# CIS Benchmarks (سي آي إس بنشماركس)

> CIS Benchmarks is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-09-07.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Center for Internet Security](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/center-for-internet-security.md)
- Categories: Security Tools, IT & Network Management
- Official site: https://www.cisecurity.org
- Community votes: 2
- Last updated: 2026-09-07
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/cis-benchmarks

## About

Security configuration benchmarks and hardening guides for operating systems, cloud platforms, and network devices

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. Community testing in September 2026 found the CIS Benchmarks page returns a Cloudflare block page at the edge, and no outreach to the organisation has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-09-07 — Investigated. Community testing from Syria found cisecurity.org blocked. The CIS Benchmarks page returns a Cloudflare block page reading “Sorry, you have been blocked”, naming Cloudflare Ray ID a37573a14e46bf0a. The block is served at the edge, not by the site itself. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/atighzlewv4pk9rydyo8cz3d/stcdrn53vzupkgwas09wtez2.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/cis-benchmarks?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/cis-benchmarks/timeline-entries?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/cis-benchmarks
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/cis-benchmarks.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/cis-benchmarks.md