Nth Generation Renews Commitment to Implementing the Best Standard Practices for Its Internet Systems
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 11, 2020 — Nth Generation Computing, Inc. announced that it has renewed its CIS SecureSuite® membership. Through this membership, Nth Generation is further bolstering its cybersecurity defenses by leveraging CIS SecureSuite resources. The CIS Benchmarks™, the consensus-based, internationally recognized security configuration resources, CIS-CAT Pro, and the CIS Controls™ are cyber practices developed by global experts, all help to protect an organization against pervasive and dangerous cyber-attacks.
“We are pleased to renew our CIS SecureSuite membership, ensuring our commitment the highest standard of security,” said Dan Molina, Chief Technology Officer at Nth Generation. “CIS Benchmarks are recommended as industry-accepted system hardening standards and are used by organizations in meeting compliance requirements for FISMA, PCI, HIPAA, and other security requirements to enhance our clients’ security posture,” he added.
“We welcome Nth Generation as a CIS SecureSuite member, and look forward to collaborating with them to help enhance their cybersecurity posture,” said Curtis Dukes, CIS Executive Vice President Security Best Practices & Automation Group.
CIS’s SecureSuite membership provides members with tools for measuring information security status and resources for making informed security investment decisions. Members include organizations from virtually every industry sector and every size, ranging from independent consultants to Fortune 500 companies. Recent upgrades to CIS’s CIS-CAT Pro tool now provides SecureSuite members a dynamic view into their system’s conformance with the CIS Benchmarks and how it maps to the CIS Controls over time.
The CIS Benchmarks program is a trusted, independent authority that facilitates the collaboration of public and private industry experts to achieve consensus on practical and actionable solutions. CIS Benchmarks are recommended as industry-accepted system hardening standards and are used by organizations in meeting compliance requirements for Federal Information Security Management Act, PCI, Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act and other security requirements.
About Nth Generation Since 1991, Nth Generation has provided industry leading, consultative IT services, encompassing a suite of IT and security solutions. We empower clients to accelerate achieving optimal results through boosting agility, efficiency, and profitability, while mitigating business risks.
Whether your need or initiative is IT security; governance, risk mitigation, and compliance; cloud computing / XaaS; managed services; hyperconverged infrastructure; networking; hybrid IT; IoT; edge computing; automation; artificial intelligence; or other transformative solutions; Nth offers proven expertise to be your trusted industry advisor.
What sets Nth apart is our distinction of tenured experts — account managers, project managers, senior certified security consultants, solution architects, and engineers — who have achieved top level certifications with leading manufacturers. In addition, through Nth Labs, we test, validate, and demonstrate key functionalities of a wide set of cutting-edge technologies that are relevant to your organization.
In a perpetually changing, competitive landscape, Nth Generation helps you accomplish your unique business goals both now and in the future.
For more information, please visit: www.nth.com.
About CIS CIS® (Center for Internet Security, Inc.) is a forward-thinking, non-profit entity that harnesses the power of a global IT community to safeguard private and public organizations against cyber threats. The CIS Controls and CIS Benchmarks are the global standard and recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data against the most pervasive attacks. These proven guidelines are continuously refined and verified by a volunteer, global community of experienced IT professionals. Our CIS Hardened Images™ are virtual machine emulations preconfigured to provide secure, on-demand, and scalable computing environments in the cloud. CIS is home to both the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®), the go-to resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial government entities, and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center™ (EI-ISAC™), which supports the cybersecurity needs of U.S. State, Local and Territorial elections offices. To learn more, visit CISecurity.org.