Change Log
April 2026
- Endpoints added to download the CIS SecureSuite Platform.
June/July 2024
- Expanded the PDF offerings available through the API.
May 2024
- Endpoint added to view CIS-CAT Assessor available bundle options for a specific CIS-CAT Assessor version.
- Updated the Download CIS-CAT Pro Assessor endpoint to offer a wider range of CIS-CAT Assessor downloads.
August 2023
- Endpoint added to download the CIS-CAT Assessor SBOM.
July 2023
- Endpoint to check if token is still valid.
- Endpoint to view individual Benchmark information.
January 2023
- Base URL updated to new API location.
- API token format and duration updated.
July 2022
- Prose-only Benchmarks can be added to the Benchmarks API endpoint for download as an intermediate format.
Note
Prose-only Benchmarks do not contain Artifacts or Automated Assessment Content (AAC).
- Prose-only Benchmarks are tagged as “Manual” and Benchmarks that contain AAC are marked “Automated”
May 2022
- Help section added.
April 2022
- Intermediate Formats, JSON and YAML, now include embedded SCE scripts.
- From the Download Benchmarks Content endpoint, you can download YAML or JSON translation of a given Benchmark. They now contain any relevant SCE files at the end of the file. SCE files are also included in SCAP and DATASTREAM download options.
March 2022
- Endpoint for Build Kits added:
- Upon request to the endpoint, any specified Build Kit can be downloaded directly from the API. The Build Kits included are from the list currently available to download in WorkBench.
- See the Build Kit documentation for more information.
- For more information on Build Kits, go here:
CIS Build Kits FAQ <https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite/cis-securesuite-build-kit-content/build-kits-faq>_.
- Upon request to the endpoint, any specified Build Kit can be downloaded directly from the API. The Build Kits included are from the list currently available to download in WorkBench.
- Endpoint for PDFs added:
- Upon request to the endpoint, any specified PDF can be downloaded directly from the API. The PDFs included are pulled from WorkBench and those we include correlate with available Benchmarks from the /benchmarks endpoint list.
- See the PDFs documentation for more information.
January 2022
- SCAP Datastream collection format now available to download