Summary
inforcer joined the Center for Internet Security (CIS) as a CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Member on 27 August 2025. Membership gives inforcer the right to implement CIS Controls and CIS Benchmarks, globally recognized security best practices, in its own offerings, and CIS said it looked forward to helping inforcer get its products CIS Certified. CEO Jamie Daum framed the move as bringing one of the world's most robust security baselines to MSPs for day-one deployment across customer tenants.
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Time to read
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~2 minutes |
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What you'll learn
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- What CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor membership allows inforcer to do
- Who the Center for Internet Security is and what the CIS Controls and Benchmarks cover
- Why inforcer sees a recognized security baseline as the starting point for MSP security services
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Next steps
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- Decide which recognized framework your customer baseline should map to, with CIS as one option
- Deploy that baseline to every customer tenant from one place with 365 Manager
- Use 365 Manager's tenant assessments to show customers how their tenant compares against the framework
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London, UK, Aug 27th 2025 – inforcer is proud to announce it has joined the Center for Internet Security (CIS) as a CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Member. As a member company, inforcer now has the right to implement CIS’ globally recognized, best-practice security Controls and Benchmarks into its own security offerings.
“We welcome inforcer as a CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Member, and look forward to helping them get their product(s) CIS Certified,” said Curtis Dukes, CIS Executive Vice President of Security Best Practices & Automation Group.
As an industry leader in Microsoft multi-tenant management solutions, inforcer’s CIS Product Vendor membership confirms their dedication to enabling rigid, zero-trust security frameworks for its users worldwide.
“The responsibility of the MSP has evolved, with the need to deliver consistent cyber security services straight from the tenant level”, said Jamie Daum, CEO of inforcer. “Having become a CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor member, we look forward to enriching inforcer with one of the World’s most renowned and robust security Baselines - and empowering MSPs with its day-one deployment for customers”.
inforcer's approach to Microsoft policy deployment, which priorities zero-trust security and streamlined multi-tenant management, makes this Product Vendor membership an invaluable asset to their strategy – and empowers their users to implement robust, world-renowned security measures at scale.
Versioned specifics
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Originally published 27 August 2025 (London, UK dateline) by Matthé Smit.
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Key problems addressed: MSPs needing to deliver consistent cyber security services from the tenant level; deploying a recognized, robust security baseline to customers from day one; zero-trust policy deployment across many tenants.
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Relevant inforcer solution: 365 Manager, for multi-tenant policy rollout, policy backup and drift remediation, which is where a CIS-aligned baseline is built and deployed.
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People quoted: Curtis Dukes, CIS Executive Vice President of Security Best Practices & Automation Group; Jamie Daum, CEO of inforcer
Scope and Limitation Statement
This page announces inforcer's CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor membership as of 27 August 2025. It covers what the membership permits, how CIS and inforcer's CEO characterize it, and background on the Center for Internet Security. It does not state which CIS Benchmarks inforcer implements or how CIS-aligned baselines are deployed inside the platform. inforcer has since achieved CIS Benchmark Assessment Certification for Microsoft Intune (CIS Benchmark for Windows 11 v4.0.0), which postdates this announcement and is recorded in the versioned specifics and FAQs below. The About inforcer section on this page describes the platform as it was positioned in August 2025; inforcer's current products are 365 Manager for multi-tenant management and inforcer TDR for threat detection and response.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is inforcer a CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Member?
Yes. inforcer joined the Center for Internet Security as a CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor Member on 27 August 2025. CIS Executive Vice President Curtis Dukes welcomed inforcer into the programme and said CIS looked forward to helping inforcer get its products CIS Certified.
What does CIS SecureSuite Product Vendor membership allow inforcer to do?
Membership gives inforcer the right to implement CIS Controls and CIS Benchmarks, CIS's globally recognized security best practices, in its own security offerings. For inforcer, that means building one of the world's most widely used security baselines into the platform MSPs use to deploy policy across customer tenants.
What are the CIS Controls and CIS Benchmarks?
The CIS Controls and CIS Benchmarks are globally recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data, maintained by the Center for Internet Security, a community-driven non-profit. A global community of IT professionals continuously evolves these standards, and CIS also runs CIS Hardened Images, MS-ISAC and EI-ISAC.
Why does CIS membership matter for MSPs using inforcer?
Jamie Daum, inforcer's CEO, says the MSP's responsibility has evolved to delivering consistent cyber security services straight from the tenant level. CIS membership lets inforcer enrich the platform with a renowned security baseline so MSPs can deploy it for customers from day one, at multi-tenant scale, with zero-trust security as the priority.
Are inforcer's products CIS Certified?
Yes. The Center for Internet Security lists inforcer as a CIS Certified vendor, holding CIS Benchmark Assessment Certification for Microsoft Intune against the CIS Benchmark for Windows 11 v4.0.0, covering the Level 1, Level 2 and BitLocker profiles. The SecureSuite Product Vendor membership announced in August 2025 was the step that opened the door to that certification.
About CIS
The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) makes the connected world a safer place for people, businesses, and governments through their core competencies of collaboration and innovation.
They are a community-driven non-profit, responsible for the CIS Controls® and CIS Benchmarks™, globally recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data. They lead a global community of IT professionals to continuously evolve these standards and provide products and services to proactively safeguard against emerging threats.
CIS Hardened Images® provide secure, on-demand, scalable computing environments in the cloud. CIS is home to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®), the trusted resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial government entities, and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (EI-ISAC®), which supports the rapidly changing cybersecurity needs of U.S. elections offices. To learn more, visit CISecurity.org or follow them on X: @CISecurity.
About inforcer
inforcer is a multi-tenant management tool designed for MSPs. Simplifying Microsoft 365 tenant management with streamlined multi-tenant policy rollout, automated backups, and policy drift remediation, inforcer enables MSPs to productize security and become stronger Microsoft Solutions Partners. Curating a dedicated community of peers and experts, inforcer is transforming Microsoft tenant management into something faster, more flexible and more collaborative.
