Quick Start Guide: CIS-CAT Centralized Workflow for Windows

Requirements

  • You will need to download CIS-CAT Pro Assessor v4 ā€œwith Javaā€ from WorkBench to your hosting system - in this document CIS-CAT-Assessor-windows-GUI-jre-v4.36.0.zip is downloaded to a Windows server.

  • Download your CIS-CAT license zip file from WorkBench - see this information if you are not sure where to get your license file.

  • Administrator access to your CIS-CAT host server.

  • CIS-CAT Centralized workflow requires Java versions 8 or 11, which is included in the ā€œwith Javaā€ download of Assessor v4 under the \jre folder.

Implementation Steps

  1. Create the directory C:\CIS

  2. Create the subdirectory C:\CIS\Reports

  3. Open File Explorer ā†’ right-click on the C:\CIS directory ā†’ Properties ā†’ Sharing ā†’ Share ā†’ Select the appropriate users ā†’ Share ā†’ Done ā†’ Apply. Make a note of the Network Path for later.

  4. Extract the CIS-CAT-Assessor-windows-GUI-jre-v4.36.0.zip archive to the C:\CIS\ directory

  5. Extract your downloaded license zip file into the C:\CIS\Assessor\license\ directory

  6. Copy C:\CIS\Assessor\misc\Windows\cis-cat-centralized.bat to C:\CIS\

  7. Open the C:\CIS\cis-cat-centralized.bat file in a text editor and in the line SET NetworkShare= replace NETWORK_SHARE with the Network Path from step 3, e.g. \\hostname\CIS

Open a CMD prompt as Administrator and run C:\CIS\cis-cat-centralized.bat.

For additional details, please review the Centralized section in the Assessor Configuration Guide:
https://ciscat-assessor.docs.cisecurity.org/en/latest/Configuration%20Guide/#centralized-windows

Troubleshooting Steps

Ensure that you have extracted the CIS-CAT zip file, and that the files are located under C:\CIS\Assessor\.

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