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<p>Hi Leo,</p><p>Just to confirm if access to the CIS portal to download the spreadsheet is a premium subscription feature ? Or a free access ?</p>
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<p>If you have paid you can download the GPOs that sets the values</p>
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<p>Spreadshee from CIS website just gives you controls not GPOs, and in the question I mentioned I am looking for essential controls which people have selected and scanned through, there 757 controls to go through.</p>
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<p>In the subscription portal of the paid for subscription you 100% get the GPOs. What subscription do you have?</p>
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<p>Mine doesnt if your does, post here.</p>
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<p>No, its asking me to get access</p>
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<p>What about this URL: <a href="https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite" rel="ugc">https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite</a> this is from the CIS support team reply,</p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:759/232;" src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2025/07_w30/1699779/image.png"></figure>
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<p>Hi all,&nbsp;</p><p>Looking for CIS benchmark for Windows 11 v4 controls, I have downloaded the excel spreadsheet from CIS, it has over 757 hundred controls.</p><p>If anyone have created and listed the essential controls, I can look at other optional controls and apply them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks</p>
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Hi all, 
Looking for CIS benchmark for Windows 11 v4 controls, I have downloaded the excel spreadsheet from CIS, it has over 757 hundred controls.
If anyone have created and listed the essential controls, I can look at other optional controls and apply them.
 
Thanks


Hi Leo,
Just to confirm if access to the CIS portal to download the spreadsheet is a premium subscription feature ? Or a free access ?


If you have paid you can download the GPOs that sets the values


Spreadshee from CIS website just gives you controls not GPOs, and in the question I mentioned I am looking for essential controls which people have selected and scanned through, there 757 controls to go through.


In the subscription portal of the paid for subscription you 100% get the GPOs. What subscription do you have?


What about this URL:
https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-securesuite
this is from the CIS support team reply,

CIS benchmark for Windows 11 v4 controls

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