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CSC V7 control 20.5 – Create Test Bed for Elements Not Typically Tested in Production

Overview

CSC V7 control 20.5 recommends that organisations “Create a test bed that mimics a production environment for specific penetration tests and Red Team attacks against elements that are not typically tested in production, such as attacks against supervisory control and data acquisition and other control systems.

Note

CSC V7 places this control in the category of “Penetration Tests and Red Team Exercises”.

CSC V7 places this control in the function of “N/A”.

This control protects the following type of asset “N/A”.

What is CIS Critical Security Controls?

The CIS Controls (formerly known as Critical Security Controls) are a recommended set of actions for cyber defense that provide specific and actionable ways to protect against cyber attacks.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) publishes the CIS Critical Security Controls (CSC) to help organizations better defend against known attacks by distilling key security concepts into actionable controls to achieve greater overall cybersecurity defense.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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