End User Organizations
Membership allows end user organizations the right to use and distribute the CIS benchmarks internally throughout their organizations and to access CIS-CAT, a configuration assessment tool. Click here to view a complete list of member benefits.
Why enroll as a CIS Security Benchmarks Member?
- Improve your overall cyber security posture.
- Utilize consensus based configuration security standards throughout your organization.
- Access resources that are widely-accepted standards against which to compare your technical control policies.
- Leverage cost effective solutions.
Annual Membership Fees and Multi-Year Discount Options
The CIS Security Benchmarks Division is pleased to announce a new pricing schedule for End User Organizations that began on June 1, 2012. Annual membership fees will be determined by the total number of employees per organization. (Employee numbers are verified using publicly available information.) The new pricing levels for the associated organization employee size ranges are listed in the 2nd column ("1-Yr. Cost") of each of the two tables further below.
Up Front Payment (Organization pays the multi-year agreement total prior to the start of membership)
- 2-Year Agreement - 20% off the total membership fee
- 3-Year Agreement - 30% off the total membership fee
Up Front Payment Membership Costs
Number of Employees |
1-Year Cost | 2-Year Total Cost 20% Discount |
3-Year Total Cost 30% Discount |
| 100,000 or more |
$12,500 | $20,000 | $26,250 |
| 50,000 to 99,999 |
$11,500 | $18,400 | $24,150 |
| 25,000 to 49,999 |
$10,500 | $16,800 | $22,050 |
| 10,000 to 24,999 |
$10,000 | $16,000 | $21,000 |
| 5,000 to 9,999 |
$9,500 | $15,200 | $19,950 |
| 1,000 to 4,999 |
$9,000 | $14,400 | $18,900 |
| 500 to 999 |
$6,500 | $10,400 | $13,650 |
| 100 to 499 |
$4,500 | $7,200 | $9,450 |
| 50 to 99 | $2,000 | $3,200 | $4,200 |
| Up to 49 | $1,250 | $2,000 | $2,625 |
Membership costs are listed in US Dollars.
Multi-Year Payment (Organization signs a multi-year agreement and then pays prior to each year of the multi-year agreement term)
- 2-Year Agreement - 10% off the total membership fee
- 3-Year Agreement - 20% off the total membership fee
Multi-Year Payment Membership Costs
Number of Employees |
1-Year Cost | Cost/Year 2-Year Agreement 10% Discount |
Cost/Year 3-Year Agreement 20% Discount |
| 100,000 or more |
$12,500 | $11,250 | $10,000 |
| 50,000 to 99,999 |
$11,500 | $10,350 | $9,200 |
| 25,000 to 49,999 | $10,500 | $9,450 | $8,400 |
| 10,000 to 24,999 |
$10,000 | $9,000 | $8,000 |
| 5,000 to 9,999 | $9,500 | $8,550 | $7,600 |
| 1,000 to 4,999 | $ 9,000 | $8,100 |
$7,200 |
| 500 to 999 | $ 6,500 | $5,850 |
$5,200 |
| 100 to 499 |
$ 4,500 | $4,050 |
$3,600 |
| 50 to 99 | $ 2,000 | $1,800 |
$1,600 |
| Up to 49 | $ 1,250 | $1,125 |
$1,000 |
Membership costs are listed in US Dollars. For more information about membership, contact us.