Whois & Analysis for cisecurity.org

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in October, 2000, whose mission is to "enhance the cyber security readiness and response of public and private sector entities, with a commitment to excellence through collaboration." The company is located in East Greenbush, New York and is led by its President and CEO, William F. Pelgrin.

It is composed of roughly 180 members from 17 different countries.

CIS strives to improve global internet security by creating and fostering a trustable and secure environment to bridge the public and private sectors.

In addition, at the national and international level, CIS plays an important role in forming security policies and decisions.

CIS has four divisions: the Central Intelligence Center, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), Security Benchmarks, and the Trusted Purchasing Alliance.

Through these four divisions, the Center for Internet Security works with a wide range of entities, including those in academia, the government, and both the private sector and general public to increase their online security by providing them with products and services that improve security efficiency and effectiveness.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), also called the Russian Commonwealth (to distinguish it from the British Commonwealth of Nations), is a regional organization formed during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Nine out of the 15 former Soviet Republics are member states, and two are associate members (Ukraine and Turkmenistan).

Georgia withdrew its membership in 2008, while the Baltic states (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) chose not to participate.

An organization or organisation is an entity comprising multiple people, such as an institution or an association, that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment.

In social science and politics, power is the ability to influence or outright control the behavior of people.

The term "authority" is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure.

Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as to humans as social beings.

In business, power is often expressed as being "upward" or "downward".

With downward power, a company's superior influences subordinates.

When a company exerts upward power, it is the subordinates who influence the decisions of their leader or leaders.

Globalization or globalisation (see spelling differences) is the action or procedure of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture.

Advances in transportation (such as the steam locomotive, steamship, jet engine, and container ships) and in telecommunications infrastructure (including the rise of the telegraph and its modern offspring, the Internet and mobile phones) have been major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities.