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CIS VMware ESXi 6.5 Benchmark 1.0.0 Checklist Details (Checklist Revisions)

Supporting Resources:

Target:

Target CPE Name
VMware vSphere 6.0 ESXi cpe:/a:vmware:vsphere_esxi:6.0 (View CVEs)

Checklist Highlights

Checklist Name:
CIS VMware ESXi 6.5 Benchmark
Checklist ID:
893
Version:
1.0.0
Type:
Compliance
Review Status:
Final
Authority:
Third Party: Center for Internet Security (CIS)
Original Publication Date:
01/28/2019

Checklist Summary:

This document provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for VMware ESXi 6.5.

Checklist Role:

  • Virtualization Server

Known Issues:

Not provided.

Target Audience:

This document is intended for system and application administrators, security specialists,auditors, help desk, and platform deployment personnel who plan to develop, deploy, assess, or secure solutions that incorporate VMware ESXi 6.5.

Target Operational Environment:

  • Managed

Testing Information:

This guide was tested on a system running VMware ESXi 6.5.

Regulatory Compliance:

Not provided.

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Not provided.

Disclaimer:

https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite/cis-securesuite-membership-terms-of-use/

Product Support:

support@cisecurity.org

Point of Contact:

support@cisecurity.org

Sponsor:

Not provided.

Licensing:

https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite/cis-securesuite-membership-terms-of-use/

Change History:

Status Updated to FINAL - 3/1/19
Updated URLs 9/24/19

Dependency/Requirements:

URL Description

References:

Reference URL Description

NIST checklist record last modified on 09/24/2019