CIS Honors University of Georgia with 2026 Alan Paller Laureate Award

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CIS awarded the University of Georgia the 2026 Alan Paller Laureate Award and $250,000 to support an open-source cybersecurity prioritization tool. The project will help organizations turn CIS Controls assessment data into threat-informed, cost-aware implementation roadmaps. The tool will combine CIS Controls maturity data, threat intelligence mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, and cost factors to recommend what security work to tackle first. CIS expects the work to help resource-constrained organizations make better cybersecurity investment decisions and improve their defenses.

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