During a multi-cloud security review, the IT governance team is tasked with applying standardized hardening settings to Linux servers, container platforms, and managed services that run in AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. They need a consensus-based, vendor-neutral reference that is already widely accepted by government and industry. Which resource should they adopt to satisfy this requirement?
Guidelines produced by the company's local policy committee
Requirements in a data-privacy regulation (e.g., GDPR)
Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Consensus-based Benchmarks from the Center for Internet Security (CIS) provide detailed baseline security configurations for dozens of operating systems, cloud services, network devices, and more. Internal policy documents are not externally recognized. Data-privacy regulations such as GDPR focus on handling personal information rather than hardening configurations. PCI DSS is specific to protecting payment card data, not to setting general secure baselines across diverse environments.
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