[BESAdmin-Announcements] *NEW* TEM SCM Content: CIS UNIX

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Dear BESAdmin Community,


**NEW Release**

IBM is pleased to announce the availability of the new security 
configuration management checklists for Tivoli Endpoint Manager for 
Security and Compliance. The new checklists based on guidance provided by 
the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and Defense Information Systems 
Agency (DISA – US DoD) are:

In-line parameterization, requires TEM 8.1+ :

- CIS Checklist for AIX 5.3 and 6.1 v2
- CIS Checklist for Mac OS X 10.6 v2 
- CIS Checklist for RHEL 5 v2 
- CIS Checklist for Solaris 10 v2 

- DISA STIG Checklist for AIX 7.1 v1


Action Script based parameterization:

- SCM Checklist for CIS on AIX 5.3 and 6.1 v2
- SCM Checklist for CIS on Mac OS X 10.6 v2
- SCM Checklist for CIS on RHEL 5 v2
- SCM Checklist for CIS on Solaris 10 v2


*       Please note:

For the “Action Script based” parameterization model, each security 
control has a corresponding Fixlet Task that can be used to alter the 
check’s parameters. 
For the “In-line” parameterization model, each security control contains 
the parameterization settings in a form directly on the Fixlet Description 
tab. The In-line model requires TEM 8.1 and later.

This content contains security configuration checks that evaluate and, if 
desired, remediate the security settings of your endpoints according the 
DISA standards. As with most of the existing SCM content in the Tivoli 
Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance library, most checks include 
a corresponding analysis property to report actual values (not just 
pass/fail), and most checks have a parameterized setting enabling simple 
customization for compliance evaluation and remediation.

In addition to the new sites, the following existing sites have been 
updated to be compatible with the new content (site versions included for 
air-gap customers):

- BES Support v956
- SCM Reporting v39

For a complete list of SCM Checklists included in the product, please see:
http://ibmurl.hursley.ibm.com/2DD2

ACTIONS TO TAKE
All customers that currently license the Tivoli Endpoint Manager for 
Security and Compliance product, the BigFix SCMv3 solution module, the 
BigFix SCVM solution pack, or the BigFix SLM+SCVM solution bundle are 
entitled to the new content. If you are using BES 8.0 or Tivoli Endpoint 
Manager 8.1 and you are entitled to the new content, you may use the 
License Overview dashboard to enable and gather the sites. If you are 
running BES 7.x and you are currently licensed for Tivoli Endpoint Manager 
for Security and Compliance, BigFix SCVM, BigFix SLM+SCVM, or BigFix SCM 
v3, please contact ibmtemlicensing at lotus.com for access to the new 
mastheads.


We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. 
Thank you!

  -- The Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance product team
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