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+# aws-cis-benchmark
+Tool based on AWS-CLI commands for AWS account hardening, following guidelines of the CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark (https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/compliance/AWS_CIS_Foundations_Benchmark.pdf)
+