System health and performance management are essential to the IT mission. System baselining and hardening are critical components of that performance management lifecycle. CynergisTek assists clients to identify a step-by-step set of procedures for applying the The Center for Internet Security (CIS) standards for baselines utilizing an 8-step process for hardening. CynergisTek can execute on the project independently or work with client personnel in a "co-sourced" approach to manage overall project costs and promote knowledge transfer.