List Available Benchmarks

Publicly available, a request to this endpoint returns a JSON array of basic information for every published benchmark that is currently tracked by this API. Basic information includes Benchmark assessment status (Manual or Automated).

Manual status indicates a prose only Benchmark that does not contain Artifacts. Only intermediate formats (JSON, YAML and XCCDF+AE) are available for Manual status Benchmarks.

Automated status indicates a Benchmark that contains at least one Artifact. Intermediate formats (JSON, YAML and XCCDF+AE), SCAP and DATASTREAM are available for Automated status Benchmarks.

Request Type	Visibility
GET	Public

Base URL

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/api/vendor/v1

Endpoint

/benchmarks

Request Payload/Parameters

Request Headers

None

URL Parameters

None

Response Payload

The response payload is a JSON array of objects noting basic information about all benchmarks, such as an ID, Title, Version, and Publication Date.

Media Type

application/json

Description/Fields

Response Element	Description
workbenchId	The unique identifier for a benchmark per CIS WorkBench. This ID can be used in subsequent requests to download benchmark content.
benchmarkTitle	The title of the published benchmark, e.g. “CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 2004 Benchmark”.
benchmarkVersion	The release version of the published benchmark, e.g. “1.3.0”.
benchmarkStatus	The current benchmark status value and date it was applied.
assessmentStatus	The benchmark assessment status value. Indicates whether the benchmark is Manual or Automated.
availableFormats	A JSON array containing the available download formats, such as “SCAP”, “YAML”, “JSON”, “XCCDFPLUSAE”, and/or “DATASTREAM”.
profile	The available profile(s) for any given benchmark.
platformId	The primary Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) for a given benchmark.
assets	All assets relevant for a given benchmark including the assetName and assetCpe (asset specific Common Platform Enumeration (CPE)).
benchmarksUrl	The path to the benchmark in WorkBench.
ciscat	If the benchmark is supported for use with CIS-CAT Pro Assessor and the metadata is available, the applicable versions are listed here.

Response Example

{
  "Total number of results": 310,
  "Benchmarks": [
      {
          "workbenchId": "1234",
          "benchmarkId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_benchmark_1.0.0_CIS_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2012_Benchmark",
          "benchmarkTitle": "CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Benchmark",
          "benchmarkVersion": "1.0.0",
          "benchmarkStatus": {
              "status": "accepted",
              "statusDate": "02/22/2013"
          },
          "assessmentStatus": "Manual",
          "availableFormats": [
              "XCCDF+AE",
              "JSON",
              "YAML"
          ],
          "profiles": [
              {
                  "profileId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_profile_Level_1_-_Domain_Controller",
                  "profileTitle": "Level 1 - Domain Controller"
              },
              {
                  "profileId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_profile_Level_1_-_Member_Server",
                  "profileTitle": "Level 1 - Member Server"
              }
          ],
          "platformId": "cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012",
          "assets": [
              {
                  "assetName": "Microsoft Windows Server 2012",
                  "assetCpe": "cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012",
                  "primary": "true"
              }
          ],
          "benchmarksUrl": "https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/1234",
          "ciscat": {
              "ciscatPro": {
                  "proAssessmentStatus": "",
                  "proVersions": [

                  ]
              },
              "ciscatLite": {
                  "liteAssessmentStatus": "",
                  "liteVersions": [

                  ]
              }
          }
      },
      {
          "workbenchId": "5678",
          "benchmarkId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_benchmark_1.2.1_CIS_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2019_Benchmark",
          "benchmarkTitle": "CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Benchmark",
          "benchmarkVersion": "1.2.1",
          "benchmarkStatus": {
              "status": "accepted",
              "statusDate": "05/18/2021"
          },
          "assessmentStatus": "Automated",
          "availableFormats": [
              "SCAP",
              "XCCDF+AE",
              "JSON",
              "YAML",
              "DATASTREAM"
          ],
          "profiles": [
              {
                  "profileId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_profile_Level_1_-_Domain_Controller",
                  "profileTitle": "Level 1 - Domain Controller"
              },
              {
                  "profileId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_profile_Level_1_-_Member_Server",
                  "profileTitle": "Level 1 - Member Server"
              },
              {
                  "profileId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_profile_Level_2_-_Domain_Controller",
                  "profileTitle": "Level 2 - Domain Controller"
              },
              {
                  "profileId": "xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_profile_Level_2_-_Member_Server",
                  "profileTitle": "Level 2 - Member Server"
              }
          ],
          "platformId": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
          "assets": [
              {
                  "assetName": "Microsoft Windows Server 2019",
                  "assetCpe": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "primary": "true"
              }
          ],
          "benchmarksUrl": "https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/5678",
          "ciscat": {
              "ciscatPro": {
                  "proAssessmentStatus": "",
                  "proVersions": [

                  ]
              },
              "ciscatLite": {
                  "liteAssessmentStatus": "",
                  "liteVersions": [

                  ]
              }
          }
      }
  ]
}