I'm a security Consultant using CIS-Hosted CSAT and I would like the ability to be an Admin for multiple Organizations with the ability to add existing users to our Organizations.

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CIS-Hosted CSAT is not generally geared towards consultants so much as organizations who wish to assess their own security, and the security of their individual sub-organizations. For the consultants with many sub-organizations, as well as those with differing Admin and User roles among their organizations, CIS-Hosted CSAT is limited in its capacity to create and manipulate sub-organizations and their Admins. Furthermore, it is challenging, if not impossible, to have an Admin of a primary Org also be an Admin to multiple Sub-Orgs. It is a limitation of the free software.

While CIS-Hosted CSAT is free for organizations to use to assess their own organization’s implementation of the CIS Controls, if you are using CSAT in a commercial capacity (as a paid consultant to assess another organization, for instance), you will need to become a CIS SecureSuite Consulting Member. Please see CIS SecureSuite Membership for Service Providers and Consultants for details.

The CSAT Pro software has several features that can benefit the consultant use case that are not available in the free CIS-Hosted version of CSAT. CSAT Pro lets you have multiple organization trees, multiple concurrent assessments in each organization/sub-organization, and a more flexible permission model (so the same user can have different roles in different organizations).

Additionally, if an assessment has already been started in CIS-Hosted CSAT, it is possible to export an assessment from CIS-Hosted CSAT and import it into CSAT Pro.

Here is a blog post with more information regarding the new CSAT Pro: New Tool to Improve Your Organization’s Cyber Hygiene It is also an excellent resource for anyone hoping to do Cyber Security Consultations for multiple sub-organizations.

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