis-bench

Developer

MITRE

Small team

GitHub

Open source

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Stars: 15
Forks: 6
Open issues: 2
Last commit: 19 Apr 2026
Commits 90d: 4
Contributors: 3
Authorship: Small team
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.5.2 · 19 Apr 2026

Index record

Identity confidence: Medium · 77.4
Indexed: 15 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 15 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: cis-bench-pypi-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 15 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
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Category from: Assigned by the 2026 taxonomy migration.
Summary from: Taken from the package registry entry.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Canonical URL: https://github.com/mitre/cis-bench

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