diff --git a/tools/cis/README.md b/tools/cis/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This script prepares the file to be parsed by the converter:
+
+- copy the downloaded excel sheet from CIS next to this script (for instance CIS_Controls_Version_8.xlsx)
+- run the preparation script by passing the filename as 1st argument and your name/entity as a second one for the packager
+- run the converter on the prepared excel sheet
+- use the resulting yaml in CISO Assistant
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diff --git a/tools/cis/convert_cis.py b/tools/cis/prep_cis.py
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rename from tools/cis/convert_cis.py
rename to tools/cis/prep_cis.py
index 458993cbb..007b2f3e7 100644
--- a/tools/cis/convert_cis.py
+++ b/tools/cis/prep_cis.py
@@ -86,18 +86,18 @@
 ws2.append(
     [
         "IG1",
-        "Essential Cyber Hygiene",
+        "IG1",
         "Minimum standard of information security for all enterprises.",
     ]
 )
 ws2.append(
     [
         "IG2",
-        "",
+        "IG2",
         "For enterprises managing IT infrastructure of multiple departments with differing risk profiles.",
     ]
 )
-ws2.append(["IG3", "", "To secure sensitive and confidential data."])
+ws2.append(["IG3", "IG3", "To secure sensitive and confidential data."])
 
 print("generate ", output_file_name)
 wb_output.save(output_file_name)
diff --git a/tools/convert_cis.sh b/tools/convert_cis.sh
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+file="CIS_Controls_Version_8.xlsx"
+packager="personal"
+python cis/prep_cis.py $file $packager
+intermediate="cis-controls-v8.xlsx"
+python convert_library.py cis/cis-controls-v8.xlsx
+echo "Resulting file is available at cis/cis-controls-v8.yaml"
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diff --git a/tools/sample/sample.xlsx b/tools/sample/sample.xlsx
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