Benchmark: CIS v1.0.0

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Overview

This security configuration Benchmark covers foundational elements of IBM Cloud. The recommendations detailed here are important security considerations when designing your infrastructure on IBM Cloud Services.

Profile Definitions

The following configuration profiles are defined by this Benchmark:

Level 1

Items in this profile intend to:

be practical and prudent;
provide security focused best practice hardening of a technology; and
limit impact to the utility of the technology beyond acceptable means

Level 2

This profile extends the "Level 1" profile. Items in this profile exhibit one or more of the following characteristics:

are intended for environments or use cases where security is more critical than manageability and usability
acts as defense in depth measure
may impact the utility or performance of the technology
may include additional licensing, cost, or addition of third party software

Usage

Install the mod:

mkdir dashboards
cd dashboards
powerpipe mod init
powerpipe mod install github.com/turbot/steampipe-mod-ibm-compliance

Start the Powerpipe server:

steampipe service start
powerpipe server

Open http://localhost:9033 in your browser and select CIS v1.0.0.

Run this benchmark in your terminal:

powerpipe benchmark run ibm_compliance.benchmark.cis_v100

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe benchmark run ibm_compliance.benchmark.cis_v100 --share